Posted in HNN, US Politics, tagged Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bill Richardson, Catherine Allegor, Don Ritchie, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Eric Foner, Eric Holder, Eric Rauchway, Gil Troy, H.W. Brands, Harold Holzer, Hillary Clinton, James Oakes, Joe Biden, John McCain. Joe Lieberman, Julian Zelizer, Michelle Obama, Myra Gutin, Paul Light, Robert Watson, Ronald White, Sarah Palin, Tom Daschle on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
POLITICS & PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION WATCH:
Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times
AT HIS RIGHT HAND Barack Obama and Valerie Jarrett getting lunch last week in Chicago. Ms. Jarrett took Mr. Obama under her wing nearly two decades ago.
Stats:
A timeline of the Obama campaign – Newsday
Get to know the Obamas: Bios of Barack, Michelle, Malia and Sasha – Newsday
The [...]
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Posted in HNN, Poiltical Highlights, tagged Allan Lichtman, Alonzo Hamby, Barack Obama, Beverly Gage, Clarence Williams, Daryl Scott, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Douglas Brinkley, Edna Greene Medford, Eric Foner, George W. Bush, Gil Troy, Harold Holzer, Hillary Clinton, Horace Huntley, Jacqueline Jones, James McPherson, Joan Hoff, Joe Biden, Joe Lieberman, John Dittmer, John Hope Franklin, John McCain, Julian Zelizer, Laura Bush, Michael Honey, Michelle Obama, Nell Painter, Sarah Palin, Shelby Steele, Steven F. Lawson, Thomas Sugrue, Timothy Garton Ash on November 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
POLITICS & PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION WATCH:
(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Stats:
A timeline of the Obama campaign – Newsday
Get to know the Obamas: Bios of Barack, Michelle, Malia and Sasha – Newsday
The Headlines…
President-Elect Barack Obama Transition office: http://change.gov/
Hillary Clinton emerges as US State dept candidate: Sen. Hillary Clinton emerged on Thursday as a candidate to be U.S. secretary [...]
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Barack Obama’s First Speech as U.S. President-Elect
Barack Obama Acceptance Speech: Transcript, Download Mp3
John mcCain Concession Speech: Transcript, Download Mp3
Text & Video Source: Ace Showbiz
Live from Chicago’s Grant Park, Barack Obama gives his first speech as the 44th president of United States. Few hours after he officially won the election over Republican John McCain, Obama ascends [...]
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Posted in American History, Campaign 2008, US Politics, tagged Al Gore, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Dick Cheney, Election History, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Joe Biden, John McCain, Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Past Elections
Ronald Reagan, 40th President (1981-1989)
1980
Nov. 5, 1980: President-elect Ronald Reagan gives the thumbs-up sign, as he leaves the podium after addressing supporters at his Los Angeles election headquarters. Reagan had a solid win over incumbent Jimmy Carter.
(AP Photo)
1984
Nov. 6, 1984: President Ronald Reagan gives a thumbs-up to supporters at the Century Plaza [...]
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Posted in HNN, Poiltical Highlights, US Politics, tagged Allan J, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Catherine Allegor, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Douglas Brinkley, Gil Troy, James McPherson, Joan Hoff, Joe Biden, Joe Lieberman, John Baick, John McCain, John Podesta, Lichtman, Manning Marable, MichaelBeschloss, Michelle Obama, Nany Reagan, Peniel Joseph, Richard Norton Smith, Robert Byrd, Sarah Palin, Taylor Branch on November 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
POLITICS & PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION WATCH:
Barack Obama before his news conference on Friday. (Photo: Damon Winter/The New York Times)
Stats:
A Breakdown of the Obama Vote:
66 percent of voters under age 30.
66 percent of Hispanic voters.
68 percent of first-time voters.
95 percent of Black voters.
A timeline of the Obama campaign – Newsday
Get to know the Obamas: [...]
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Posted in HNN, US Politics, tagged Alonzo Hamby, Barack Obama, David Greenberg, Ellen Fitzpatrick, George W. Bush, Gil Troy, Michael Beschloss, Peniel Joseph, Rahm Emanuel, Richard Norton Smith on November 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
POLITICS & PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION WATCH:
Election Result Snapshot:
Google News Results
Barack Obama: 364, 53% 64,643,455
John McCain: 162, 46% 56,903,815 — 47%
Barr 0% 494,102 Nader (I) 1% 667,416
Nader 1% 667,416
Senate: 35 seats contested
Democrats: 57, 18 won, +6
Republicans: 40, 14 won
House: 435 seats contested
Democrats: 254, +20
Republicans: 173
Doug Mills/The New York Times
President-elect Barack Obama, who went [...]
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Posted in Campaign 2008, HNN, tagged Barack Obama, Election Results, Governor, House, John McCain, President, President-Elect, Senate on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 2008 WATCH:
Barack Obama arrives on stage at his election night victory rally at Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois.
Jewel Samad / AFP / Getty
Result Snapshot:
FROM CBS NEWS
Barack Obama: 349, 52%
John McCain: 160, 47%
Senate:
Democrats: 56, +5
Republicans: 40
House:
Democrats: 252, +17
Republicans: 173
Election Day on the Campaign Trail….
November 4, 2008: Obama plans voting, basketball and quick trip [...]
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PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 2008 WATCH:
Election Day on the Campaign Trail….
November 4, 2008: Obama plans voting, basketball and quick trip to Indiana on Election Day … Hoping for upset, McCain to campaign in Colorado, New Mexico … Tiny New Hampshire towns go for Obama over McCain in Election Day’s first votes – AP, [...]
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Posted in Campaign 2008, HNN, tagged Arthur I. Cyr, Barack Obama, Clement Alexander Price, Debbie Walsh, Devin Fergus, Election, Electoral College, Gil Troy, Joe Biden, John McCain, Julian Zelizer, Manning Marble, Michael Beschloss, Nostradamus, Presidential Campaign, Sarah Palin on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 2008 WATCH:
Senator John McCain during a “Road to Victory” rally in Las Vegas on Monday evening. (Photo: Stephen Crowley/The New York Times)
Election TV Coverage:
A Night To Remember: Historians Covering Election Night:
ABC: Richard Norton Smith, George Mason University
CBS: Douglas Brinkley, Rice University
PBS: WH historian Michael Beschloss, George Mason Univ.’s Richard [...]
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Posted in Campaign 2008, HNN, tagged Alex Keyassar, Arthur I. Cyr, Barack Obama, Carl Sferrazza Anthony, Devin Fergus, Joe Biden, John McCain, Julian Zelizer, Julien Vaisse, Matthew Whitaker, Myra Gutin, Presidential Campaign, Srah Palin on November 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 2008 WATCH:
The week that was….
November 1, 2008: Confident Obama asks supporters to ‘change the world,’ while McCain digs for last-minute upset … Palin, in prank call from fake French president, says she might make good president in 8 years … McCain pokes fun at his presidential campaign on ‘Saturday Night [...]
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