Friday, November 07, 2008

Obama Shows the Future, the Past

By Michael Winship
November 7, 2008

Whether you’re Democrat, Republican or Mugwump, you look at Tuesday night’s remarkable election results and the nationwide reaction and can’t help but wonder at how far our young country has come – and, at the same time, how long it’s taken.

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President-elect's Queries for Briefers

By Ray McGovern
November 7, 2008

After a week lecturing at Kansas State University and then in Kansas City, Missouri, I could not shake the feeling that what Kansas and Missouri need most is the equivalent of Radio Free Europe, which was so effective in spreading truth around inside Eastern Europe during the Cold War.

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Obama Demands Iraq War Changes

By Jason Leopold
November 7, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama, in one of the first policy statements of his transition, demanded that the Bush administration either submit the proposed U.S.-Iraq “status-of-forces agreement” to Congress or leave an opening for him to change it next year.

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Wednesday, November 05, 2008

At the White House, an Obama Party

By Robert Parry
November 5, 2008

Around midnight, when the election outcome was clear, thousands of young people walked and skipped and ran to the north gates of the White House, celebrating not just the election of Barack Obama but the repudiation of George W. Bush.

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Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Palin Gets Positive 'Troopergate' Ruling

By Jason Leopold
November 4, 2008

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin got the favorable ruling she hoped for when she referred the “Troopergate” controversy to the state personnel board whose three members are gubernatorial appointees. Their investigator rejected the findings of an earlier legislative inquiry that Palin had abused her power.

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Monday, November 03, 2008

Fear and Racism on the Campaign Trail

By Brian Barger
November 3, 2008

Visitors are greeted at the edge of Virginia’s Caroline County with a giant billboard proclaiming it “McCain Country.” It’s also become a call-to-canvassing priority for the Obama campaign, which sees this as a central battleground to win the swing state.

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Sunday, November 02, 2008

McCain's 'Real-ly Stupid' America

By Robert Parry
November 2, 2008

Sarah Palin may be wrong about the existence of a “real” America where people are decent and patriotic – and a “fake” America where they’re not. But John McCain’s election chances now appear to hinge on the existence of a “real-ly stupid” America.

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