Waxman makes move to unseat longtime
representative from chair of key committee

post from American Street on 06 November 2008 12:50:00 AM. © American Street

This could be a key realignment fight in the House to advance Obama’s agenda, as Waxman takes on Dingell.For a typically Clark Kentish guy, the timing of this seems more of a Superman move, which means he’s likely got some influential backers. Waxman’s approach to committee work does seem better suited to the goals Obama’s [...]

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McCain’s top neocon was quietly fired a
week before the election

post from American Street on 06 November 2008 12:28:00 AM. © American Street

Per CNN:Randy Scheunemann, a senior foreign policy adviser to John McCain, was fired from the Arizona senator’s campaign last week for what one aide called “trashing” the campaign staff, three senior McCain advisers tell CNN. One of the aides tells CNN that campaign manager Rick Davis fired Scheunemann after determining that he had been in [...]

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Obama celebrated here in Barcelona!

post from AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth on 06 November 2008 12:25:00 AM. © AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth

I was hoping to make it to see this beach but my schedule became crazy on Monday, so for now, it's just a CNN link to this very cool project.

Barack Obama sometimes gets ribbed for his outsized ideas, like the massive stage built in Denver, Colorado, to accept the Democratic presidential nomination. But an artist in Barcelona, Spain, has outdone even the candidate himself.

The artist has created a gigantic face of Obama sculpted from gravel and sand, covering nearly 2.5 acres (1 hectare) of Barcelona beachfront before the U.S. elections.

"The size of the piece is intrinsic to its value," the artist, Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada, said.

"Obama's personality -- his youth, personal history and message of a new politics -- has fused with the historical moment to create someone larger than life," says the artist's dossier about the work, titled "Expectation."

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A Big Ten Sweep

post from TalkLeft on 06 November 2008 12:09:00 AM. © TalkLeft

In posts here and here, TalkLeft explored about the possibility of a Big Ten sweep for Obama. With the final word this afternoon that Obama won Indiana, the sweep was complete. The Big Ten is a blue conference.

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Surreal

Last night, I had dinner with the members of the local "Obama Leadership Team." As you know, they're big on titles. I've worked a lot of campaigns. Of the other six people at the table, one had done a little work for Clinton in 1992; for the rest, this was their first campaign.

Near the end of the evening, one asked if anyone else felt a little subdued. They all spoke about feeling "relieved" that Obama had won, of being tired, of understanding that all the work had finally paid off. BIG.

Personally, I've been a Democrat a really long time, which means I've lost more races than I've won. I'm somewhat numb, perhaps disbelieving. As if something could come and remove the joy. Intellectually, I know this is untrue. But it all still feels a little surreal.

I do, however, know two things. First, coming out of days? weeks? months? of the campaign, I look forward to simple things like 8 straight hours of sleep, and eating with a knife and fork on a regular basis. (In campaigns, donuts and pizza rule.)

But what I really know is that each and every one of us has a choice right now. To relish the win and go back to "regular life" or to stay engaged. I believe that President-elect Obama would be the first to say that "winning" is not just about him, but also about the work to come.

If people feel that an Obama win is special for all the reasons we all know, but that it ends there, then the campaign has not accomplished what it really set out to do. If instead, people, perhaps millions of people, understand that it was their work, their dollars, their sweat that won this thing, then this is success beyond all hope. Time will tell whether campaigns are forever changed. The money, the organization, the utilization of technology may spread to other campaigns, or this may have been an historic anomaly. But there are many people who have been tranformed by their work on the campaign. Not just the outcome, but the work itself.

So, what about you?

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