Barack Obama's impressive road to the White House

The Guardian by Andrew Rawnsley | Nov. 2, 2008 (Opinion)

People do lie to pollsters. Pollsters can screw up their measures of voting intention. Voting intentions can change in the frenetic last furlong before election day. The man himself constantly cautions the crowds at his final rallies to take nothing for granted. But the world now expects that the world will get what it wants: President Barack Obama.

Just because this is increasingly anticipated, we should not discount how sensational that outcome ... Full Story »

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Topics: Presidential Election 2008, Obama Administration
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Posted by: Posted by Leo Romero - Nov 2, 2008 - 8:52 AM PST
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 by Chris Finnie - Nov. 2, 2008

After spending the entire piece rehashing thing that have been written many times before, Rawnsley finally gets to the most impressive thing about the campaign--and the one few have noted. Obama said he wanted to govern red and blue states--the UNITED states. And he has run his campaign to allow that should he win. He stressed that to Rachel Maddow in a recent interview. McCain has not stayed true to his core principles and it has hurt the trust the electorate has in him as much as his impulsive and desperate VP pick.

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