news.yahoo.com - 12/16/2008
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AP - As 13 electors cast ballots Monday for the nation's first black president in the Confederacy's old Capitol, Henry Marsh emotionally recalled the smartest man he ever knew a waiter, who couldn't get a better job because of his race.
oregonlive.com - 12/16/2008
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oregonlive.com —
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) As 13 electors cast
ballots Monday for the nation's first black president in...
the Confederacy's old Capitol, Henry Marsh emotionally recalled the smartest man he ever knew a waiter, who couldn't get a better job because of his ...
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It's official: Barack Obama elected 44th president - ...
msnbc.msn.com - 12/16/2008
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And we’re supposed to have confidence in this?
Sister Toldjah —
... over the election of Barack Obama to fall back down to earth and realize that there is only one God, and it most certainly isn’t the man who in a few weeks will be sworn in as the 44th president of the United States? ...
Electoral Votes Cast
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
... Step Two in our peculiar process for electing our chief executive was completed yesterday (via the AP): It’s official: Barack Obama elected 44th president ...
Obama wins... it's (almost) official!
The Reaction —
By Michael J.W. Stickings Oh, the Electoral College. Isn't it hilarious? In case you missed it, the 538 electors cast their ballots yesterday, and, wouldn't you know it, Obama won! Does that make it official? No. Congress still must confirm the result, and that will be on January 6. ********** I don't mean to dismiss the significance of yesterday's events. As the AP notes in its article, ...
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Obama Elected President
politicalwire.com 11/5/2008 — Based on network projections, Sen. Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States tonight.
This is political accomplishment so extraordinary that we will spend days looking at how he did it. For now, however, let's just celebrate ...
Official White House photo of Barack Obama, the 44th president
latimesblogs.latimes.com 1/16/2009 —
Coming to a post office near you very soon.
The official presidential photo of Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States, released today.
After all that on-again-off-again campaign talk, he decided to go with flag pin after all. ...
Video: Barack Obama sworn in as 44th President
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com 1/20/2009 — Barack Obama took the presidential oath becoming the 44th U.S. president Tuesday, shattering racial barriers as the first black leader of a country gripped by profound economic troubles and at war in two distant lands.
First thoughts: The 44th President
firstread.msnbc.msn.com 11/5/2008 — From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Carrie Dann*** The 44th President: In a just a little more than four years, an Illinois state senator who delivered a rousing speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention will now become the ...
Journalists Name 44th President
washingtonpost.com 10/28/2008 — Barack Obama has a problem: He's going to sweep so many Democrats into Congress that he will "face high expectations," as the New York Times put it, to deliver on his promises.
How Obama Got Elected
sixmeatbuffet.com 11/18/2008 — A great video from John Ziegler over on How Obama Got Elected .
By the way.. since John McCain is being the maverick that he is and drooling all over Obama’s undershorts , could someone please tell him that is this type of pants-down politics that cost him the election? Thanks.
Energy Czar: Carol Browner —
TIME.com Top Politics Stories 12/16/2008
As President-elect Barack Obama unveils another round of administration and White House staff appointees, a newly created position in the Department of Energy goes to longtime environmental policymaker Carol Browner
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