If you're not yet sick of Election 2008 stuff yet (I kind of am), you might like these candid behind-the-scenes photos of Obama and family watching the returns on election night in the hotel room. 82 photos in the Flickr set. Here's Obama giving the terrorist fist-bump salutation to his daughter after his victory is announced.
Something Rotten In The State Of Alaska
And it ain't fish. Consider that this was the most polarizing election in modern American history. Consider that most states saw incredibly — sometimes record — high voter turnout. Consider that Alaska, for the first time in its history, had one of its own on the presidential ballot. Consider that Alaska saw a 12.8% hike in the turnout for the … Read More
Eating Their Own: The Future Of The GOP
It seems that everybody is writing their views about where the Republican Party goes from here, now that they are "in the wilderness", without a leader. It's a given that the GOP has lost its way. From what I read, the theme seems to be this: in order to re-emerge, the Republican Party needs to return to its roots. But from … Read More
How Obama Will Govern
Not to make outrageous comparisons, but I predict that Obama's governing style will be much like those of America's two most popular presidents: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. George Washington had an eye toward historical precedent. He knew, for example, that what he did as President would affect future presidencies to come. For example, when it came to title, he … Read More
Let The Healing Begin
From 52 to 48: a photo website where Obama supporters ("The 52") express themselves to McCain supporters ("The 48")
Obama Won North Carolina
AP calls it, after surveying the various counties and determining the number of provisional ballots. Apparently, not enough exist to make a difference.
Well, That Didn’t Take Long
There's already a movement to impeach Obama
The Bullet We Dodged: Palin Thinks Africa Is A Country, Can’t Name All the Countries In North America
I was scared about Sarah Palin's lack of knowledge about, well, civics. Many were. But now we are slowly learning that the McCain people were totally freaked by her breathtaking ignorance. McCain staffers had told certain Palin stories to Fox News reporter Carl Cameron, but it was "off the record". Now that the election is over, we learn more about Palin: … Read More
Look To The Left
MSNBC noted today, "[i]t's hard not to look at the map … and not view the GOP as a regional party right now." That remains to be seen, I suppose, but if you look different maps — the ones below — you'll see that the movement to the left is very pronounced. Except for a small band within the southern states … Read More
The West Wing Season 7 Presidency
West Wing fans know that, at the show's inception, the character of Josh Lyman was modeled after Rahm Emanuel. In Season 6, the new character Matt Santos (the Democratic presidential candidate, played by Jimmy Smits) was modeled after Barack Obama. In Season 7, Santos ran against an aging moderate Republican from a western state named Arnold Vinick (played by … Read More
The Stock Market And The Obama Win
It means nothing that the Dow dropped 300 points today. If one is going to make the argument that it has something to do with the Obama win, then one needs to consider that the Dow went up 300 yesterday, a day when it was clear to everyone that no last minute "surprises" would thwart an Obama win. The truth is that that … Read More
Breaking News: Chief Of Staff
The second most important job in the United States, functionally-speaking, is the President's Chief of Staff. The Chief of Staff sets the agenda (though not the policy), is the gatekeeper of presidential access, and is generally charged with "getting things done". MSNBC just reported that Rahm Emanuel has accepted that post in the Obama administration. It's a good choice. Emanuel has … Read More
What Is Obama Today?
He's been a socialist, a Marxist, a terrorist-loving radical liberal with the most liberal agenda that's so radically liberal that everyone can plainly see how really really radically liberal he is… Of course, all that was before yesterday. Today, we learn that the Obama won because he's center-right, and ran a center-right campaign. Whatever. Then again, that might be true if … Read More
A Collection Of 2008 Election Maps
Kottke is collecting them. He thinks the one at the New York Times was the best overall. Here's The Onion's: