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Obama Pick for Chief of Staff Criticized as Partisan Voice
By Jonathan Weisman Wall Street Journal November 7, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama's choice of Rep. Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff drew fire Thursday from Republicans, and a few Democrats, who noted that a candidate elected on a call for change had turned to a veteran partisan pugilist for his first appointment…
Opinion: Obama Needs a Strong Foreign Policy
By Will Marshall Wall Street Journal November 7, 2008
Democrats need to spell out clearly the convictions that underlie their vision of American leadership in the post-9/11 world. Fortunately, in President-elect Barack Obama they have a supremely articulate messenger who is intellectually up to the task…
Review and Outlook: Emanuel's Elbows
Wall Street Journal November 7, 2008
Republicans are howling about Barack Obama's choice of Rahm Emanuel as his White House chief of staff, claiming the Illinois Congressman is a rough partisan who belies Mr. Obama's campaign rhetoric about comity and bipartisanship…
Review and Outlook: Obama's Russia Test
Wall Street Journal November 7, 2008
'Mark my words. It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama. . . . I guarantee you it's gonna happen." Joe Biden's famous campaign gaffe-as-prophecy was off by six months. How Mr. Obama responds to the Kremlin's provocation this week will offer an important glimpse of his Administration's approach to foreign policy…
Op-Ed: Obama Ran a Capitalist Campaign
By Bret Swanson Wall Street Journal November 7, 2008
If Barack Obama ran for president by calling for a heavier hand of government, he also won by running one of the most entrepreneurial campaigns in history…
Op-Ed: The Children Are Watching America makes history, but the mandate is for moderation.
By Peggy Noonan Wall Street Journal November 7, 2008
You're lucky to live through big history. And you're living through it. The explosion of joy in large pockets of the country Tuesday night was beautiful to see, and moving. For me, at the end of the evening, looking at live shots of the throngs in Chicago's Grant Park, I flashed back to 1960 and how it felt, as a child, to see that the grown-ups had elected a Catholic president. I can't say we stood taller—we were Irish, we already stood tall—but yes, there was a wave of feeling: "What a country," "What a development!" The other day, when I said that to the writer Henry Louis Gates, head of African American studies at Harvard, he told me he'd grown up in a Catholic neighborhood and had celebrated that night with his neighbors because he thought he was one of them. That struck me as a very American anecdote…
Berlusconi Under Fire for Obama ‘Joke’
By Rachel Donadio New York Times November 7, 2008
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi did it again. Meeting in Moscow on Thursday, Mr. Berlusconi told Russian President Dmitri Medvedev that President-elect Barack Obama “has all the qualities to get along well with you: he’s young, handsome and suntanned, so I think you can develop a good working relationship.”…
Obama, Assembling Team, Turns to the Economy
By Jeff Zeleny and Jackie Calmes New York Times November 7, 2008
CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama moved swiftly on Thursday to fill his administration and form his response to the economic crisis. Mr. Obama scheduled his first post-election visit to the White House and convened an economic advisory board to meet here amid signs of a deteriorating financial outlook…
Pastor Says Race Remains a Big Issue
By Gregory B. Hladky New York Times November 7, 2008
MILFORD, Conn. — The Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. warned Thursday that the individual successes of Barack Obama and other prominent African-Americans “shouldn’t lull us to sleep” in the effort to combat racism and poverty in America…
Obama Victory Is Record News on the Web
November 6, 2008
The hour beginning 11 p.m. Tuesday — when Senator Barack Obama was widely projected to have won the presidency — was the biggest for news Web sites since measuring began three years ago…
Tolerance Over Race Can Spread, Studies Find
By Benedict Carey New York Times November 7, 2008
This was supposed to be the election when hidden racism would rear its head. There was much talk of a “Bradley effect,” in which white voters would say one thing to pollsters and do another in the privacy of the booth; of a backlash in which the working-class whites whom Senator Barack Obama had labeled “bitter” would take their bitterness out on him…
Opinion: Proceed With Care, Mr. Obama
By Floyd Norris New York Times November 7, 2008
Some things are worth doing quickly, even if you might have done a better job if you had taken more time. Others must be done well, even if that means delay…
Iran’s Leader Offers Salute to Obama in a Letter
By Nazila Fathi New York Times November 7, 2008
TEHRAN — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran sent an unusual letter congratulating President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday for his victory in the American presidential race, even though the two nations have had no diplomatic ties for nearly 30 years…
Translation of Ahmadinejad's Letter
Washington Post November 6, 2008
Here is a Washington Post translation of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's letter to Barack Obama: In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful. Mr. Barack Obama, President-elect of the United States of America. I congratulate you on having gained the majority of the votes of those who took part in the election. As you know, the chances that God gives to his subjects pass swiftly. They can be used for the perfection of humanity and to the benefit of nations or, God forbid, to the detriment of nations…
Op-Ed: Thinking of Good Vibrations
By Gail Collins New York Times November 7, 2008
Tralalalalala. We are only thinking cheerful thoughts today, people. America did good. Enjoy. Even if you voted for John McCain, be happy. You’ve got the best of all worlds. Today, you can bask in the realization that there are billions of people around the planet who loathed our country last week but are now in awe of its capacity to rise above historic fears and prejudices, that once again, the United States will have a president the world wants to follow…
Op-Ed: Bring on the Puppy and the Rookie
By Maureen Dowd New York Times November 7, 2008
I walked over to the White House Tuesday night and leaned against the fence. How can such a lovely house make so many of its inhabitants nuts? There was no U-Haul in the driveway. I don’t know if W. was inside talking to the portraits on the wall. Or if the portraits can vanish from their frames, as at Hogwarts Academy, to escape if W. is pestering them about his legacy…
By Nicholas D. Kristof New York Times November 7, 2008
America is more than a place. At its best, it also is an idea. When my father was driven from his home in Eastern Europe in World War II, he initially settled in France. But France offered no opportunity to impoverished refugees, so my father sought better prospects for himself and his descendents by moving on to an Oregon logging camp to begin to learn English and start a new life. What lured him was not the real estate of America, but the idea of America…
Obama's Choice Could Signal Rapid Succession of Cabinet Picks
By Anne E. Kornblut and Karen DeYoung Washington Post November 7, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama made the first appointment of his new administration yesterday, choosing Rep. Rahm Emanuel to serve as White House chief of staff when he takes office in January…
By Kathleen Parker Washington Post November 7, 2008
'Fess up. You wept. OK, I'll go first. Tears came twice. First, when John McCain hushed his booing crowd to acknowledge the significance of this nation's electing an African American to the presidency. Second, when Barack Obama delivered his acceptance speech:…
For Obama, the economy can't wait His top priorities are stimulus proposals, the 'G-20' summit, and picking a Treasury chief.
By Mark Trumbull The Christian Science Monitor November 7, 2008
The economy and financial markets are amplifying a message that Barack Obama knew about well before Election Day: The president-elect must start acting right now – not just upon his Jan. 20 inauguration – to forge his response to the crisis…
Rahm Emanuel to be Obama's chief of staff
By Peter Nicholas Los Angeles Times November 6, 2008
Reporting from Chicago — Rahm Emanuel, a tough political operative who helped create a solid Democratic majority in Congress, accepted Barack Obama's offer to be White House chief of staff, according to Democratic congressional aides…
The president-elect has a window of opportunity to improve U.S. ties with other countries.
By Rosa Brooks Los Angeles Times November 6, 2008
Hello, World! We're back. Right after the 2004 election, a California college student started a website called sorryeverybody.com, "an apology to the world for the reelection of George W. Bush." He invited Americans to submit photos with messages to the world, and thousands did. In one photo, a man holds up a handwritten note: "Sorry World (We Tried). -- Half of America." Another note reads, "I'm Sorry World, I Miss You So Much." A third promises, "Dear World, It'll Get Better."…
Obama family favorites likely to get brand boost
By Bruce Horovitz USA Today November 7, 2008
Every president has his favorite stuff. And it doesn't take long for the nation to become enamored with a president's pet things and habits, particularly a celebrity president such as Barack Obama… |
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In End, McCain Played to the GOP Campaign Courted the Base as Dominance of Economic Issues Blunted Maverick Message
By Laura Meckler Wall Street Journal November 7, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Heading into the 2008 presidential race, many Republicans thought Sen. John McCain's image as a deal-making maverick made him the one Republican who might win in an anti-GOP year. His defeat now has observers wondering what might have been had he stuck to his persona…
By John Boehner Washington Post November 7, 2008
While Republicans are disappointed by Tuesday's results, we respect the American people's decision and pledge to work with President-elect Barack Obama when it is in the best interest of our nation. Some Democrats and pundits may want to read Tuesday's results as a repudiation of conservatism -- a sign that Republicans should give Democrats on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue a free ride. I don't see it that way, and neither should Republicans across the country…
Commentary: Do Republicans have a 'Yes, we can'? They can still be for limited government, but the kind that also creates opportunities.
The Christian Science Monitor November 7, 2008
Barack Obama's ability to pass new laws will hinge in part on how much Republicans in Congress, now in a cloth-rending funk, refashion themselves. Without a honest look in the mirror, the GOP could be in the wilderness for years. Or it could reshape itself, as Britain's Conservatives have. To be sure, the election wasn't a total rout for Republicans despite Mr. Obama's Electoral College landslide. John McCain earned 46 percent of the vote, more than Bill Clinton did in 1992. The party's loss of House seats was less than expected while it still has enough senators to muster a filibuster…
Tensions between McCain and Palin camps come to light
By Maeve Reston and Seema Mehta Los Angeles Times November 7, 2008
McCain aides talk about the Republican vice presidential nominee's wardrobe controversy and other issues…
PALIN
Review and Outlook: Palin and the GOP
Wall Street Journal November 7, 2008
Love Sarah Palin or hate her -- and there seems to be little in between -- the Alaska Governor has become a national political figure. She could have a big political future, assuming she and the many Republicans now trashing her learn something from their recent misadventures…
Palin Returns to Snow and Cold of Home
By William Yardley New York Times November 7, 2008
ANCHORAGE — Her last ride on the McCain-Palin campaign plane ended here, back home in the cold and the snow and the familiar. "We are Alaskans!" Gov. Sarah Palin, standing with her husband Todd, told scores of cheering supporters who showed up to greet her upon her return to Alaska late Wednesday…
Sarah Palin returns to a chillier Alaska
By Kim Murphy Los Angeles Times November 7, 2008
The governor's approval ratings have fallen since she joined the campaign trail. She'll have to mend fences over Troopergate, budget concerns and her national 'pit bull' image… |
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Push to Expand Early Balloting and Voter Rolls
By Ian Urbina New York Times November 7, 2008
Many of the states that allowed early voting this year experienced few delays on Election Day, and now federal election officials, lawmakers and voting experts say people in every state should have the same privilege…
Obama Victory Alters the Tenor of Iraqi Politics
By Alissa J. Rubin New York Times November 7, 2008
BAGHDAD — Barack Obama may have been elected only three days ago, but his victory is already beginning to shift the political ground in Iraq and the region…
A Blowout? No, but a Clear-Cut Win, for a Change
By Michael Cooper New York Times November 7, 2008
One of the many ways the election of Barack Obama differed from recent presidential elections was that in the end, it did not all come down to one state…
In Big Shift, Latino Vote Was Heavily for Obama
By Julia Preston New York Times November 7, 2008
Latino voters shifted in huge numbers away from the Republicans to vote for Senator Barack Obama in the presidential election, exit polls show, providing the votes that gave him unexpectedly large margins of victory in three battleground states: Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada…
Obama Made Gains Among Younger Evangelical Voters, Data Show
By Laurie Goodstein New York Times November 7, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama succeeded in chiseling off small but significant chunks of white evangelical voters who have been the foundation of the Republican Party for decades, a close look at voting patterns reveals…
By Charles Krauthammer Washington Post November 7, 2008
In my previous life, I witnessed far more difficult postmortems. This one is easy. The patient was fatally stricken on Sept. 15 -- caught in the rubble when the roof fell in (at Lehman Brothers, according to the police report) -- although he did linger until his final, rather quiet demise on Nov. 4…
By Harold Meyerson Washington Post November 7, 2008
At first glance, the victory of Barack Obama and the Democrats inspires that sense of awe that comes when we realize we are in the presence of a momentous historical transformation. At second glance, though -- how much of a change in the American political order does it actually portend? |
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