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Bateman: Barack Obama speaks to the press
Salon Staff
Some of the choices we're going to make are going to be difficult ... French bulldog or Boston terrier?
The 2008 election: Where are they now?
Salon Staff
Salon catches up with some of the also-rans, has-beens and future standouts from the 2008 election cycle.
More good news from Election ’08
Joan Walsh
Race was a "net plus" for Barack Obama. And a last look at Hillary Clinton, unlikely working class hero.
Orin Kerr and the responsibility of elites for the last eight years
Glenn Greenwald
There is no virtue in having treated the radicalism and lawlessness of the Bush era as though it were reasonable, decent and worthy of respect
Obama: Socialist or Reaganite?
Joan Walsh
Before the election, Brent Bozell ranted against Obama as a raving Marxist. Now he's claiming he ran as a Reagan conservative.
Bush’s seven deadly environmental sins
Katharine Mieszkowski
How Bush made a mockery of the nation's environmental laws and values -- and what Obama must do to get us back on track.
Various matters
Glenn Greenwald
The Washington Post Editorial Page calls for the repeal of DOMA. The New York Times practices real journalism on Georgia-Russia. And it's impossible to know what Obama will do until he does it.
Get ready for the New World Order
Alex Koppelman
Are McCain supporters' worst fears about to come true?
NRO writer: Obama community service plan like concentration camps
Alex Koppelman
Posting at one of the National Review's blogs, John Derbyshire invokes both the Nazis and Soviet forced labor in discussing Obama's proposals.
Jews to Lieberman: Oy, Joe, enough already!
Mike Madden
Barack Obama's share of the Jewish vote increased over John Kerry's four years ago, despite constant noodging from Joe Lieberman.
Obama holds meeting, press conference on economy
Alex Koppelman
The president-elect worked to calm Americans about the latest troubling economic news and at the same time made sure not to act like he's already been sworn in.
Obama’s designated a–hole
Mike Madden
Even a poetic president needs a ruthless deal maker to help execute his agenda. Enter Rahm Emanuel -- aka "Rahmbo" -- the legendary Democratic operator.
Obama and the dawn of the Fourth Republic
Michael Lind
His victory really may mark the beginning of a new era in American history.
An open apology to boomers everywhere
Heather Havrilesky
Your earnest, self-important prattle has gotten on Gen X nerves for decades. But now we finally get it.
Gays in the age of Obama
Sandip Roy
For many, the jubilation over the new president is greater than the sorrow over Proposition 8.
Everybody loves Michelle
Sarah Hepola
A round table about America's first lady-elect, what it means to be a fashion icon and whether it's wrong to bag on that red and black dress.
What does Obama’s victory mean?
Thomas Schaller
Responses from a platoon of reporters, bloggers, commentators, academics and policy wonks on the meaning of Obama's victory.
It’s official: AP calls North Carolina for Obama
Alex Koppelman
Confirming what had seemed evident from the returns, the Associated Press says Barack Obama won the state and its 15 Electoral College votes.
Winners and losers
Thomas Schaller
Those who are better or worse off following this long, amazing presidential campaign.
Equating Clinton’s “scandals” with Bush’s
Glenn Greenwald
Beltway journalists continue to see the Monica Lewinsky affair as just as bad as, if not worse than, the endless parade of crimes committed over the last eight years.
Will Barack Obama have a honeymoon?
Joan Walsh
His mandate is bigger than any Democrat's since Lyndon Johnson, bigger than first-term Ronald Reagan's. But he won't get breathing room unless we demand it.
An answer to Proposition 8: Repealing DOMA
Glenn Greenwald
Democrats bear a particular responsibility to erase the stain of what Obama called this "abhorrent law," and can do so within the political consensus on gay equality.
Athletes didn’t “pave way” for Obama
King Kaufman
Heroes like Jackie Robinson played a small role, but exaggerating it diminishes what anonymous millions have done.
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