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Obama prefers the towering example of Lincoln, one of the least experienced men ever to assume the presidency. Before entering the White House, Lincoln had spent just a handful of years in the Illinois state legislature and a single term in Congress. Many commentators have noted the parallels between Lincoln and Obama: the Illinois roots, the penchant for inspiring oratory, the historic nature of both candidacies. (Lest the connection be overlooked, Obama launched his presidential campaign in Springfield, Ill., Lincoln's hometown.) We could do worse than to have Obama follow Lincoln's path, knitting together a fractured country, raising...
...more exacting model for Obama may be the rookie Democrat Woodrow Wilson, who logged a scant two years as governor of New Jersey (his first go at elective office) before making his bid for the White House in 1912. Like Obama, Wilson had spent his adult life immersed in university politics. Wilson's essays on American history feature the voice of a professor, not a machine candidate. Obama is himself something of a Wilsonian progressive, a man who puts his faith in transparency and voluntarism rather than New Deal--style interest-group wrangling. He also maintains some of Wilson...
...been projected to win South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee and Oklahoma, leaving him with a total of 34 electoral votes thus far. Key battleground states like Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida remain too close to call, as well as Indiana, a usually reliably red state that Obama has spent a lot of time in during the campaign...
...Democratic nominee spent the last full day of his presidential campaign in Florida, North Carolina and Virginia-all three of them states that George W. Bush won four years ago and Obama is either tied or leading in. "I have one word for you-tomorrow. We are one day away from changing the United States of America," he declared at every stop. "Tomorrow, you can put an end to the politics that would divide a nation just to win an election." He recalled how he began his quest for the nomination as an underdog in February, 2007, on the steps...
After the embarrassing irregularities of the 2000 vote - hanging chads, anyone? - Congress resolved to ensure that they wouldn't happen again and spent $2 billion on new-generation voting machines. (See pictures of voting machines...