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The Long Exhale

Sasha Abramsky | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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The tears running down my face last night and this morning were of something so much more than happiness, so much more than simple relief. They were an exhalation.

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Barack's Big Gamble ... And His Vision

RJ Eskow | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Why did Obama risk following a strategy that had failed so often in recent campaigns? Obama saw something in the zeitgeist.

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The Time-Bombs Ticking Under Obama's Presidency

Johann Hari | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Mr President-Elect, there is a pile of ticking time-bombs waiting in your in-tray and you have to defuse each one of them, fast. Welcome to the next four years of your life.

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At Long Last, It's Beginning To Feel Like America

Bob Cesca | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

We set about the task of freeing ourselves from the darkness of this decade and the shadows that have for too long haunted us. In this respect, all of us -- all races -- are a little more free at last.

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A Contrarian Open Letter to Black America

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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The reality of politics and race are such that having a black president will mean little if there are no changes in the material conditions of Black America.

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History on Cuba - Hidden in Plain View - In Florida's Election Returns

Sarah Stephens | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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In the election returns, hidden in plain view, is license for President-elect Obama to fundamentally rethink U.S. policy toward Cuba and expand on his incremental approach.

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Election Morning 2008

Jill Robinson | Posted 12.06.2008 | Living

Being pleased to make this vote, this connection with my land again will stay with me for as long as what forever might be.

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African Americans vs Gay Americans?

Judy Wieder | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

It looks like I still have a lot of work left to do, a lot of marching and protesting--even though I did that already for others and they're not doing the same for me.

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What Do We Do Now?

Av Sinensky | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

For the first time in my life I got a glimpse into what it must have felt like for my grandparents in 1948: to witness with their own eyes the realization of an impossible dream.

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Our Obama Administration: Forging a Durable New Deal

Michael Likosky | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Although America is a young nation, we have pulled together many times to overcome seemingly overwhelming threats to not only our economy but to our basic way of life.

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He's Ready . . . To Be Our Most Able President

Richard Greene | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Here is my post from October 16, 2006, and another prediction: within the first three months of an Obama Administration, we will say that he is the most able president since Lincoln.

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Environmental Groups Congratulate Obama on Victory

Maura Judkis | Posted 12.06.2008 | Green

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Among the many celebrating Barack Obama's victory today are environmentalists. Here's what some have to say:

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ObamaRama in Century City on Election Night

Paige Donner | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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By 8:15 p.m. fire marshals were already on the scene -- the celebration venue had reached its 10,000 person capacity.

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On Obama, Race and the End of the Southern Strategy

Simon Rosenberg | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Following the Iowa caucuses, I came away believing then, as I do now, that Obama's powerful voice that emerged that night had the potential to have a profound impact on America.

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My Ambien Dream: A Black Man Named Obama Elected U.S. President

Dana Kennedy | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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In my dream, America, the allegedly dazed and confused, passport-challenged nation of racist, fat people who voted George W. Bush into office twice, just elected an African-American man.

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Crossing Two Chasms at Once

Francine Hardaway | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

I'm so glad to be alive. I'm wiped out by the last eight years, but I don't care. Some things are bigger than I am, and bigger than life, and I just lived to see one of them. Toot, 'ya did good.

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Why I Voted for You

Dan Gordon | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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I voted for you, Mr. President-Elect, because, having marched up to the threshold of history it would have been too awful for our nation not to have crossed over. You are the best of us.

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The Old Mule Did It!

R.O. Blechman | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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"New Energy for America" Trumps "Drill Baby Drill"

Carl Pope | Posted 12.06.2008 | Green

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Barack Obama's transformational victory points to a future based on renewable energy, advanced biofuels, efficiency, and low greenhouse-gas-emitting technologies.

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Obama's Branding Genius

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 12.06.2008 | Business

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AdAge announced today that yesterday, November 4, is the most significant day for marketers in the history of the world.

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What Obama Needs To Do First: Make Clear How Bad It Is

Henry Blodget | Posted 12.06.2008 | Business

If President-Elect Obama were an incoming CEO, he would now be preparing for a massive write-off of the mountains of rotted junk buried on the company's balance sheet and an announcement that recovery will take a long, long time.

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A Victory For Progressive Change

Rep. Barbara Lee | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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I look forward to working with the entire progressive community in the months to come as we turn our focus away from elections and toward governing so we can quickly get our nation back on track.

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A New Deal for America? Yes We Can!

Matthew Stein | Posted 12.06.2008 | Green

It has been estimated that we could fund the changes necessary to turn our world around by shifting just 1/6th of the world's military budget into programs that support energy efficiency.

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The Obama Victory: America Enters the Energy Future

Frances Beinecke | Posted 12.06.2008 | Green

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An advocate for the environment will be the next US president. We may be eight years late, but America is finally poised to enter the 21st century.

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Which Obamanomics?

Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D. | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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What economic doctrine will "Obamanomics" be based on? Will it be Rubinomics with its focus on fiscal discipline and reigning in spending? Neo-Keynesianism? Or will it be Innovation Economics?

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