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November 16, 2008

The electoral college is still a poor system, Thomas Ash

Aggregated from: open Democracy News Analysis - USA

Last Tuesday, Barack Obama won clear majorities in both the electoral college and the popular vote. Their divergence in 2000 remains an aberration in American political history; remarkably, the parties' support in different states is distributed in such a way that the winner of the popular vote ...

November 14, 2008

Obama and America: an exchange, KA Dilday

Aggregated from: open Democracy News Analysis - USA

In the first segment of a multi-part exchange, KA Dilday reminds Anthony Barnett of how Barack Obama's rise is very un-European. Read on: part II, part III, and part IV.  Dear Anthony: It's been several months since I told you that Barack Obama's nomination as the presidential can...

November 8, 2008

Armenia: Bloggers React to Obama VictoryThis is a Podcasts post

With ethnic Armenians spread worldwide, the reaction to Barack Obama's victory was not just confined to the Republic. U.S. citizen Nazarian, for example, even voted. Artur brings us the story.

November 7, 2008

The Arab World Reacts to Rahm Emanuel's Appointment

It was announced this morning that President-Elect Barack Obama had selected Rahm Emanuel as his Chief of Staff. Emanuel, who served as a top adviser to President Bill Clinton and is now a member of the House, is known in the U.S. for his aggressive determination. His service ...

Only in America (part V), KA Dilday

Aggregated from: open Democracy News Analysis - USA

In the wake of Obama's victory, KA Dilday begins to digest an unprecedented result. Catch up with the earlier segments of her conversation wtih Anthony Barnett: part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 4.   Dear Anthony: From the moment the news was announced at about 4 am in London, and I heard ...

Obama and a Post-racial American Society

Aggregated from: AfricanLoft » USA

As the world erupts into euphoria over the ascension of Barack Obama, a black man, into the white house, the issue of race in American society becomes more glaring than before: What does Obama presidency mean to the minority population living in the U.S? While the ascent of Obama to the pinnacle of...

The Future of Campaigning, Dennis Nottebaum

Aggregated from: open Democracy News Analysis - USA

Much has been written on this year's election campaigns. Especially the Obama campaign has set new standards in many respects and all over the globe politicians, strategic advisors and spin doctors are trying to figure out how to make use of the success that President-Elect Obama had with his t...

November 6, 2008

Gay marriage: what now?, Thomas Ash

Aggregated from: open Democracy News Analysis - USA

Dennis highlights the success of California's Proposition 8, which amends the state constitution to ban gay marriage.  This was a bitter note in Tuesday's results, made all the more so by evidence that the surge in African-American turnout carried the proposition to victory. Gay rights acti...

Farewell, Republican America , Sidney Blumenthal

Aggregated from: open Democracy News Analysis - USA

On 29 July 2008, President George W Bush appeared at the Lincoln Electric Company in Euclid, Ohio, where he spoke about energy and then asked the audience for questions. The opportunity for people in a small town in the midwest to pose a question directly to the president of the United States is ...

The world's American election?, David Hayes

Aggregated from: open Democracy News Analysis - USA

Why are we here and what is this micro-recorder doing, one of you asked on the way in. The reason I decided to invite you is that it seems we have spent most of the last two years obsessing about the United States presidential election. Now it's approaching its climax, and afterwards everything...