Nothing was was more disturbing or more characteristic of the Bush administration than its obsessive secrecy. So, talk about a breath of fresh air. See what our new president says. 

My computer here in Yokohama says 2:46 a.m, Wednesday, January 21, 2009. Barack Obama is now President of the United States! My eyes are damp, I’m feeling choked up. I haven’t heard a single line that will ring through history. I have heard a serious assessment of where the country finds itself and a sober […]

I am disgusted beyond belief that President-elect Obama has selected the Hawaiian-shirted gasbag Rick Warren (R,Corporatist) to give the “invocation” at the inauguration. My disgust goes way beyond his gay and lesbian hatred. He claims to be not of the right but thinks that women are property that he, through the oh so […]

I know I’m not in the mainstream but except for Senator Clinton (who isn’t a done deal so I retain hope) I’m pretty happy with President-Elect Obama’s hiring thus far. The latest pick makes me joyful. Janet Napolitano is a really solid thoughtful pick. She can present in public without […]

Who would have thought that I would be sitting at my computer watching greedily for Indiana and North Carolina to add themselves to the Blue. What was it so many of us said about not being able to close the deal? <Grin>

that Madelyn Dunham didn’t get to see her grandson elected President. She died early this morning.
I am incensed at what assholes some wingers are.

I’ll go with this guy, who says that Obama has a 95% chance of winning between 303 and 381 electoral votes and a 99.8% chance of winning the election. Sure, a coal black swan from Hell is not totally impossible–just look at what the markets have done. I take comfort, however, from the fivethirtyeight.com and […]

Over the next several days, Best of the Blogs contributors will be peering into crystal balls, or magic mirrors, or shot glasses, or whatever they’ve got, attempting to predict the outcome of the election on Tuesday in some or all of following categories:

Final electoral vote count
Popular vote differential
Senate seat change
Biggest upset or surprise

My predictions are […]

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Polls and punditry grab everybody’s attention, but the real story of this election is the Obama ground game to which the media are just waking up. 
No surprise to anyone who has been following the cross-country tour of the guys from fivethirtyeight.com, e.g., this visit to northern Virginia. But now even David Broder is catching on, […]