Submit a Story!

Hard Choices And Challenges Follow Triumph

 

Published 11/5/2008 by Dan Balz at Wash Post In Congress

After a victory of historic significance, Barack Obama will inherit problems of historic proportions. Not since Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated at the depths of the Great Depression in 1933 has a new president been confronted with the challenges Obama will face as he starts his presidency. (link)

Tags:

Related Content
Lieberman fears for country if Senate Dems get to 60
thehill.com 11/5/2008 — Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Tuesday that he fears that America will be hurt if Democrats achieve a 60-seat, filibuster-proof majority in the Senate as a result of the elections. Lieberman, who was Al Gore’s running mate on the 2000 Democratic ...
Reid, Lieberman to meet this week
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 11/5/2008 — (CNN) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will likely meet later this week with Joe Lieberman to discuss whether the Democrat-turned-Independent will be stripped of his Senate committee chairmanship, a senior Democratic leadership aide tells ...
Reid: 'This is not a mandate for a political party'
politico.com 11/5/2008 — Asked if Tuesday’s election results give his party a mandate, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid just told Politico: ““This is a mandate to get along, to get something done in a bipartisan way. This is not a mandate for a political ...
Lieberman's Day of Reckoning to Come Thursday
rollcall.com 11/5/2008 — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is scheduled to meet with Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) on Thursday to discuss his future in the Senate Democratic Conference, according to a Democratic Senate source.
Senate Democrats See Bolstered Ranks, Legislative Openings
rollcall.com 11/5/2008 — After picking up at least five seats Tuesday, Senate Democratic leaders might claim a mandate to push an aggressive legislative agenda in the 111th Congress, but with a filibuster-proof 60-vote margin just out of reach, bipartisanship will still be at ...
Noises on the Ground — RedState: Conservative News and Community
Lieberman fears for country if Senate Dems get to 60 — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
The Mandate — Weekly Standard Blog
Titus Defeats Rep. John Porter (R-Nev.) — News
The People Speak — TheOtherSideofKim Front Page
Measured Response To Financial Crisis Sealed the Election — Wash Post In Congress 11/5/2008
Sen. Barack Obama, so steady in public, did not hide his vexation when he summoned his top advisers to meet with him in Chicago on Sept. 14.
Biden Sees Vice President's Role as 'Adviser in Chief,' Aides Say — Wash Post In Congress 11/5/2008
Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. sees his role in Barack Obama's administration as "adviser in chief," using his decades of experience in the Senate to offer the president candid input on domestic and foreign policy issues, according to Biden ...
Obama Makes History — Wash Post In Congress 11/5/2008
Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was elected the nation's 44th president yesterday, riding a reformist message of change and an inspirational exhortation of hope to become the first African American to ascend to the White House.
Lieberman to discuss fate with Reid — POLITICO.com: Congress 11/5/2008
“I’ve said all along, ‘Joe, these are welcoming arms. C’mon, Joe,’” says Republican Sen. John Ensign.
Obama Team Shifts to Transition Mode — Wash Post In Congress 11/6/2008
A day after winning a historic victory that will make him the first black president in the nation's history, Barack Obama remained largely out of public view yesterday while his aides announced the first details of an ambitious plan for the transfer ...