November 10, 2008
Finding Fame With a Prescient Call for Obama
By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD
At 9:46 p.m., blogging on his site FiveThirtyEight.com, Nate Silver called the presidential election for Barack Obama. The television networks followed suit about an hour and 15 minutes later after most polls in Western states closed.
Of course, Mr. Silver had a head start: he [...]

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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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Steffanie says this is totally me:

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During the campaign the frenzied crowds at Sarah Palin rallies did seem indicative of something frightening in the air, and it turns out that there was a reason to conclude this, Newsweek reports:
The Obama campaign was provided with reports from the Secret Service showing a sharp and disturbing increase in threats to Obama in [...]

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In a new 50,000 word article on the presidential campaigns that will come out tomorrow, Newsweek reports that Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) spent far more on clothing than the $150,000 reported last month. According to a preview by Politico’s Mike Allen, “McCain’s top advisers privately fumed at what they regarded as her outrageous profligacy“:
One senior [...]

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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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