fivethirtyeight.com - 1/20/2009
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It was not a perfect inauguration. Barack Obama and John Roberts mutually stumbled over the Oath of Office. Obama's speech was powerful, moving in places, but somber, serious, and not entirely elegant. There was a nervous air to some of the proceedings, particularly Rick Warren's invocation. The ...
rollingstone.com - 1/16/2009
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rollingstone.com —
Dear Mr. President: Like FDR three-quarters of a
century ago, you're taking charge at a moment when...
all the old certainties have vanished, all the conventional wisdom been proved wrong. We're not living in a world you or anyone else expected to see. ...
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What Obama Must Do
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americandigest.org - 1/23/2009
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americandigest.org —
Four and a half months Did you ever
have to make up your mind? Pick up on...
one and leave the other behind. It's not often easy and not often kind. Did you ever have to make up your mind? -- The Loving Spoonful No Answers Here. Just ...
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It was Roberts' f'up
Daily Kos —
... (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." But when Roberts swore in Obama, he flipped some of the words, saying: "I will execute the office of president to the United States faithfully." The liberal justice didn't flub the vice-presidential oath... Update: On a more positive note, I liked this from Nate: For as much as some parts of the world have ...
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