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November 16, 2008

This just in: the recession is Barack Obama’s fault

Aggregated from: England for Obama

This is priceless. Yet also frightening. Two of our least favourite lying liars, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh*, have started to refer to “the Obama recession”. Because this current economic crisis isn’t the fault of the Bush administration, or Republican policy, or Reaganomics. N...

Spare a thought tonight…

Aggregated from: England for Obama

…at midnight, UK time. Because at that precise moment, Joe and Jill Biden will be arriving at the Naval Observatory, Washington, for a tour of their new residence. Courtesy of its current occupants, Mr and Mrs Dick Cheney. Bet that’ll be a fun, relaxed evening! Actually, who am I kiddin...

Only in America (part VI), Anthony Barnett

Aggregated from: open Democracy News Analysis - USA

In the sixth part of his exchange with KA Dilday, Anthony Barnett realises that Obama's victory was hardly as comprehensive as it seemed. Catch up with part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, and part 5.  Dear Kay, You are right to mull it over. There are big issues to be addressed, from celebr...

What Obama means for Iraq, Zaid Al-Ali

Aggregated from: open Democracy News Analysis - american power & the world

Barack Obama's victory in the election for the next president of the United States on 4 November 2008 was an undeniable symbol of progress for the entire world, including for the middle east. For months, as the opinion-polls fluctuated and Obama gradually established a perceptible lead, Arab po...

“Obama's Afghan challenge”, Kanishk Tharoor

Aggregated from: open Democracy News Analysis - USA

Elsewhere in openDemocracy, Anita Inder Singh explores the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, which poses one of the toughest foreign policy challenges facing the next president. Singh paints a bleak picture: "The Taliban now control at least one-third of the country; President Karzai'...

Memo to Obama: a Europe policy 3.0, A Wess Mitchell

Aggregated from: open Democracy News Analysis - american power & the world

To: The President of the United States  From: A Wess Mitchell Subject: America's Europe Policy, Version 3.0 Mr President, You will inherit a policy agenda for Europe that was conceived twenty years ago for a world that no longer exists. That agenda was built on three bedrock assumpti...

Dear President: memos to Obama , John C. Hulsman

Aggregated from: open Democracy News Analysis - american power & the world

To: The President of the United States From:  John C Hulsman Re: The Middle East Peace Process Mr President, I can only imagine how many long-winded memos you will have to wade through between election night and your inauguration. They will all have basically the same message: You mus...

Nebraska a major headache for networks

Aggregated from: SixFifty

Once again - as on so many occasions this election cycle - the blogosphere and the number-crunching experts on sites like 538, DailyKos, electoral-vote et al are way ahead of the game.  And the TV networks and even 24/7 news channels like CNN are failing to either be accurate or informative.  W...

Ground game gains

Aggregated from: SixFifty

I haven’t yet had a chance to search for turnout figures state-by-state and to look at whether battleground states had noticeably higher turnout (or experienced a greater % increase in turnout since 2004) compared to non-competitive states.  However, what I have found is a neat post on 538 u...

Obama's message to the world

Aggregated from: The World Wants Obama Coalition

In his historic acceptance speech last night, President-elect Obama addressed us as well: "And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny i...