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Obama's core: the West, for him, is not the best.(2008 IV)(Barack Obama)

Article from: National Review Article date: November 03, 2008 Author: Beran, Michael Knox

LEON TROTSKY's The Russian Revolution does not occupy a high place in the literature of conservatism. But the old Bolshevik could on occasion be perceptive. Analyzing the improbable rise of Rasputin, he noted how frequently shamanism flourishes in the bowels of a decaying oligarchy, when the languishing elites crave the stimulus that only a certain kind of messianic figure can give. The commissar had a point. In the fourth Eclogue, Virgil beguiled the patricians of the collapsing Roman republic with a vision of a miraculous child who would inaugurate a golden age. Eighteen ...

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A Black President Will Boost Brand USA

Posted Oct 23, 08 9:58 AM CDT in Politics,  Opinion 

A Black President Will Boost Brand USA
Source: AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

(Newser) – Skin color is no reason to vote for anybody, Nick Kristof writes in the New York Times, but there's no denying that electing a black president would give America's image abroad a much-needed boost—"redefining the American 'brand' to be less about Guantánamo and more about equality." Almost half of people abroad polled by the BBC said a President Obama would "fundamentally change their view of the US."

In nations where the image of a racist US holds sway, people find the concept of a black president so astonishing they may well drop their pre-conceived anti-American notions. "If this election goes as the polls suggest, we may find a path to restore America’s global influence—and thus to achieve some of our international objectives," Kristof writes, "in part because the world is concluding that Americans can, after all, see beyond a person’s epidermis."

Source: New York Times

More about:  Barack Obama • Election 2008 • Obama 2008 • African Americans • equality • Nicholas Kristof • US image

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'Bradley Effect' Is Overblown, But Obama Can't Ignore It

Racism will play a factor, but might not boil down to simple dishonesty

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Oct 2, 08 6:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Much has been made of the so-called Bradley effect in this year's election—the propensity of white voters to tell pollsters they've got no problem voting for a black candidate but to change their tune in the privacy of the voting booth. Patt Morrison cautions in the Los Angeles Times that the phenomenon is probably exaggerated. After all, Tom Bradley’s 1982 California gubernatorial run was complicated by a gun-control proposition, which turned out many rural voters who hadn’t been polled as heavily. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • Election 2008 • Obama 2008 • Los Angeles • racism • African Americans • Tom Bradley

 Finally: Mac Wins Missouri 

Last state to be called leaves tally at Obama 365, McCain 173

Kansas City Star Kansas City Star Nov 19, 08 1:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Missouri, the last state up for grabs, looks to have gone Republican by less than a 1% margin, leaving John McCain with 173 electoral votes to Barack Obama’s 365, the Kansas City Star reports. There are still 3,000 uncounted provisional ballots, but McCain’s margin is large enough to declare him the winner of the state’s 11 electoral votes. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • Election 2008 • John McCain • President Obama • Obama 2008 • McCain 2008 • Missouri

GLOSSIES

 How Obama Won 

Campaign strategists decided early on to own the economy and to define the Democrat as a change agent.

New Yorker New Yorker Nov 10, 08 4:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama succeeded in his bid for the presidency because he became the anti-Bush, Ryan Lizza writes in the New Yorker . Campaign advisers agreed early on to keep it simple: own the economy and emphasize bringing change to Washington. Little did they know how well the financial crisis and John McCain would ultimately support that goal—and help turn the Illnois senator's newcomer status into an asset. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • Election 2008 • President Obama • Obama 2008


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