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Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama claimed victory in the 2008 presidential election last night, sweeping past Republican candidate John McCain on a wave of calls for change from voters across the country and securing his place in history as the country’s first black president...
...heavy crowd, snacking on pizza and free Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, watched CNN’s coverage of the election at the John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum at the Institute of Politics. Below the forum’s big screen, life-size cut-outs of Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain stood next to a map showing the states each candidate had won—the Obama cut-out posed for substantially more photo ops over the course of the evening. Before the results had even begun to trickle in, CNN attracted viewers’ attention...
...Tuesday night, President-elect Barack Obama ended his acceptance speech with a repetitive call of “Yes, we can.” However, that same night numerous states considered or passed constitutional amendments that limited the legislative branch’s ability to do its job. Abortion, marriage, adoption, and government language are important issues, but fundamentally statutory issues. To place them into the state constitution only limits the dialogue needed in statehouses to reach a consensus. Perhaps “Yes, we can” should also be applied to bringing about a system in which laws...
...Barack Obama has won the 2008 election. No one should be surprised. In the past several months, we all bore witness to his meteoric rise, which coincided with John McCain’s meteoric fall. As the majority of the country rejoices in Obama-mania, we die-hard McCainiacs can’t help but feel sorry for ourselves...
...Before anyone knew the name Barack Obama, there was a time when John McCain was a media darling. Though they’ve now been reduced to parody, the terms “maverick” and “straight talk” once really meant something to voters. McCain was not afraid to diverge from the Republican Party line, and he led the way in conservative support for embryonic stem cell research, gun control, and environmental causes. He gained a reputation for bipartisanship for his work on campaign finance and immigration reform. McCain represented a brand of conservatism...