'Obama's Challenge': A Transformative Opportunity
Robert Kuttner has reported on elections for more than 30 years. His new book,
Obama's Challenge, looks at the Herculean obstacles the president-elect faces — and what it will take to tackle them.
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Rep. Clyburn Says He Knew Obama Would Win
The votes are counted and Sen. Barack Obama will be the new resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. But what does his win mean for the country and for black leadership, in specific? For more, Farai Chideya turns to one of the highest-ranking African Americans in the government, House Majority Whip James Clyburn, who represents South Carolina's 6th District.
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Democrats dominate early voting in key states
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AP - Democrats are dominating early voting in six key states President Bush won four years ago, forcing Republican John McCain to play catch-up even before Election Day arrives.
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McCain says Obama not up to task of protecting US
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AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Wednesday that the country's economic problems will pass but that threats against the nation will not and that Democratic rival Barack Obama is not up to the task of protecting the United States.
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AP Poll: Obama leads or tied in 8 crucial states
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AP - Barack Obama leads in four states won by President Bush in 2004 and is essentially tied in two other Republican states, according to new AP-GfK battleground polling that suggests most roads to victory are closed to John McCain. Obama could win big.
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McCain faults paper for not releasing Khalidi tape
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AP - Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin accused the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday of protecting Barack Obama by withholding a videotape of the Democrat attending a 2003 party for a Palestinian-American professor and critic of Israel. The paper said it had written about the event in April and would not release the tape because of a promise made to the source who provided it.
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Deposition interrupts Wash. gov hopeful's campaign
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AP - With unconcealed annoyance, Republican Dino Rossi began the final week of his campaign for governor in his lawyer's office Wednesday, answering questions for a lawsuit brought by supporters of the Democratic incumbent.
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Obama ridicules McCain charge he's socialist
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AP - Barack Obama accused Republican rival John McCain on Wednesday of stooping to low tactics by labeling the Democrat a socialist. "I don't know what's next," Obama, the presidential candidate, said at an outdoor rally in North Carolina. "By the end of the week, he'll be accusing me of being a secret communist because I shared my toys in kindergarten. I shared my peanut butter and jelly sandwich."
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Vt. governor's race may be decided by lawmakers
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AP - The incumbent got a pie in the face. One of his challengers got egg on hers after releasing fake tax returns. Another candidate switched his party affiliation midway through the campaign.
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New president unlikely to attend financial summit
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Reuters - The Bush administration said on Wednesday it does not expect the winner of the November 4 U.S. presidential election, whether Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain, to attend the summit on the financial crisis on November 15.
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Obama effigy found on U. of Kentucky campus
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AP - University of Kentucky authorities were investigating Wednesday who hanged an effigy of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama from a tree on campus.
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A look at notable measures on the Nov. 4 ballot
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AP - Some notable measures on state ballots in the Nov. 4 election:
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Hot-button social issues highlight state ballots
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AP - Social issues so volatile that the presidential campaigns sidestepped them will be on the ballots in several states next week, including measures that would criminalize most abortions, outlaw affirmative action and ban same-sex marriage in California, one of only three states that allows it.
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Best, worst finance decisions of the election
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Politico - Barack Obama’s decision not to accept taxpayer financing for his general election campaign turned money into a central issue of the 2008 presidential race.
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New websites suggest agenda, cabinet for next US president
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AFP - The US presidential election is still a few days away but websites are popping up where users can suggest an agenda for the next president or even help shape his cabinet.
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