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Obama Victory

The President-Elect

Terence Smith | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Terence Smith

Barack Obama seems to have an almost perfect ear for the American political pulse, a kind of political GPS that tells him where people are and where they want to go.

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Obama Takes the Reins

Lynne Glasner | Posted 12.06.2008 | Home

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Lynne Glasner

Obama's victory ends the nightmare of the last eight years of the Bush Era, during which time the rule of law has taken a back seat to self-interest and aggrandizement of power.

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Chicago Papers Increase Press Run To Meet Souvenir Demand

Crain's Chicago Business | Lorene Yue | Posted 12.06.2008 | Chicago

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Chicago's two major daily newspapers quickly sold out their larger-than-normal print runs of Wednesday editions, prompting each to churn out even more...

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A Night When The People Holding Open the Doors Were Happier Than The Ones Walking Through Them

Naomi Klein | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Naomi Klein

I was in D.C. last night -- at 10:30 pm I happened to walk past a very stuffy private club, one that as far as I can tell, is populated exclusively by hardcore Republican men in their later years.

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Dear President Obama

David Doody | Posted 12.06.2008 | Home

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David Doody

You have inspired millions of people across the world to believe that their voices matter. Where before they had none, today they have one. And it is loud. And it is clear. And it is spoken through you, President Obama.

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One Giant Step

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Raymond Leon Roker

We fought. We hoped. We worked. We cried. We panicked. We debated. We held our breath. It's not hyperbolic to say that we helped shift the course of the world.

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France Celebrates Obama's Big Win

Jessica Roy | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Jessica Roy

Last night, American expatriates and our interested French brethren gathered to celebrate, drink champagne and dance with their necks craned painfully so as to have an eye constantly on CNN.

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Making it Work

Jake Goldman | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Jake Goldman

A man plastered in Cynthia McKinney stickers poked me right on the Obama button fixed to my coat. "Hold him accountable. Stop the war," he said and dashed out of the car and up the stairs.

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Wide Awake in America

Chez Pazienza | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Chez Pazienza

What we witnessed last night and what we're still feeling the aftershocks of this morning is, in a word, history.

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Why Rahm Is Right

Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Eric Schmeltzer

Though I don't know Rahm Emanuel personally, I know those who deal with him. He's a ball-buster, to put it bluntly and, as Chief of Staff, can keep Democrats thinking long-term.

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Sam Stein

President Obama: The Significance Of The Moment

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Nearly two years after he announced his intentions to run for the White House, Barack Obama returned to Chicago on Tuesday night, triumphant in his qu...

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Whole World Watching Grant Park, Again

Howard Wolinsky | Posted 12.06.2008 | Chicago

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Howard Wolinsky

American flags were waving Tuesday night over Grant Park as they celebrated the Obama win. Back in '68, the riot in Grant Park started when a protester tried to lower an American flag.

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A Note of Caution

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Jeff Schweitzer

History will show that Palin's nomination was an abomination, an affront to reason, and an insult to the American people.

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Responsibility of Obama Victory Falls on Us

Daniel Riggs | Posted 12.06.2008 | Home

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Daniel Riggs

No man has ever accomplished all that Obama has with his candidacy. His responsibility to us is to live up to those promises. And our responsibility to him--and our selves--is to make sure that he lives up to the promises.

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Mexicans says "Obamanos"

Jeannie Ralston | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Jeannie Ralston

"Obamanos" is a bit of political Spanglish seen on bumper stickers in states with large Hispanic populations that translates -- in essence, not literally -- to "let's go Obama."

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Rice Congratulates Obama Tearfully, Says She Is "Especially Proud" Of Obama's Win (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- An emotional Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reveled Wednesday in Barack Obama's election, calling it an "extraordinary step forward...

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(Watch) In Grant Park on Night History Was Made

John Hubers | Posted 12.06.2008 | Home

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John Hubers

It's 12:45 am on the day after everything changed. It changed around 9:45 or so last night when a giant Wolf Blitzer, floating above our heads on t...

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Barack Obama is Great Example of American Success

Grant Cardone | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Grant Cardone

Regardless of your political beliefs you have to appreciate that this little known man persuaded the citizens of this country to go out and elect him President of the US.

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Say it Loud, I'm Black (in spirit) and I'm Proud

Andy Ostroy | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Andy Ostroy

Obama's job will not be easy, but he has indeed demonstrated the kind of curiosity, intelligence, judgment, resolve and presence of mind, and the ability to inspire, that great leaders are made of.

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Obama's Plan to Serve Humankind Decoded...IT'S A COOKBOOK!

Jerry and Joe Long | Posted 01.13.2009 | Politics

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Jerry and Joe Long

Ahh the hell with it....this is too great a day for goofy (not to mention pointless) satire. We've had eight years of someone enjoying himself at the expense of the country. Now, mercifully, this country may finally have a President.

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Can 'The Daily Show' Survive President Obama?

Politico | Posted 12.06.2008 | Media

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NEW YORK -- The party accoutrements at Comedy Central's election night party gave the impression that this was an impartial affair. There were, after ...

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Obama Victory Reactions In The Media: Shock And Awe

Huffington Post | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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After covering the longest campaign in American history for the past two years, it's fitting that all anyone in the media can talk about today is Obam...

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World Leaders Congratulate Obama

CNN | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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(CNN) -- World leaders rushed to congratulate Democrat Barack Obama on Wednesday following his historic win in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Th...

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Quiet first day for Obama after his historic win

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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CHICAGO — Barack Obama began his first full day as president-elect with the simple pleasure of having breakfast with his daughters, the type of ...

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Election Sex

Steve Young | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

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Steve Young

As soon as the California polls closed pushing Obama over 270, Democratic wives around the country exploded in frenzied ecstasy as a tidal wave of unabashed married sex swept the country.

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