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 OBAMA CLINCHES 
 HISTORIC VICTORY 

Early results likely to set tone

Nov 4, 08 11:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama won the crucial battleground states of Florida, Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania to clinch victory over John McCain and secure his place in history, MSNBC reports. The 47-year-old Illinois senator will become the nation's first black president when he succeeds George W. Bush in January. Obama reached the 270... More »

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 Jubilant Obama Supporters 
 Swarm Grant Park 

Obama supporters collect in Chicago; McCain staff relaxed and confident

Nov 4, 08 8:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Hundreds of thousands of Barack Obama supporters have been collecting in Chicago's Grant Park, watching results come in on a Jumbotron screen while they await the candidate's rally tonight. The Lollapalooza-like atmosphere includes blankets spread out on the grass and vendors offering t-shirts and buttons, reports the Chicago Tribune. Obama... More »

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Exit Polling

State Polling Results You're Not Seeing on TV

Obama has most leads, but take these with a big chunk of salt

Nov 4, 08 7:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Huffington Post got its hands on the exit polling information shared with media outlets at 5pm but not reported by television networks. They show Barack Obama leading in most swing states, though the HuffPo cautions that the numbers are extremely unreliable; believe at your own risk. The list has Obama... More »

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OPINION

Campaign Buzzwords
We'll Be Happy to Discard

The pitbull with lipstick might've been a game-changer, but enough already

Nov 4, 08 4:05 PM CST
(Newser) - It's an inevitability of any election season: Some phrases will get bandied around so much that the hapless American, simply trying to do his civic duty by paying attention, will be crushed under the sheer weight of political verbiage. The Red Eye lists the worst offenders:
  • Change: As in,
... More »

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OPINION

An Obama
Win Would Belong to LBJ

Run is confirmation of slow change since
Civil Rights Act

Nov 4, 08 12:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Unless the polls are wrong, the winner of today’s election is clear: Lyndon Baines Johnson. “We have lost the South for a generation,” Johnson said when he signed the Civil Rights Act. Well, “for that generation, time’s up,” Richard Cohen writes in the More »

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Barack Obama • Lyndon Johnson • race relations • Voting Rights Act • Obama 2008 • racial equality • Election 2008

 Oprah, Obama 
 in Last-Minute 
 Strategy Session 

Conference call included key black leaders

Nov 4, 08 4:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Talk-show queen Oprah Winfrey participated in a top-level phone conference yesterday with Barack Obama and key black leaders to pull out the stops in the campaign's home stretch, reports the New York Daily News. Rapper Diddy Combs, strategist Donna Brazile and House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn were also in on... More »

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UPDATED

Obama's Grandmother Loses Battle With Cancer

Madelyn Dunham passes away at 86 on eve of historic election

Nov 3, 08 3:52 PM CST
(Newser) - On the eve of Election Day, Barack Obama's maternal grandmother died today in Honolulu after a long struggle with cancer. Madelyn Dunham, who helped raise Obama, had been in hospice care, the Chicago Tribune reports. The senator and his sister Maya Soetoro-Ng released a statement calling their 86-year-old grandmother "... More »

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TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Aide: 
 Mac 'Greatest 
 Closer of All Time' 

Davis predicts McCain surprise win

Nov 2, 08 1:41 PM CST
(Newser) - McCain campaign manager Rick Davis told Fox News Sunday that the Republicans will seize Pennsylvania and the Southwestern states for a come-from-behind finish on Tuesday, the Hill reports. “John McCain may be the greatest closer politician of all time,” he said. Other highlights from the talk shows:
... More »

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(Newser) - The campaigns would have you believe that lots of states are still in play, but only five really matter at this point, writes Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight.com. They are Pennsylvania, Virginia, Colorado, Nevada, and Ohio. Silver emphasizes that "by far the most likely scenario" is that Barack Obama... More »

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McCain-Endorsing Papers Lose Seats on Air Obama

But Fox News keeps its spot

Oct 31, 08 12:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama campaign has kicked reporters from the New York Post, Washington Times, and Dallas Morning News off its campaign plane, and as the Drudge Report was quick to note, all three papers endorsed McCain. An Obama spokesman confirmed the report, but said it was not politically motivated,... More »

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Obama Camp Likes Emanuel for Chief of Staff

Looking ahead,
Democrats approach Illinois congressman

Oct 30, 08 8:21 PM CDT
(AP) - Barack Obama's campaign has approached Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel about serving as White House chief of staff, say anonymous Democratic sources. An aide to the congressman says he "has not been contacted to take a job in an administration that does not yet exist. Everyone is focused on Election... More »

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ENDORSEMENT

 Economist: Obama 
 Is Worth the Risk 

McCain was a great senator but a poor candidate

Oct 30, 08 4:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama and John McCain are both great contenders, the Economist writes, but “the Democratic candidate has clearly shown that he offers the better chance of restoring America’s self-confidence.” Given Obama’s inexperience and decidedly left-wing outlook, “voting for him is a risk. Yet it is... More »

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'B' Hoaxer Avoids Jail Sentence

McCain volunteer who lied about mugging agrees to counseling

Oct 30, 08 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - The woman who claimed a Barack Obama supporter carved a “B” into her cheek has agreed to probation and counseling and won't serve time, the AP reports. Ashley Todd was released from jail in Pittsburgh today, and her record will be scrubbed clean if she completes a psychiatric treatment... More »

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 Frampton's Obama 
 Signs Stolen 

Pro-GOP Cincinnati suburb unfriendly to naturalized citizen's Dem tendencies

Oct 30, 08 2:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Peter Frampton is ticked that vandals in his GOP-leaning Cincinnati suburb keep stealing his Barack Obama lawn signs, he tells the Enquirer. The British-born naturalized US citizen wore an Obama shirt at his last local concert in protest, and has installed security cameras. “They are frustrating my attempt to... More »

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 23% of Texans Say 
 Obama Is Muslim 

Fraction under mistaken impression much greater than 5-10% nationally: poll

Oct 30, 08 2:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nearly a quarter of Texas voters still believe Barack Obama is a Muslim, the Houston Chronicle reports. Polling shows 23% of registered voters there buy internet-fueled rumors the Democrat is hiding his Islamic faith—compared to just 5-10% of voters nationwide. The same poll gives John McCain a comfortable lead... More »

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Pundit Roundup

 Mixed Reviews for the 'O Show' 

Some did, some didn't, making a headline tough to write

Oct 30, 08 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's half-hour TV pitch scored with writers on the left—though one found it embarrassing to admit to being seduced by an infomercial—while those on the right were turned off:
  • Saying it was hardly the "gauzy, feel-good commercial," McCain labeled it in advance, John Nichols
... More »

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Barack Obama • infomercial • Obama 2008 • political advertising • Election 2008

Obama: 'We've Got a Good Shot at This Thing'

Whites 'didn't get the Bradley effect memo,' he quips on Daily Show

Oct 30, 08 2:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama wrapped up his night of blitzing TV with an upbeat appearance on the Daily Show, the Chicago Tribune writes. "I think we've got a good shot at this thing," he told Jon Stewart last night, downplaying the chances of his race costing him the election. Pundits... More »

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Obama 2008 • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • Election 2008 • Bradley effect

(Newser) - Bill Clinton and Barack Obama engaged in a mutual admiration fest tonight, their first joint appearance since their relationship soured during the primaries, the Boston Globe reports. "This man should be our president," Clinton told a Florida crowd at the end of a spirited endorsement. Obama then joined... More »

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Florida • Barack Obama • Bill Clinton • Obama 2008 • Election 2008

OPINION

 Best, Worst Financial 
 Decisions of Candidates 

Candidates have spent a bundle on campaign, but didn't always do it wisely

Oct 29, 08 4:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The next president faces the daunting task of fixing a crippled economy—all the more reason to look at the candidates' best and worst financial decisions during the campaigns. Politico's Jeanne Cummings does the tally:
  • Obama's Best: His decision to hire Facebook's founder, whose interactive Internet fundraising included
... More »

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OPINION

Obama Court Would Threaten Foundation of US Democracy

'Left-wing ideologue' threatens representative governance if elected

Oct 29, 08 4:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Before electing a “left-wing ideologue,” Americans should reconsider who “moderate-posing” Barack Obama would put on the Supreme Court, Edward Whelan writes in the National Review. The Democrat will select ultra-liberals for a bench already “markedly to the left of the American public,” he cautions: “... More »

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