huffingtonpost.com - 11/5/2008
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Barack Obama will take office facing economic collapse and wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan - a situation which could present him with an opportunity to build a revived Democratic coalition or foil his attempts to restore a durable center-left majority.
Obama appears to be acutely aware of ...
hotair.com - 11/5/2008
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hotair.com —
This morning, after having absorbed the substantial victory
of Barack Obama, I noticed a couple of interesting...
items in the data. Barack Obama certainly won this race, but he won it with just a little more votes than George Bush won in his ...
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Notes from the collapse
rossdouthat.theatlantic.com - 11/5/2008
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rossdouthat.theatlantic.com —
Like many conservative writers, my good opinion of
Barack Obama diminished somewhat over the course of the...
campaign. Part of this was the inevitable hardening of the partisan arteries that takes place during a Presidential year, but part of it was ...
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Congratulations, President-Elect Obama
pajamasmedia.com - 11/6/2008
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pajamasmedia.com —
Reconciliation I wish President-elect Obama well, and hope
that even his critics can concede that he waged...
a successful and often brilliant (if not shrewdly stealthy) campaign. It seems to me that conservatives have a golden opportunity to offer ...
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The Day After
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Jules Crittenden —
... Edsall at HuffPo: The good news is, Obama electrified both the grubby and the elite. Bad news, now he presides over a mess . Yeah, well, careful what you wish for. Meanwhile, Sirota at HuffPo notes what I’d take to be the cold feet of one particularly gutless pol. ...
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corner.nationalreview.com 11/3/2008 — In the end this campaign could have been a clear-cut and honest choice between two world views, unapologetically expressed. I think with McCain his conservative/centrist views and 30-year public life were pretty well known to the public. Like it or ...
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Obama will struggle to create jobs —
CNN Political Ticker 11/5/2008
Obama at an economic summit last month.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) – Here's the challenge facing President-elect Barack Obama as he weighs how to create more jobs: another half-million jobs likely will be lost between now and Inauguration ...
Around the World, Praise for Obama —
Wash Post Elections 11/5/2008
LONDON, Nov. 5 -- Through tears and whoops of joy, in celebrations that spilled onto streets on distant continents, people around the globe called Barack Obama's election a victory for the world and a renewal of America's ability to inspire.
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