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New York Daily News
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Nov 9, 08 3:41 PM CST
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Barack Obama made more than history when he won the election this week: He also inspired black school kids to believe they could do the same, the New York Daily News reports. "It means people can be anything they want," says 9-year-old Elijah Timmons, who sees himself in the Oval Office one day. "Instead of 'Obama! Obama!' they're going to be yelling 'Elijah! Elijah!'"
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New York Times
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Nov 9, 08 6:25 AM CST
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The world is rejoicing at the election of Barack Obama, and that's great. But Obama has a tough road ahead—so let’s see if the global community can put its money and troops where its mouth is, writes Thomas Friedman in the New York Times . Rather than just smiling on the president-elect, the world must be prepared to back him—with soldiers, diplomatic support, whatever it takes.
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Salon
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Nov 9, 08 5:09 AM CST
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Sorry, boomers, for taking so long to drop the cynicism and eye-rolling, writes Heather Havrilesky in Salon. But to those who "became rational adults at the exact moment a reckless frat boy boomer became president," your generation's idealism and tales of '60s radicalism fell flat, she spills. Barack Obama's win changed that. Gen X'ers get it now, understanding "there's no shame in throwing ourselves into this new future with full hearts, with tears in our eyes."
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Wall Street Journal
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Nov 8, 08 6:35 AM CST
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Hotel rooms will be as scarce as McCain-Palin T-shirts in Washington on Inauguration Day, the Wall Street Journal reports, as a record-breaking tide of Obama supporters—especially black Americans—makes a pilgrimage to witness the historic moment. More than 1.5 million people are expected to flood the city for the Jan. 20 event. Hotel rooms, even at rates above $1,000 a night, are booking three times faster than for the last inauguration.
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New York
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Nov 8, 08 2:35 AM CST
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Yes, satirists and late-night comics seem to have trouble finding Obama jokes, but they'll survive, writes Dan Kois in New York magazine. What worries Kois is that his beloved Daily Show may not be so fortunate. Jon Stewart and crew simply may not have it in their hearts to take potshots at the new regime, and an Obama-happy audience may not want to watch it anyhow. “We're very worried that an Obama presidency might send Jon Stewart's show speedily on the road to obsolescence," says Kois.
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Newsweek
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Nov 7, 08 7:00 PM CST
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Rahm Emanuel will have to delegate and be decisive, President Bush's first chief of staff tells Newsweek . But there's more: Serving as President Obama's go-to guy will be "a 24/7 job" that requires sensitivity to "the psychology, emotions and needs of the president beyond policy." At the same time, says Andy Card, policy wonks will push "breathlessly" for their goals whether or not "the climate is receptive to the debate."
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USA Today
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Nov 7, 08 3:18 PM CST
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Well, this could get awkward: Joe Biden has a thing for an Obama, and not the one you might think. “I like him,” the VP-elect told a USA Today reporter who ran across him at a Chicago hotel gym today. “I love her.” Biden, who said he was hitting the health club because he packed on 6 pounds campaigning, also called Michelle Obama “the most impressive person I've met in 35 years.”
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Independent (UK)
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Nov 6, 08 3:36 PM CST
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New York celebrated Tuesday night, cheers ringing through Manhattan. “The last time a stranger hugged me on the street was September 11, 2001,” author Jay McInerney writes in the Independent , hailing the broadened coalition that made Barack Obama’s victory possible. “This moment feels like the obverse of that. … After 8 long, dark years, we feel that history is with us again.”
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New York Times
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Nov 6, 08 12:37 PM CST
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“Yesterday morning, I woke up to a new world,” writes Colson Whitehead in the New York Times . “America had elected a Skinny Black Guy president. I never thought I’d see the day.” Whitehead says the racial barrier is nothing compared to the marginalization beanpoles like him experience in a country where packing on the pounds is considered patriotic. Until Barack Obama. “I remember telling my wife excitedly, ‘This guy is probably stuffed after a cup of minestrone!”
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McClatchy Newspapers
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Nov 6, 08 11:14 AM CST
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Barack Obama hadn’t even given his victory speech when the message went out to supporters: “We have a lot to do,” the email read. “I’ll be in touch.” Obama won’t disband his digitally organized army of volunteers, McClatchy reports. Joe Trippi, who designed Obama’s social-networking machine, thinks Obama will use his net-roots might to overcome congressional resistance to change, forging “one of the most powerful presidencies in American history.”
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Wall Street Journal
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Nov 6, 08 10:20 AM CST
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Sacre bleu! With Barack Obama’s victory in the US presidential race, the French, who’ve long prided themselves on a tradition of egalitarianism, are being forced to take a closer look at themselves—and they’re not happy with what they see, the Wall Street Journal reports. “This morning we all want to be Americans,” said one French official.
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Chicago Tribune
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Nov 4, 08 11:56 PM CST
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President-elect Barack Obama addressed the country and the world for the first time tonight, vowing to unite a nation beset by trouble at home and abroad, the Chicago Tribune reports. "Change has come to America," Obama told a crowd of tens of thousands at Chicago's Grant Park and millions more watching around the world. "Our stories are singular, but our destinies are shared."
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Huffington Post
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Nov 4, 08 8:01 AM CST
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Ferris Bueller didn’t believe in -isms, only himself, but actor Matthew Broderick believes in Barack Obama. In a campaign video, Broderick urges people to emulate Ferris and “Take the day off”—only this time, to volunteer for Obama. “Life moves pretty fast,” he says, reprising a famous line. “If you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it.”
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New York Times
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Nov 3, 08 8:04 AM CST
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A minority of white voters—44%—are now supporting Barack Obama, but he trails by less than previous Democratic presidential candidates, reports the New York Times, including Bill Clinton. Both the impact of racial attitudes and the proportion of white voters in the electorate have diminished, analysts say. In a recent poll, 80% of whites said an Obama administration would not favor the interests of minorities.
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