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...Wednesday, the Harvard University scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. appeared on Oprah Winfrey's celebratory post-election special. After learning the news, Gates says, "we jumped up, we wept, we hooped and hollered." It is hard to overestimate the historical significance of the election of the first black U.S. President. For many blacks, and certainly for much of the country and world, Obama's victory is an extraordinary step toward the redemption of America's original 400-year-old sin. It is astonishing not least for its quickness, coming just 145 years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation...
...joke that someone should open a special trauma ward in Washington for people who've worked for Rahm." - Jose Cerda, former Clinton staffer, on the notoriously enormous demands that Emanuel puts on his staff (Rolling Stone...
...devout Jew, Emanuel was so intent on negotiating the passage of Congress's $700 billion-bailout bill that he got a special waiver from his rabbi to work through Rosh Hashanah...
...determine whether Al Franken unseats GOP incumbent Norm Coleman. And counting continues in the tight Alaska race. Even if incumbent Ted Stevens retains his seat, Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell has said there will be a vote to oust the recently convicted Senator. That would prompt a required special election 60 to 90 days later and could mean another possible gain for Dems there as late as next spring...
...streets, walking hand-in-hand, enjoying gelato after an unbelievable Italian feast," says Reinhart. "All of a sudden we heard this beautiful music and walked to San Marco Square where Julio Iglesias was giving a concert. I remember looking at Jeff and thinking what we had was very special - that he was someone very special. It all seemed so natural, and it was definitely love." Ten years, two rings and one daughter later, she swears that there's no better boyfriend barometer. (See 10 things to do in Rome...