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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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Associated Press:
AP Uncalls Minnesota Senate Race — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press is uncalling the Minnesota Senate race. — Republican Sen. Norm Coleman finished ahead of Democrat Al Franken early Wednesday in the final vote count, but his 571-vote margin falls within the state's mandatory recount law.
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.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Remarks of President-elect Barack Obama — 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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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Obama Elected President as Racial Barrier Falls
Obama Elected President as Racial Barrier Falls
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
76 days to Inauguration - “A national catharsis” — Rahm Emanuel is top choice for chief of staff — Newsweek: Palin sprees worse than reported — Obama Day declared in Kenya — ABC's Jonathan Karl to Hill — Good Wednesday morning. The New York Times banner is a single, capitalized word: “OBAMA.”
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Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Stevens leads Begich by thin margin — Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was leading challenger Mark Begich with most of the election returns in hand Tuesday night, despite being found guilty of seven felonies and polls showing him in deep trouble. — With more than 80 percent of the precincts reporting …
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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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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
CNN FORGETS THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION.... Remember, these folks get paid to provide expert political analysis. — For those of you who can't watch videos from your work computers, the clip is from CNN's election coverage last night. Campbell Brown asks John King, “For those people …
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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 …
Jim Tharpe / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
No decision, no majority in Senate race — Chambliss, Martin waiting for final votes to be counted to see if runoff needed — Georgia's U.S. Senate race remained in doubt Wednesday morning as neither major party candidate had more than 50 percent of the vote.
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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.
New York Times:
The Next President — This is one of those moments in history when it is worth pausing to reflect on the basic facts: — An American with the name Barack Hussein Obama, the son of a white woman and a black man he barely knew, raised by his grandparents far outside the stream of American power and wealth …
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Andrew / Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State:
Election 2008: what really happened — After a quick look at the election results and exit polls (from www.cnn.com), some thoughts: — 1. The election was pretty close. Obama won by about 5% of the vote, consistent with the latest polls and consistent with his forecast vote based on forecasts based on the economy.
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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Jeff Flake / Washington Post:
A Way Out of the Wilderness — Well, we Republicans have just made history. Not the type of history we wanted to make, mind you, but history nonetheless. Not only did we lose the White House but, after losing our House and Senate majorities in 2006, we followed it up last night with even steeper losses in Congress.
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New York Times:
Russia Warns of New Missile Deployment — MOSCOW — In a wide-ranging attack on the United States as it elected a new president, the Russian leader Dmitri A. Medvedev warned on Wednesday that Moscow might deploy short-range missiles in the Baltic region to counter a perceived threat …
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: THE 44TH PRESIDENT — From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Carrie Dann — *** The 44th President: In a just a little more than four years, an Illinois state senator who delivered a rousing speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention will now become …
Brad DeLong / Grasping Reality with Both Hands:
God Save This Honorable Court — Duncan Black writes: … At the moment the Supreme Court consists of one very smart centrist-liberal Democrat, Ruth Bader Ginsburg; one very smart centrist-centrist Democrat, Stephen Breyer; one very old good-hearted Republican, John Paul Stevens …
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