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Forbes:
Full Text: Obama's Victory Speech — Remarks of President-Elect Barack Obama, as prepared for delivery — If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time …
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Alex Johnson / MSNBC:
Obama elected 44th president — ‘Change has come to America,’ first African-American leader tells country — Supporters of Barack Obama celebrate as they await his victory address at Grant Park in Chicago. — ‘End of a long journey’ — Nov. 4: John McCain concedes to Barack Obama …
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Obama Elected President as Racial Barrier Falls
Obama Elected President as Racial Barrier Falls
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Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Coleman vs. Franken: Recount looms — Minnesotans likely will have to wait for a winner in the U.S. Senate contest between Norm Coleman and Al Franken. — One of the most bitter U.S. Senate races in Minnesota history continued to grind on early this morning, with Republican Sen. Norm Coleman …
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Nitya / Political Punch:
Obama Offers Rahm Emanuel Job of White House Chief of Staff — ABC News has learned that President-elect Obama has offered the White House chief of staff job to Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill. — Emanuel, a knowledgeable source tells ABC News, has not yet given his answer.
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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Early Transition Decisions to Shape Obama Presidency
Early Transition Decisions to Shape Obama Presidency
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Anchorage Daily News:
Stevens-Begich race tightens, Young leads in House race — Alaska's race for U.S. Senate is still too close to call, although Sen. Ted Stevens is creeping farther ahead of Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich in his bid for a seventh term. With 72 percent of the vote counted Tuesday night …
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Los Angeles Times:
Gay marriage ban leading — Possible passage of Prop.8 throws thousands of same-sex unions into doubt. — A measure to once again ban gay marriage in California led Tuesday, throwing into doubt the unions of an estimated 18,000 same-sex couples who wed during the last 4 1/2 months.
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Wall Street Journal:
Early Polls Show California's Prop 8 Gaining — Early poll results Tuesday night showed California voters leaning toward overturning same-sex marriage in the state in a decision that could impact how the issue plays out elsewhere in the nation. — Approval of Proposition 8 would be a stunning upset …
Michelle Malkin:
Gird your loins, conservatives — There is no time to lick wounds, point fingers, and wallow in post-election mud. — I'm getting a lot of moan-y, sad-face “What do we do now, Michelle?” e-mails. — What do we do now? We do what we've always done. — We stand up for our principles …
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Nidal al-Mughrabi / Reuters:
Israel-Hamas violence disrupts Gaza truce — GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas fired dozens of rockets at Israel on Wednesday after Israeli forces killed six Palestinian militants in an eruption of violence that disrupted a four-month-old truce along the Gaza frontier.
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Tom Shales / Washington Post:
After a Night of Illusions, Television Records Reality — Just as one day was giving way to another, Barack Obama appeared before thousands of cheering supporters in Chicago's Grant Park and said, “Change has come to America” — which naturally made them cheer all the louder.
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Argghhh!
Andy Barr / The Politico:
2008 turnout shatters all records — More than 130 million people turned out to vote Tuesday, the most ever to vote in a presidential election. — With ballots still being counted in some precincts into Wednesday morning, an estimated 64 percent of the electorate turned out, making 2008 the highest percentage turnout in generations.
John Derbyshire / The Corner:
Sour Loser — Just watched Wonder Boy's speech. Hmph. “Callused hands?” When did he ever have callused hands? — All right, I'm sour. The most liberal member of the U.S. Senate! And that shakedown-artist of a wife, with the permanent frown! And Joe Biden! ... I'm sour about the GOP too.
David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Exit polls: How Obama won — Barack Obama, who will be the nation's first African-American president, won the largest share of white support of any Democrat in a two-man race since 1976 amid a backdrop of economic anxiety unseen in at least a quarter-century, according to exit polls …
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