Presidential Election

The Tech Presidency: What Obama's Victory Means for Our Wired Future

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

In today's very special "The Day After Yesterday" edition of Wilshire & Washington, Zach Tumin of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government joins our hosts to talk technology in the new administration.

Election Shows States Moving Forward with Progressive Agenda

Joel Barkin | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Joel Barkin

The table is set to wipe away the legacy of decades of failed conservative ideology, but what becomes of that opportunity is up to us.

France Celebrates Obama's Big Win

Jessica Roy | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


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.

Making it Work

Jake Goldman | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


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.

Let Bygones (Not) Be Bygones

Marty Kaplan | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Marty Kaplan

What an insult it is to the idea of accountability -- this notion that responsibility for the ugly emotions unleashed by demagoguery this campaign season is wiped away by a concession speech.

The End of the Ignorance

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Ian Gurvitz

It took generations for the old guard to die out and for the U.S. to start growing better people. And now they've finally come of age to vote. We can begin to wave farewell to our ignorant past.

Obama: From "Shouldn't" to "Did"

Rupert Russell | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Rupert Russell

It is time to throw out the old playbook for one simple reason. It was wrong. Obama wasn't your average Democratic candidate, but then again, America isn't your average country, either.

Americans Embrace Pro-Education, Pro-Prevention, Pro-Choice Values in Historic Election

Scott Swenson | Posted 12.06.2008 | Living


Scott Swenson

Social conservatives have a simple choice to make. They can recognize the US as a pluralistic nation with diverse beliefs and work with people they disagree with, or marginalize themselves.

Obama's Campaign From Beginning To End (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


CNN goes on a trip down memory lane, through all the ups and downs of this presidential election: The American News Project, meanwhile takes a cin...

History

Trey Ellis | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Trey Ellis

I love history and had often whined that I wasn't lucky enough to have lived during a more exciting age: I could have been a Tuskegee Airman, Buffalo Soldier, or beatnik. But last night history came to me.

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

Andy Ostroy | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


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.

What We Will Remember: Obama's Victory Speech and McCain's Concession

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Aaron Zelinsky

Obama and McCain accomplished two very different objectives last night: Obama unified and inspired; McCain departed with grace. Here's what history will remember of the speeches of November 4, 2008.

Global Reactions to Obama Victory from Moscow to Beijing to Muslim World

Nathan Gardels | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Nathan Gardels

Here are some comments I gathered on what Obama's victory means for America's image in the world, from thinkers such as Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Tariq Ramadan, and Garry Kasparov.

America 2008, Or Berlin 1989?

Andrew Gumbel | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Andrew Gumbel

With a black man pulling off the astonishing feat of rising to the presidency in a land riven by racism for more than two centuries, there was a sense of extraordinary release, and even more extraordinary empowerment.

Looking Forward: What Comes After the New Deal and the Raw Deal?

Drew Westen | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Drew Westen

The task facing President-elect Obama is to articulate the role of government in the 21st century just as FDR articulated its role in the 20th.

A Memo to President-Elect Obama from America's New Veterans

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Paul Rieckhoff

President Obama is going to be held to a very high standard by the veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. We'll be watching, and holding everyone in Washington accountable.

Election Night With Old Glory

Robert D. Patterson | Posted 12.06.2008 | Home


Robert D. Patterson

"Face each other, each holding one end. Fold it lengthwise with the blue field under, then again lengthwise to show the blue field on top. Now Robert...

The Night Robert Kennedy Finally Won

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Menachem Rosensaft

Forty years after his assassination shattered dreams and brought his quest to change America to a sudden, brutal halt, Robert Kennedy reached the goal that had been denied him in life.

Obama's Big Bang in France

Beth Arnold | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Beth Arnold

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

What a Relief -- America Survives

Cenk Uygur | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

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.

It's A New Day

Jeff Chang | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


Jeff Chang

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.

Obama's Springfield Connection: 'Whatever He Says You Can Take To the Bank'

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 12.05.2008 | Chicago


Karen Dalton-Beninato

Now that Illinois is offering a second President to the United States, it seemed fitting to spend the night watching Senator Barack Obama with the Democratic County Chair in Springfield.

Yes. We. Did.

Steven Weber | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


Steven Weber

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.

Nomination for Best Image of Election Night 2008

David Sirota | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media


David Sirota

For best image of the night, I nominate this image juxtaposing Newsweek's recent cover entitled "America the Conservative" next to 2008's electoral map showing a landslide for the "socialist."

The United World of Obama: The Future is Now

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


Shirin Sadeghi

Tonight, the American people didn't just unite their states, they united the world: a world that in 7 short years had seen the nadir of hate, had witnessed the horror of inhumanity.