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Obama's Big Bang in France

Beth Arnold | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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The truth is -- and some Americans don't understand this -- the French also wanted the best for us.

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What a Relief -- America Survives

Cenk Uygur | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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We docked the ship on shore. We're back to normal now. We have re-established the fundamental building blocks of Western civilization -- we have our foundation underneath us.

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It's A New Day

Jeff Chang | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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Throughout the north side of Pittsburgh, one of the city's three major Black districts, they lined up before dawn, hundreds deep in the 47-degree weather as if they were waiting for history to be made.

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Yes. We. Did.

Steven Weber | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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As Obama has campaigned, so shall he govern. And as he won, so have we won. We must preserve, protect and defend the nation we have won back.

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The First President Who is Black

Paul Finkelman | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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In the end Obama is not America`s first black president -- he is America`s first president who happens to be black. The difference is huge.

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A New America

Sheryl Crow | Posted 12.05.2008 | Entertainment

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We are now finally waking up and realizing the damage that was done while we were in a asleep at the wheel. As evident in this election time, we are now a nation impassioned with possibility.

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Failure to Blow Election Stuns Democrats

Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

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For Democrats, who have become accustomed to their party blowing an election even when it seemed like a sure thing, Tuesday night's results were a bitter pill to swallow.

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Hooray for Pennsylvania

Chris Durang | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

You know what, I'm shell shocked. I can't feel glad yet, that's a quirk of mine, it's hard for me to celebrate.

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"Politics of Change" Just Changed More Than You Think

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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Obama ran a campaign that began with a speech that proclaimed, "We aren't Red States. We aren't Blue States. We are the United States." And that is how he won. That is the politics of change.

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Obama! By The Content of His Character

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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We must understand one more thing -- how successful President Obama will be in transforming America in a progressive direction will depend on us, as well as on him.

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So Far in 40 Years

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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When my mother got married, my grandfather said he'd shoot my dad with a shotgun (an inauspicious but common beginning for an interracial marriage).

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Ya Hussein!

Hooman Majd | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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Tonight, as Americans have decided they would prefer Obama to McCain as their next president there is a sigh of relief, and disbelief, in many quarters in the Middle East, including in Iran.

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Obama Wins: Why All Americans Have a Reason to Celebrate

Arianna Huffington | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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Here is a collection of my posts and videos from this historic week: Obama Wins: Why All Americans Have a Reason to Celebrate Watch: Election Night Reactions: Arianna Talks With Norman Lear, Laurie David, Marty Kaplan And Madelaine Lear Tuesday's Second Biggest Winner: Democracy The Winners and Losers of Campaign '08 Watch: Arianna on BBC Newsnight Discussing Obama's Win I'm Ready to Declare a Winner in the 2008 Race: the Internet

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Mondale's Revenge

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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To be sure, the failing economy provided Democrats the context they needed. But a candidate with a little backbone gave them the ability to convince voters to take a chance on change.

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Hello Cleveland

Bruce Springsteen | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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Now is the time to stand together with Barack Obama and Joe Biden and the millions of Americans that are hungry for a new day, roll up our sleeves and come on up for the rising.

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Reflections on Voting -- 11/4/08

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 12.05.2008 | Living

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I kept thinking, "I wish my Mother could be here." I thought about Barack Obama's grandmother... and Paul Newman, too.

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Republican Steals All of Neighborhood Obama Signs

Philip G. Baker | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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Our neighborhood has had many more Obama lawn signs than McCain, by a a ratio of almost 10:1. Today someone drove through this part of the town and stole all of the Obama signs.

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Truth or Fiction: Voting by Memoir

David Henry Sterry | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media

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McCain didn't even write his memoir. And the book reads like it was written by the captain of the football team who had the smart kid do it for him.

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Election Celebration Tips

Lea Lane | Posted 12.05.2008 | Living

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This is a moment to remember, and to share. May we all have a wonderful evening!

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Neither Bombs, Rev. Wright or the Gloom of Night

Phillip Martin | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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In the U.S., the possibility of an African American president does not presuppose the end to color prejudice any more than the election of Mandela meant an end to inequalities in South Africa.

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Why Democrats Can Hold the Veteran and Military Family Vote Moving Forward

Jonathan Powers | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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Numerous veterans are returning home to find a newly found passion for politics as we have seen first hand how America's policies affect other nations and how Washington has failed.

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The Wait Is Over

Andrei Cherny | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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If we do win, the victory will be historic not only for the margin but for the meaning. As Bill Clinton rightly pointed out this morning, Obama's election is not just about one man but about a fundamental philosophical shift.

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Vote: The Final Secret?

Susan Straight | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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This morning at 7:08 am, I voted alone for the first time in twenty years. I walked the four blocks to my polling place at a local church without my usual entourage -- at least one or two kids and a dog.

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Liveblogging the Election from Amman, Jordan

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

The Middle East is divided between disbelief and excitement as well as apathy. Many can't believe that America will indeed elect a black man with African roots and a Muslim father as president.

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In Paris, Obama May Be The Only Antidote to W-Induced Shame

Jessica Roy | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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One of the first things French people ask me after I tell them I am American is if I am voting for Obama. One guy actually tried to buy the Obama shirt I picked up at the DNC right off my back.

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