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...This election saw two women come historically close to our government’s highest offices. But while Sen. Hillary Clinton fought an ambitious and powerful campaign—and was more often accused of being too manly than too feminine—Sarah Palin coyly and repeatedly played into many of her gender’s stereotypes. As her political blunders added up, she revealed her complete unpreparedness for politics at a national level and became Sen. John McCain’s greatest liability in his pursuit of the presidency...
...While it would be unacceptable for any candidate to demonstrate such ignorance on these matters, as the Republican Party’s first woman ever on a presidential ticket, the stakes for Palin were high. Just as Sen. Barack Obama was held to an elevated standard as the first African-American candidate to approach the presidency, all eyes turned to Palin as she entered the spotlight. The result was disappointing—and quite terrifying...
...feel optimistic about domestic issues is one thing. Sen. Barack Obama has rewarded the hopes of many who thought that his election in America today was perilously impossible. To feel optimistic about political issues in far-off continents is quite another. As a supporter of Morgan Tsvangirai and Robert Mugabe’s power-sharing agreement in Zimbabwe—which is currently in a state of collapse—I now face the reality of this distinction. Yet the situation in Zimbabwe is so dire that it absolutely requires optimism, as irrational is it might currently seem...
Around the globe, people cheered the momentous election of Sen. Barack Obama as president of the United States—perhaps it was the triumph of hope, perhaps the closing of a flawless public relations campaign or, more realistically, a little bit of both. Either way, the results last Tuesday convinced millions that “change is coming,” not only within America, but also in relations between the U.S. and other nations. As the president-elect and his transition team seek to temper expectations around the many hot issues that decided the election, what should...
...did…what? The only answer can be “win an election.” But I hardly think that Obama’s mantra of “Yes We Can” referred only to trouncing Sen. John McCain. He meant that, yes, we can—if you’ll forgive the talking point—bring change to government. That work hasn’t even begun yet, and its success is far from certain. Last Tuesday was never going to fix the problems of the past eight years, but most...