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Deborah Howell / Washington Post:
An Obama Tilt in Campaign Coverage — The Post provided a lot of good campaign coverage, but readers have been consistently critical of the lack of probing issues coverage and what they saw as a tilt toward Democrat Barack Obama. My surveys, which ended on Election Day, show that they are right on both counts.
Jeffrey Bell / Weekly Standard:
A Guide to Elite Opinion — California's Prop. 8, Alaska's governor, and other abominations. — In times like these, when conservatives are licking their wounds and trying to figure out what comes next, a helpful framework exists. It starts with a simple, self-evident fact …
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Guy Adams / The Independent:
‘No More Mr Nice Gay’ as Mormons face vote backlash
‘No More Mr Nice Gay’ as Mormons face vote backlash
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Stinging Talk About Obama? Never Mind Now — That whole anti-American, friend-to-the-terrorists thing about President-elect Barack Obama? Never mind. — Just a few weeks ago, at the height of the campaign, Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota told Chris Matthews of MSNBC that …
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Is reported here: A McCain campaign postmortem. — Las Vegas As she dealt one losing hand after another at Mandalay Bay's $10 blackjack tables early Wednesday evening, Trisha, a chatty dealer from Bloomington, Minnesota, changed the subject from cards to Barack Obama.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
AN ADVANCE LOOK AT THE REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION.... It's only been a couple of days since Barack Obama was declared the president-elect, but it's hard not to notice that congressional Republicans are already striking a confrontational pose. Take these ridiculous comments from Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl (R).
Brian Bakstassociated / Associated Press:
Most ‘undervotes’ cast in counties won by Obama — An analysis of ballots that had a vote for president but no vote for U.S. senator could have recount implications. — An Associated Press analysis of the nearly 25,000-vote difference in Minnesota presidential and U.S. Senate race tallies shows …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight.com:
Uncounted Votes May Push Begich Past Stevens — Although Ted Stevens currently holds a lead of approximately 3,200 votes in ballots counted to date in Alaska's senate contest, there is good reason to believe that the ballots yet to be counted — the vast majority of which are early and absentee ballots …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Palin allies: She's no diva — After enduring three days of brutal postmortem attacks, Sarah Palin and a group of Republicans who worked with her during the presidential race are pushing back hard against claims that she was a “diva” who helped tank John McCain's campaign.
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
A Darfur-supporting, time-tithing, self-deprecating newcomer becomes Virginia's big electoral surprise. — CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—It's been more than 72 hours since the polls opened on Tuesday, and Tom Perriello is only 19 minutes away from the official declaration that he has won …
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Firedoglake:
Schadenfest 08 — The Hits Just Keep On Comin' — Nigh on 72 hours later and I am still bouncing off the walls here in the ol FDL Wheelhouse - little gifts everywhere, some unclaimed. — By now we are all well versed in the We Eat Our Own Drama that is McCrazy/Palin, but did you know. . .
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Dena Potter / Associated Press:
Fears of a Dem crackdown lead to boom in gun sales — MIDLOTHIAN, Va. - When 10-year-old Austin Smith heard Barack Obama had been elected president, he had one question: Does this mean I won't get a new gun for Christmas? — That brought his mother, the camouflage-clad Rachel Smith …
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
New U.S. Rule Pares Outpatient Medicaid Services — WASHINGTON — In the first of an expected avalanche of post-election regulations, the Bush administration on Friday narrowed the scope of services that can be provided to poor people under Medicaid's outpatient hospital benefit.
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Alan Fram / Associated Press:
‘Mutts like me’ - Obama shows ease discussing race — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — WASHINGTON - It popped out casually, a throwaway line as he talked to reporters about finding the right puppy for his young daughters. — But with just three offhanded words …
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Tim Arango / New York Times:
Before Obama, There Was Bill Cosby — Some theorists argue that political and social change is preceded by shifts in popular culture. So it's not surprising that the debate has heated up over who, or what, in arts and entertainment presaged Barack Obama's election as president.
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Byrd to Step Down as Appropriations Chair — Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.), 90, the longest-serving senator in U.S. history, announced yesterday that he is stepping down as chairman of the Appropriations Committee, one of the most powerful panels on Capitol Hill.
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