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OPINION: The strong wind at his back
November 6, 2008Well, the pundits were wrong. White voters didn't change their minds in the voting booth. Barack Obama's victory proves that some analysts gave too much weight to race, not only in gauging today's opinions but also...
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What a historic moment!
November 6, 2008On Nov. 4, 2008, it happened — Barack Obama became our first African American president. What an historic moment this is. A nation that held people of African descent in bondage for 300 years and denied...
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Labor, Virginia and Obama
November 4, 2008RICHMOND, Va. — Members of more than a dozen AFL-CIO unions packed the Communications Workers Local 2201 union hall here, Nov. 2, divided up into 30 teams and fanned out across north Richmond to get out...
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OPINION: The coming landslide
November 1, 2008Barack Obama has correctly reminded his supporters and staff not to get cocky, to remember the lessons of his New Hampshire primary loss. Nothing can be taken for granted, especially in the era of Republican voter...
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Upset could shift Empire State politics
November 1, 2008QUEENS, N.Y. — A major shift in the politics of New York state may be under way, and a local state senate race here may play a big part. The race, in New York’s 15th State...
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