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“Mutts Like Me”: President-Elect Barack Obama’s First Press Conference
firedoglake.com - 11/7/2008
“Mutts Like Me”: President-Elect Barack Obama’s First Press Conference
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(Reuters photo by Carlos Barria.) Perhaps the first thing we learned from today's press conference is that the familiar Obama campaign typestyle (with its italicized minor words) has made the leap to the presidential transition. If it continues past the inauguration, how long until we're ...
rossdouthat.theatlantic.com - 11/5/2008
Congratulations, President-Elect Obama
— 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 ... (more) Congratulations, President-Elect Obama

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President-Elect Barack Obama in Chicago (video)
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President-Elect Barack Obama in Chicago (video)
— youtube.com — Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States on November 4th, 2008 in Chicago.... (more) President-Elect Barack Obama in Chicago (video)

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swampland.blogs.time.com - 11/7/2008
First Press Conference
— swampland.blogs.time.com — Well, if the presidential campaign didn't convince you that Barack Obama is one disciplined fellow, his first... public appearance as President-elect certainly should have. The press conference was notable for several things: --he did not stray from ... (more) First Press Conference

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News — ... declares. Obama spoke before reporters and TV cameras after meeting with economic advisers, and Klein says the Democrat did not stray from one policy position he had taken during the campaign. Obama navigated reporters' questions easily, Firedoglake's Swopa asserts, while Political Animal's ...

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