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...case anyone imagined that we'd make it through an entire general election without an all-out culture war, Sarah Palin's arrival took care of it. She called herself a fresh face who couldn't wait to take on the good ole boys. But far from framing the future, Palin played deep chords from the past - the mother of five from a frontier town who invoked the values of a simpler, safer America than the globally competitive, fiscally challenged, multicultural marketplace of ideas where Obama lived. She seemed to delight in the contrast: she was arguing that...
...Valley headquarters for Barack Obama was already buzzing with celebratory activity this evening, even though the votes were still being counted and California's polls hadn't closed. Volunteers streamed in to man phone banks on the ground floor of the building in Van Nuys. Organizers gathered round a fresh-faced teenager, shouting "Let's hear it for Jeff who made 200 calls!" and handing the boy a poster featuring the presidential contender. Nicole Roberts, a 26-year-old African-American actress from Sherman Oaks, stood waiting for a friend to deliver a cell phone, as hers...
Meanwhile, Kleuddy Abreu, an 18-year-old Dominican-born student living in Hialeah, left the same polling site enthusiastically voicing her support for Obama. "We're not part of the old Cuban mentality here," she said. "Obama represents a fresh start for us." In Hialeah - which traditionally votes as high as 80% Republican in national elections - the old mentality may very well be passing. - By Siobhan Morrissey / Miami and Tim Padgett / Hialeah...
These events were designed to give the television networks fresh pictures to remind people to vote. But it's all a kabuki dance. The last days of a modern presidential campaign have a rote feel - quick flights followed by airport-hangar rallies in which McCain makes jokes, strains his vocal cords and repeats the same speech he has been making for about two weeks. If the microphones are not working well, which is often the case, he jokes that they are "brought to you by the Democratic National Committee." When he gets to the part where he calls Barack Obama...
...Harvard men’s tennis team, fresh off its sweep of the singles and doubles events at the Wilson/ITA Northeast Tennis Regionals, had an impressive run this weekend at the Dartmouth Big Green Invitational in Hanover, N.H. Although the Crimson was not successful in pulling an all-out victory, the squad did see three of its younger players battle through the early rounds to win spots in the semifinals in the Singles (A) Flight draw. Harvard faced off against a number of the top teams in the New England area, including Dartmouth and Saint Francis College, competed. Although...