From firedoglake, why Joe Lieberman really wants to keep his Homeland Security Committee gavel: So he can investigate Obama to death by a thousand "...gates".
Ta-Nehisi Coates, WaPo: The Man of Tomorrow
King trusted whites to stand up. Obama showed me he was right.
Frank Rich, NYTimes: It Still Felt Good the Morning After
The Newsweek series (embargoed news, stuff they've known for weeks but did not deign to tell us until after we voted) is a must read:
Hackers and Spending Sprees
Highlights from NEWSWEEK's special election project.
Chapter One: How He Did It
A team of NEWSWEEK reporters reveals the secret battles and private fears behind an epic election.
Chapter Two: Back From the Dead
By late spring of 2007, John McCain's campaign was adrift, if not sinking. Then the candidate found a new narrative: the comeback.
Chapter Three: The Long Siege
The fight between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama turned into a grinding stasis that played out until the very last primary day.
Chapter Four: Going Into Battle
McCain's inner circle altered the style, feel and direction of the campaign. The candidate's best hope was to bring down Obama.
Chapter Five: Center Stage
Obama's aides worried the Clintons might steal the show. McCain revved up his campaign with an impulsive choice—Sarah Palin.
Chapter Six: The Great Debates
McCain bridled at reducing his opinions to sound bites. Obama prepped as if he were taking the bar exam—nothing was left to chance.
Chapter Seven: The Final Days
Obama was leading in the polls, even in red states like Virginia. But McCain almost seemed to glory in being the underdog.
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Loved the Frank Rich piece -- we have been released from our eight-year nightmare! The grip of the Stockholm Syndrome that led us to run back into the burning house in 2004 has been broken.
Turns out, Karl Rove's permanent Republican majority was really DemocratIC (and fuck them for leaving out the IC).
Love you, Truth!
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