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newsweek.com - 11/5/2008

Highlights: Newsweek's Special Election Project | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008

— newsweek.com — The computer systems of both the Obama and McCain campaigns were victims of a sophisticated cyberattack by... an unknown "foreign entity," prompting a federal investigation, NEWSWEEK reports today. At the Obama headquarters in midsummer, technology ... (more) Highlights: Newsweek's Special Election Project | ...

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newsweek.com - 11/8/2008

The Final Days | Print Article

— newsweek.com — This is part seven of a seven-part in-depth look behind the scenes of the campaign, consisting of... exclusive behind-the-scenes reporting from the McCain and Obama camps assembled by a special team of reporters who were granted year-long access on the ... (more) The Final Days | Print Article

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newsweek.com - 11/3/2008

What to Watch For | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008

— newsweek.com — In 2000 and 2004, the outcome of the presidential race was unknown into the wee hours of... the morning (and indeed for several weeks thereafter in 2000). This time, it is possible that we will be able to guess the winner of the presidential race ... (more) What to Watch For | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008

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Behind The Scenes: Newsweek On McCain In The Dark, Obama Threats, And More
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — Newsweek has released highlights of its Special Election Project, which allowed reporters to gather behind-the-scenes information on the presidential campaigns with an agreement that none of their reporting would be published until after Election Day. You can read a summary of their report here, and the first chapter of their book here. Below, some key excerpts -- including news about a cyber attack from an "unknown entity" that hit the presidential campaigns' computers in the summer, prompting an FBI investigation; McCain's advisers fuming at ...

JPod: ‘Don’t Deny Me My Pleasures!’
Wonk Room — John Podhoretz responds with alarm to this account of how Barack Obama “bridled at the sometimes mindless rituals and one-upmanship of a national political campaign” and “resented the pressure he felt to declare, as he put it to Newsweek, that you ‘want to bomb the hell out of someone’ to show toughness on terrorism.” Podhoretz: I pray this sentence is a misrepresentation of what Obama meant, because if it is accurate, we have just elected a president who resents and resists the idea ...

Secrets of the 2008 Campaign
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Set aside some time this weekend to read the outstanding seven-part Newsweek series on how Barack Obama was elected president. The behind-the-scenes reporting was put together by a special team of reporters who were granted year-long access to the campaigns on the condition that none of their findings appear until after Election Day.

Barack Obama, Super Dork
Balloon Juice — Nestled deep in the third chapter of the seven piece story in Newsweek about the election, titled How He Did It, is this little nugget: “That’s an interesting belt buckle,” he said to Michelle, mischievously. She feigned offense and said, “I am interesting, next to you. Surprise, surprise, a blue suit, a white shirt and a tie.” Obama grinned and bent down until he was almost at eye level with her waist. He jabbed a playful finger toward her belt buckle, and let loose his inner nerd. “The lithium crystals! Beam me ...

Chris Matthews: Clintons May Be Overlooked Here
News — ... MSNBC's Chris Matthews again knocked his old friends, the Clintons, while trying to put President-elect Obama's inauguration into historic context. Matthews, just as Obama left the White House with President Bush, suggested that Obama's inauguration could be remembered like those of President Franklin Roosevelt's and John Kennedy's. Matthews then noted that Ethel Kennedy, widow of former Attorney General Robert Kennedy, once told Obama that the civil rights "torch is being passed to you." Matthews then said: "But the Clintons — this isn't a happy thought — they may be ...

The sobering voice of Mr. Market
Power Line — ... Like Samson's hair, Barack Obama's demeanor is the source of his strength. Newsweek begins its long account of the 2008 campaign with the observation: "Barack Obama had a gift, and he knew it. He had a way of making very smart, very accomplished people feel virtuous just by wanting to help Barack Obama." Obama's gift correlates with the inner needs of his audience. ...