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Tears For Country

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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On Monday afternoon a day before the election, after placing Obama-Biden signs on doors in Northeast Philadelphia for nine hours, I sat down on a stranger's stoop, by myself, and cried.

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History

Trey Ellis | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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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.

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

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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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.

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

Nathan Gardels | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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.

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When Joe Scarborough Predicted Obama's Quick Demise

Greg Mitchell | Posted 12.06.2008 | Media

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Scarborough: "Barack Hussein Obama is more Johnny Bravo than John Kennedy. The vest fits and the fans scream while DC's star-maker machinery shifts into overdrive."

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Culture Zohn: Here's to Eddie and Michael and Barack: Three Who Have Changed the World

Patricia Zohn | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

I thought, maybe finally the last barriers separating blacks from believing they can get, and will get, what they strive for, can begin to be crossed.

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America 2008, Or Berlin 1989?

Andrew Gumbel | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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.

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

Drew Westen | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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.

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

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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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.

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The World Breaths a Sigh of Relief as America's Light Goes Back On

Rob Kall | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Looking at the faces of the people in the crowd, as Obama gives his first speech as president-elect, I see a hope that beams bright, a hope that does not stop at red or blue state borders.

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

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 12.05.2008 | Chicago

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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.

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Nomination for Best Image of Election Night 2008

David Sirota | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media

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."

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The United World of Obama: The Future is Now

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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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.

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Getting on the Bus

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

The time to celebrate and wax poetic will be limited. It will probably end very abruptly on January 21, 2009, when President Barack Obama commences his grand plan to fix what appears unfixable.

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Tonight, Tonight Was Not Just Any Night

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 12.05.2008 | Living

As a member of the sixties generation, whose vision of America was shattered by the three assassinations of that time, it was bitter indeed to witness the devolution of the last eight years.

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Return of the Jedi

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

I imagine how my ex-boss, an ailing Ted Kennedy must feel tonight, knowing that many, many months ago he exclaimed to the nation that he could feel change in the air.

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America Elects 'A Rock Star'

David A. Andelman | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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The all but unanimous conclusion from my time taking calls from folks on Radio France was a simple one: "Barack Obama is 'le rock star.'"

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President Obama: Israel Is Ready for You

Yoav Sivan | Posted 12.31.2008 | Politics

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After eight years of failed American policy in the Middle East, President Obama has the chance to reassert constructive American leadership in one of the most complex geopolitical regions of the world.

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Art, Politics and Soul in New York

Vicky Ward | Posted 12.05.2008 | Style

If you weren't in Times Square tonight, the only place to be was downtown in the West Village at Gavin Brown's gallery for an installation by Jonathon Horowitz called Obama '08.

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American Elections: A True Opportunity for Change, or Just Plastic Surgery?

Gilbert Doumit | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

As a foreign observer, I am amazed by the level of political engagement and the turnout of the American citizens to the voting ballots - these things reflect their commitment to a better world.

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Finally, A President Who Looks Like Me!

Evan Handler | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

Barack Obama is the first president in my lifetime who resembles me and the people I know.

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The American People Say "Yes We Can"

Gerald McEntee | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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Tuesday's election was a milestone in building an America that lives up to its ideals, an event that has broken down old barriers and opened up new doors.

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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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