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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.
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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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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Rachel E. Stassen-Berger / TwinCities.com:
Coleman campaign requests halt of absentee ballot count — Republican Sen. Norm Coleman sought an injunction to stop the opening and counting of 32 absentee ballots in Minneapolis, according to a copy of the court documents filed today provided to the Pioneer Press by Democrat Al Franken's campaign.
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).
Brock Vergakis / Associated Press:
Utah Boycott Urged After Calif. Vote — Utah's growing tourism industry and the star-studded Sundance Film Festival are being targeted for a boycott by bloggers, gay rights activists and others seeking to punish the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for its aggressive promotion of California's ban on gay marriage.
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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.
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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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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
2012 SPECULATION? ALREADY?.... As far as I can tell, there was very little positioning among Republicans for the next presidential race for about 48 hours after Barack Obama became the president-elect. But with only 1,460 or so shopping days until Election Day 2012, that apparently didn't last long.
Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
Senate runoff a test for Obama — President-elect Barack Obama may risk some of his newly earned political capital in Georgia, where a Dec. 2 Senate runoff could move Democrats a step closer towards a veto-proof, 60-vote majority in the upper chamber. — The race is between Republican …
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Jason L. Riley / Wall Street Journal:
‘Do What You Got Elected to Do’ — The incoming chief of staff says expect a pragmatic White House. — Detroit — In Rahm Emanuel's telling, the Democratic victories on Tuesday were a continuum of what began in the 2006 midterm elections, when his party won majorities in the House and the Senate for the first time in 12 years.
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Ana Marie Cox / The Daily Beast:
McCain Campaign Autopsy — Chief strategist Steve Schmidt talks about the moment—back in September—when he knew McCain was doomed. Plus, his surprising view on gay marriage, and more scoop on leaks. — Reached on a long-planned vacation outside the country, former McCain campaign chief …
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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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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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