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Blog Buzz: Election Predictions Give Barack Obama the Win, Rep. Jerrold Nadler on Obama's Courage, Controversy Over Coal Industry

The day before the election, bloggers make their final predictions and analyses about the showdown between Barack Obama and John McCain. Liberal bloggers say the polls have no good news for McCain and think that if McCain manages to win, "it will produce the largest demolition of the public opinion research profession since Dewey and Truman." Bloggers at the New Republic say that even though Pennsylvania and Virginia have tightened slightly, there are more than enough reasons why Obama supporters don't need to worry about a thing. Chris Cillizza has his final electoral map, putting Obama at 319 electoral votes and McCain at 219. One conservative blogger predicts McCain will win a "squeaker" against Obama, but another gives it to Obama, 318 electoral votes to 220.

Blog Buzz: Pew Poll Shows Barack Obama Leads Among Early Voters, Obama's Changing Tax Plan, McCain Adviser Says Sarah Palin Is a "Whack Job"

A Pew Research poll released today shows Barack Obama leading by 19 percent among those who have already voted. Liberal bloggers are fairly confident that these results guarantee an Obama victory on Tuesday. A centrist blogger says the numbers should "scare John McCain." Most notable is that Obama has a narrow lead in 10 battleground states that voted for George W. Bush in 2004. The only questions remaining—who are the undecideds and who will they vote for? While Obama fans may think their guy has it locked up, a conservative blogger has seven reasons why a McCain-Palin win is a sure thing.

Blog Buzz: Controversy Over Rashid Khalidi and Barack Obama, Sarah Palin Is 'of Course' Not Ready to Be President, Obama Ousts Dissenting Reporters

Liberal and conservative bloggers continue to spar over the issue of Barack Obama's relationship with Rashid Khalidi, a professor at Columbia University and an advocate for Palestinian rights. Also at issue is a video that the Los Angeles Times will not release that shows Obama at a party celebrating Palestinian culture that was held in Khalidi's honor. Conservative bloggers say that it's "very suspicious" that the Times, which is "in da tank," will not publish the video of Obama at an "Israel-bashing dinner." A blogger at National Review Online says while John McCain has had "dalliances" with Khalidi, they don't compare to the "depth of relationship" that Obama has with the scholar. Liberal bloggers are disgusted by McCain, who has made the relationship an issue in the campaign, saying that in his desperation he has stooped to "McCarthyi

Obama Launches Change.gov

mallumax writes "Obama has launched Change.gov. According to the site 'Change.gov provides resources to better understand the transition process and the decisions being made as part of it. It also offers an opportunity to be heard about the challenges our country faces and your ideas for tackling them. The Obama Administration will reflect an essential lesson from the success of the Obama campaign: that people united around a common purpose can achieve great things.' The site is extensive and contains Obama's agenda for economy and education among many others.They first define the problem and then lay out the plan. Everything is in simple english without a trace of washington speak. The site also has details about the transition. According to many sources Obama's transition efforts started months ago.

Press Favored Obama Throughout Campaign

narcberry writes "After complaints of one-sided reporting, the Washington Post checked their own articles and agreed. Obama was clearly favored, throughout his campaign, in terms of more favorable articles, less criticism, better page real-estate, more pictures, and total disregard for problems such as his drug use. 'Stories and photos about Obama in the news pages outnumbered those devoted to McCain. Reporters, photographers and editors found the candidacy of Obama, the first African American major-party nominee, more newsworthy and historic. Journalists love the new; McCain, 25 years older than Obama, was already well known and had more scars from his longer career in politics. The number of Obama stories since Nov. 11 was 946, compared with McCain's 786.

Barack Obama Transition Watch, Al Qaeda's Anti-Obama Message, Automakers Fly to Washington in Private Jets

The Barack Obama transition watch heats up today with the news that Obama has tapped Eric Holder, deputy attorney general in the Clinton administration, for attorney general. Liberal bloggers call it a "positive step" and say he'll be good for the Justice Department. A conservative blogger brings up a presidential pardon scandal he was involved in, but Marc Ambinder says that in "Obama's Washington," Holder's error in judgment from 8½ years ago "isn't close to being a disqualifier." In other transition news, bloggers continue to debate whether Hillary Clinton is the right choice for secretary of state or whether someone else might be a better pick. Chris Cillizza explains why Hillary can't decide whether or not she wants the post—if she doesn't, it looks as if she already has another position lined up.

Obama, McCain Campaigns Both Hacked, Files Compromised

dunezone writes "As the election ends, news is coming out from both campaigns on what happened behind closed doors. During the summer, the Obama campaign had their systems hacked, but so did McCain — and not by each other, but bya third party. '... both the FBI and the Secret Service came to the campaign with an ominous warning: "You have a problem way bigger than what you understand," an agent told Obama's team. "You have been compromised, and a serious amount of files have been loaded off your system." The following day, Obama campaign chief David Plouffe heard from White House chief of staff Josh Bolten, to the same effect: "You have a real problem ... and you have to deal with it." The Feds told Obama's aides in late August that the McCain campaign's computer system had been similarly compromised.

Blog Buzz: Joe Lieberman in Limbo, Barack Obama Wants to Close Guantnamo Bay, Obama Cabinet Questions

Blog Buzz: Joe Lieberman in Limbo, Barack Obama Wants to Close Guantánamo Bay, Obama Cabinet Questions

Robocalls Against Obama Get Disgustingly Vicious in Final Days

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Bloggersmosaic helps Obama win the race to the White House

Bloggersmosaic helps Obama win the race to the White House - bloggersmosaic, the recently launched blog promotion website, which uses images of bloggers' faces to link traffic to their own blogs made it's own mark to put Barack Obama in the White House when it launched it’s own 'Special Barack Obama site' prior to polling day. Within hours of its launch bloggers had filled the available slots with blogs supporting the new President elect. On election night, visitor numbers went through the roof as the site became known in the blogger community and was shown on broadcast media. bloggersmosaic is the first site of its kind to personalize blogging as the 'face' to the blogosphere. The aim is to deliver visitor traffic to on-site blogs through media campaigns and partnerships with blog trackers such as Technorati and Twitter.

Why Desi techies love Obama

Barack Hussein Obama may have created some unease among the Indian IT industry with his anti-outsourcing stance; however, most Indians still seem to be rooting for him. According to a recent poll by consulting and market research firm Tecnova, 82 per cent of the respondents in India expect Obama to win. In fact, most respondents in India feel that Obama is the right representative for political stability, world peace and financial strength.

Forget robo-calls?Obama's text messages are this campaign's secret weapon.

Over the last couple of months, John McCain has launched at least a dozen automated phone campaigns that question Barack Obama's alleged ties to terrorists, among other charges. McCain, who was famously targeted by ugly robo-calls in the 2000 presidential primary, defends his effort as "totally accurate." Several Republicans have criticized the calls. Even Sarah Palin says she doesn't much like them. The Obama campaign has scolded McCain to stop the phone campaign; Obama has even launched his own robo-calls to denounce McCain's robo-calls.

Dear Trademark Filers: You Cannot Get Trademarks Based On Barack Obama's Name

With the election of Barack Obama last week, some observers have noted the not-surprising rush by folks over the past few months to try to file for trademarks built off of Obama's name, including Barack Star, Obama -- O Baby! and (my favorite) Pet Barack (a play on the old "pet rock"). Of course, the USPTO has shot all of these down as not actually being approved by the President-Elect, while noting that any products using such trademarks would likely confuse people into believing they were approved by him.

Congress gets ready for the Obama era

Cabinet appointments and plum White House staff picks grab headlines during a transition. But the fate of the Obama presidency will be shaped just as much — if not more — by the messy behind-the-scenes process already under way in Washington: the reorganization of power on Capitol Hill. Three key elements to that process are still being sorted out: the final party-line composition of the Senate; the new GOP leadership in the House and how it reflects the new Republican mission and message; and the ability of House and Senate Democratic leaders to control crusading members who read Obama's win as a green light for a revolution. (Read "Who Will Be Obama's Pick for Treasury Secretary?")

[Editors Weblog] How Kenyan media covered Barack Obama's election

8, 000 miles away from the White House, a nation is celebrating President-elect Barack Obama's historic election win as a victory for a son of their country. 47-year-old Obama's father was born in Kenya and the celebrations following his win are ongoing from the streets of Nairobi to the village of Kogelo where Obama's grandmother still lives. Reflecting the importance of his victory, President Kibaki has declared a public holiday in Kenya to celebrate. The Kenyan media has reported every twist and turn of this nail-biting campaign, and its newspapers have covered this story on a scale never before seen for a US election.

John McCain's Rolex Air King vs. Barack Obama's Tag Heuer: Who Will Win Today?

LOS ANGELES, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 11/04/08 -- John McCain wears a Rolex Air King while Barack Obama wears a Tag Heuer Carrera. Does John McCain wear his Rolex Oyster Perpetual just to seem like he is the President for the masses? Is a Tag Heuer really the proper watch for Presidential hopeful Barack Obama, the man of the people, the law professor and community organizer? Pictures suggest that Barack Obama has been wearing his TAG-Heuer Carrera Series 1500 Two Tone Divers watch since about 1995 until 2007 when he was gifted a chronograph watch from the Secret Service. At the same time it seems John McCain wore his Rolex Oyster Perpetual Air King, part of the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust line, since about 1985. So why would these two presidential hopefuls, who could probably afford any watch made by man, choose these two particular Rol

Barack Obamas National Security Team, Medias Role in Mumbai, President Bushs ABC Interview

Barack Obama announced his national security team at a press conference this afternoon, and several of his choices have raised concern among conservative bloggers. Over at RedState, a blogger questions the constitutionality of Hillary Clinton's nomination to the secretary of state position. A Weekly Standard blogger says Susan Rice as U.N. ambassador is a good choice if Obama wants the U.N. to remain "a hopelessly ineffective institution." A blogger at HotAir thinks the combination of adviser Samantha Power, who once called Clinton a "monster," and Clinton could be dangerous. Chris Cillizza explains why Obama offered Clinton the state secretary position and why Clinton accepted it. Liberal bloggers focus on Obama's commitment to withdrawing from Iraq in 16 months and praise the team of officials he has chosen.

Politics: Nosy Verizon Employees Paw Through Obamas Personal Cell-Phone Account

Some nosy Verizon employees improperly accessed and pawed through Barack Obama’s personal cell-phone account. Imagine the information contained in those records - possibly the numbers of family members and/or potential Cabinet secretaries. The company announced on Friday that the account viewed was an inactive account, but an unspecified number of employees were immediately suspended and “appropriate disciplinary action� was taken. “We apologize to President-elect Obama and will work to keep the trust our customers place in us every day,� Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam said in a press release. An Obama aide told Reuters that “no voice or e-mails were listened to or read, on the old cell phone which Obama no longer uses.

Obama phones Zardari, assures US support to Pakistan

Obama phones Zardari, assures US support to Pakistan WASHINGTON: U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has said Saturday that US deeply yearns to extend full support to Pakistan to overcome financial crisis as well as war on terrorism on a telephonic talk to President Zardai from Washington.

Obama Victory Newspapers Going For More Than $100 On eBay

obama-wins-nytimes.jpgDead-tree media has one thing going for it that the Internet never will: When historic news breaks, like Barack Obama's election, no one will take a screenshot of their RSS reader to keep as a memento.

Super Obama's video game

Obama sign Barack Obama has promised "change has come to America" after being elected as the 44th US President. But does his arrival really signal a better era for the world? Vote here

Obama Cell Phone Records Breached by Verizon Employees

Barack Obama may be even more hesitant to give up his BlackBerry after this. CNN reports that Obama’s cell phone records were breached by Verizon employees. The insiders allegedly went through the billing records of the phone, which is reportedly no longer in use. The phone was a simple voice flip-phone so no email was accessed.

Obama, McCain campaign computers hacked: Newsweek

Barack Obama (L) listens as John McCain speaks during the third presidential debate in the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex at Hofstra University on October 15, 2008 in Hempstead, New York. The computer systems of US presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain were targeted by ha

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