Newsweek has done a 7 part, very lengthy series of articles written from behind-the-scenes information gathered by their embedded reporters from within the various candidates’ campaigns. They were given great access but had to agree to not write about any of it until after Election Day. Below are links to the 7 chapters of this [...]

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CNN:
Obama win sparks celebrations outside White House
(CNN) — As tens of thousands of people cheered Barack Obama’s presidential victory at his home base in Chicago, Illinois, others were celebrating near his future house.
At least 1,000 people gathered on Washington’s Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House late Tuesday night, shouting “Obama! Obama!” and “Yes [...]

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President-Elect Barack Hussein Obama.

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Senator John McCain’s campaign manager was paid more than $30,000 a month for five years as president of an advocacy group set up by the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to defend them against stricter regulations, current and former officials say.
Mr. McCain, the Republican candidate for president, has recently begun campaigning as a [...]

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All this hand-wringing over the national poll numbers is misplaced. Watch the swing state numbers, and especially, watch Ohio.
Like every other junkie, I’ve been checking 538 every day, but I noticed something for the first time yesterday: based on their models, McSame has less than a 1% chance of winning the election without winning Ohio.
That’s [...]

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It’s late - I’m about to head to bed. I just wanted to put this out there before I do. I am beginning to see mounting evidence that Barack Obama is going to select Indiana Senator Evan Bayh to be his running mate. I think the Obama campaign made the decision last week, or the [...]

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by DHinM from DailyKOS
We’re in trouble:
Obama was at the Tiergarten in Berlin, amid a sea of people.  McCain was at “Schmidt’s Sausage Haus und Restaurant” in German Village, an enclave of Columbus, Ohio.
McCain addressed about a half dozen Ohio small business owners in the historic village.
“I’d love to give a speech in Germany,” McCain said. [...]

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Jonathan Brown and Paul Maslin at Salon are wondering today whether pollsters are undercounting Barack Obama’s support by millions of voters because they are failing to survey cellphone-only users, a growing portion of the population, especially the population of young adults most likely to have only cellphones and which showed a strong preference in the [...]

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Faith Based Federal Emergency Responses simply won’t do anymore John McWon’t… This isn’t enough buddy… Obama buried that today when he grabbed a shovel and worked.
ARLINGTON, VA — U.S. Senator John McCain today issued the following statement on the flooding in the Midwest:
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those impacted by the flooding [...]

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