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mediamatters.org - 11/6/2008
In 2008, will media recall 2004 declarations of Bush "mandate"?
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In 2004, President Bush was re-elected with 286 electoral votes, defeating Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) by 3.3 million votes -- the smallest popular-vote margin since 1976 (excluding the 2000 election) and the lowest electoral vote count for an incumbent president's re-election since Woodrow Wilson ...
nationaljournal.com - 11/9/2008
National Journal Magazine - Bush's Failing Final Grade
— nationaljournal.com — It detracts nothing from Barack Obama's achievement to note that his historic electoral success rests atop the... epic political failure of George W. Bush. If Obama is shrewd enough, there's a lesson for the new president in the failure of the old one. ... (more) National Journal Magazine - Bush's Failing Final Grade

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washingtonmonthly.com - 11/9/2008
Change We Can Believe In
— washingtonmonthly.com — Change We Can Believe In From the Washington Post: "Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled... a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be swiftly undone to reverse White House policies on ... (more) Change We Can Believe In

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washingtonmonthly.com - 11/6/2008
We let Bush down
— washingtonmonthly.com — WE LET BUSH DOWN.... A friend emailed me last night, telling me that this op-ed from the... Wall Street Journal may very well be the single most foolish op-ed ever published in a major American newspaper. That's obviously a difficult... (more) We let Bush down

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Crooks and Liars:  Not Ready To Make Nice

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Not Ready To Make Nice
Crooks and Liars — ... Oh boy. I guess they've forgotten how all of these Republicans were crowing about a "mandate" after Bush's 2004 "win", despite the smallest margins for an incumbent president in nearly 100 years. Because rather than see Obama's victory as a call for a change to business as usual (including flipping some red states--hello North Carolina, Indiana and Florida!--and key Senate seats), the Republicans see the election results not as the time to reach across the aisle in the spirit of unity and bipartisanship, but to " ...

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My Final Election Forecasts
openleft.com 11/4/2008 — This is it. My final forecasts for 2008: President Electoral Vote: Obama 353--185 McCain National Popular Vote: Obama 52.8%--45.7% McCain You can see my final percentage projections here . I decided to go with Obama in North Carolina even ...
So How Many People Voted For Obama? — Daily Kos
At last check, Barack Obama's popular vote total was 63.7 million, the most ever received by a presidential candidate. But that doesn't tell the whole story -- there are still  millions of votes left to be counted, so Obama's vote total will increase. Fortunately, Nate Silver has run the ...
Election Eve Prediction: The EC — PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts
Here’s my final prediction for the electoral vote for tomorrow: Obama 364, McCain 174. In terms of the national popular vote, I expect a 6% margin of victory for Obama. For long time readers, this means that Obama is Wonderbread and McCain is Toast. Or, if one prefers a graphical ...
Rob Richie: Presidential Election Momentum... The Winner May Be National Popular Vote — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
This year's presidential election of course is hugely important. Indeed so was the last one in 2004, the one before it in 2000 and on back into our history. But there's a special way this election may be part of history: 2008 promises to be the very last election held under the current ...
Predict the Election — PoliGazette
Stealing Borrowing an idea I first saw over at TMV , I’d be interested in seeing how readers of Poligazette think this election will turn out. Make predictions for how many electoral votes the candidates will get, the popular vote, the number of seats in the Senate, and number of seats ...