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Remainders: The outside world
Ben Smith's Blog — Another bad day on Wall Street. Russia, as Biden predicted, rattles its nuclear sword. Bob Dylan pauses mid-concert to say "things are going to change now." Karl Rove says new voters won the election for Obama. McCain and Palin advisers divulge the nature of the civil war between the candidates. A Muslim teenager on Staten Island says white men beat him after the news of Obama's win. Italy's Prime Minister says Obama is handsome, young and suntanned. Michael Walzer: Obama's win could mean the beginning of movement politics. Wolfson ...

Enough About McCain’s ‘Graciousness’ — It’s the Reason He Lost
Pajamas Media — John McCain wanted to be nice; Barack Obama wanted to be president. [image] Honestly, if I should hear the word “gracious” applied to John McCain’s concession speech even one more time , I may throw the biggest hissy fit ever seen this side of the Mississippi. In reality, however, it isn’t the concession speech that has me riled. It’s the unavoidable reality that Senator McCain attempted to be graciousness personified throughout his campaign. Now, please, dear reader, do not misunderstand me. There’s not a darned thing wrong with graciousness; I shoot for it all the time myself. On the other hand, one does not need to have studied at the famed American War College to ...

The Ad Age President Who ‘Killed Election Day’
Pajamas Media — A Madison Avenue-style campaign and an alteration of traditional voting procedures ensured victory for Obama. [image] Barack Obama’s presidential victory last Tuesday was a triumph of clever advertising, slick marketing, and subversion of the way elections were run in America for over 200 years. I’m not saying that. Fawning advertisers, marketers, and writers at Advertising Age are. On October 17, two and a half weeks before the election, Ad Age named the Obama campaign its 2008 Marketer of the Year ...

Storm Clouds For Obama Form Over Europe
Swampland — The head of the European Union, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, with whom Barack Obama will meet next week, did not hold back today in condemning the president's policies. From the AP story:  Obama insisted Tuesday that his massive budget proposal will put the ailing U.S. economy back on its ...