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Awaiting Obama’s top lieutenants
Walter Shapiro
Will it be Chuck Hagel, or even Hillary Clinton, for secretary of state? Will Bob Gates stay at the Pentagon? Obama's national security team remains mostly top secret.
The elusive Team Obama
Walter Shapiro
It's proving difficult to peer inside Obama's still tightly closed Cabinet. But so far his presidential transition has looked deliberate and impressive.
A rough night for gay Obama supporters
Meredith Maran
I was elated over Obama's historic win. Then I got the news that Proposition 8 was passing -- banning my right to marry a woman.
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.
Biden buries the hatchet — literally
Andrew Burmon
In which Joe Biden goes home to ride in a horse-drawn carriage and eat some delicious ox roast sandwiches.
Winners and losers
Thomas Schaller
Those who are better or worse off following this long, amazing presidential campaign.
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.
Barack Obama’s epic win
Walter Shapiro
The culmination of a brilliant campaign, Obama's unequivocal defeat of John McCain marks a political and generational transformation.
The journey ends for John McCain
Mike Madden
"The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly."
Election Day blogging (10 p.m. EST thread)
Salon Staff
Join Joan Walsh, Glenn Greenwald, David Sirota, David Talbot, Digby, Paul Maslin, Rebecca Traister and Gary Kamiya as they follow the day's events.
Who did Sarah Palin vote for?
Joan Walsh
Unbelievably, outside her Wasilla polling place, she refused to say.
At Biden rally, Obama’s party comes into view
Gabriel Winant
A crowd of Teamsters and electricians -- once thought to be Clinton voters -- stayed up late in south Philly to get excited about voting for Barack Obama.
It’s Election Day in America
Alex Koppelman
After almost two years of campaigning, it all comes down to this.
Help me make it through the (day and) night
Joan Walsh
I'm so excited about this election, I've invited friends into my blog to keep me company. Plus: Palin on McCain: "Send him on his last mission!"
McCain and Palin stumping hard
Thomas Schaller
In the last eight days John McCain and Sarah Palin have ramped it up.
McCain gets mean
Rebecca Traister
Facing gloomy predictions for Tuesday, the candidate turns up the fear-mongering in Pennsylvania.
The single worst expression in American politics
Glenn Greenwald
As so many politicians do, Joe Biden perverts the Constitution when he instructs Obama critics that they will soon refer to him as "our commander in chief."
A scary Halloween with Sarah Palin
Rebecca Traister
In central Pennsylvania, the Republican base is afraid of Obama, and lost in fever dreams of a neo-Soviet nightmare. But it's all in God's hands.
Postcard from Pennsylvania: Joe Biden in Palin country
Salon Staff
Both V.P. candidates held rallies in Williamsport, Pa. Palin filled a baseball stadium while the candidate most likely to win barely filled a gymnasium.
Sarah Palin: “The time for choosin’s comin’ real soon”
Rebecca Traister
The Republican base greets its true leader in small-town Pennsylvania. And hits me with a car.
Veepzilla!
Joan Walsh
Ignore the GOP blame game: The only one responsible for John McCain's Palin problems is McCain.
The Republican shipwreck
Gary Kamiya
The mighty right-wing Titanic is sinking, and McCain is desperately blaming Bush. But the problem isn't the captain -- it's the ship.
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