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10:45 AM ET, November 5, 2008

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Nitya / Political Punch:
Obama Offers Rahm Emanuel Job of White House Chief of Staff  —  ABC News has learned that President-elect Obama has offered the White House chief of staff job to Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill.  —  Emanuel, a knowledgeable source tells ABC News, has not yet given his answer.
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
76 days to Inauguration - “A national catharsis”  —  Rahm Emanuel is top choice for chief of staff — Newsweek: Palin sprees worse than reported — Obama Day declared in Kenya — ABC's Jonathan Karl to Hill  —  Good Wednesday morning.  The New York Times banner is a single, capitalized word: “OBAMA.”
Discussion: Think Progress
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Early Transition Decisions to Shape Obama Presidency
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Coleman vs. Franken: Recount looms  —  Minnesotans likely will have to wait for a winner in the U.S. Senate contest between Norm Coleman and Al Franken.  —  One of the most bitter U.S. Senate races in Minnesota history continued to grind on early this morning, with Republican Sen. Norm Coleman …
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Fox News:
Coleman Edges Franken in Minnesota Senate Race
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Complete returns: Coleman wins, recount coming
Discussion: Hot Air
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Remarks of President-elect Barack Obama  —  Remarks of President-Elect Barack Obama—as prepared for delivery  —  If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time …
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:   Renewing Our Nation's Promise: A Change Is Gonna Come
Alex Johnson / MSNBC:
Obama elected 44th president
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Obama Elected President as Racial Barrier Falls
Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Stevens leads Begich by thin margin  —  Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was leading challenger Mark Begich with most of the election returns in hand Tuesday night, despite being found guilty of seven felonies and polls showing him in deep trouble.  —  With more than 80 percent of the precincts reporting …
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Los Angeles Times:
Gay marriage ban leading  —  Possible passage of Prop.8 throws thousands of same-sex unions into doubt.  —  A measure to once again ban gay marriage in California led Tuesday, throwing into doubt the unions of an estimated 18,000 same-sex couples who wed during the last 4 1/2 months.
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Michelle Malkin:
Gird your loins, conservatives  —  There is no time to lick wounds, point fingers, and wallow in post-election mud.  —  I'm getting a lot of moan-y, sad-face “What do we do now, Michelle?” e-mails.  —  What do we do now?  We do what we've always done.  —  We stand up for our principles …
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David Bernstein / The Volokh Conspiracy:   Looking for a Post-Election Republican Agenda?:
New York Times:
The Next President  —  This is one of those moments in history when it is worth pausing to reflect on the basic facts:  —  An American with the name Barack Hussein Obama, the son of a white woman and a black man he barely knew, raised by his grandparents far outside the stream of American power and wealth …
Tom Shales / Washington Post:
After a Night of Illusions, Television Records Reality  —  Just as one day was giving way to another, Barack Obama appeared before thousands of cheering supporters in Chicago's Grant Park and said, “Change has come to America” — which naturally made them cheer all the louder.
Discussion: Argghhh!
Andy Barr / The Politico:
2008 turnout shatters all records  —  More than 130 million people turned out to vote Tuesday, the most ever to vote in a presidential election.  —  With ballots still being counted in some precincts into Wednesday morning, an estimated 64 percent of the electorate turned out, making 2008 the highest percentage turnout in generations.
Jeff Flake / Washington Post:
A Way Out of the Wilderness  —  Well, we Republicans have just made history.  Not the type of history we wanted to make, mind you, but history nonetheless.  Not only did we lose the White House but, after losing our House and Senate majorities in 2006, we followed it up last night with even steeper losses in Congress.
Discussion: Climate Progress
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
2008 Election: Winners and Losers  —  Barack Obama will be the 44th president of the United States.  John McCain will not, likely capping a long and well-decorated political career with a loss.  —  Democrats will expand their majorities in the House and the Senate.
New York Times:
Democrats Are Poised to Control Albany  —  Propelled by a surge of new voters, Democrats won a majority in the New York State Senate on Tuesday, putting the party in control of both houses of the Legislature and the governor's office for the first time since the New Deal.
Yael T. Abouhalkah / Midwest Voices:
McCain narrowly wins Missouri at 2:30 a.m.; so long bellwether status  —  John McCain has just won the state of Missouri at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday by fewer than 6,000 votes.  —  The final, unofficial totals recorded by the Secretary of State's office: 1,442,613 votes for McCain and 1,436,745 for Barack Obama.
 
 
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Democrats' Impulse Test
Discussion: Commentary and Open Left
Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:
As Economic Crisis Peaked, Tide Turned Against McCain
Discussion: Washington Monthly
New York Times:
Russia Warns of New Missile Deployment
Discussion: Democracy in America
Washington Wire:
Powell Says He Wouldn't Serve in Obama Administration
Nidal al-Mughrabi / Reuters:
Israel-Hamas violence disrupts Gaza truce
Discussion: Associated Press
Jim Tharpe / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
No decision, no majority in Senate race
 Earlier Items: 
Bill Turque / Washington Post:
Emotional Day Ends in Jubilation for Some, Stoicism for Others
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
Gerard Baker / Times of London:
Analysis: Barack Obama's victory is head-spinning stuff
Discussion: Fausta's Blog and Guardian
David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Exit polls: How Obama won
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Dean Baker / The Huffington Post:
President Obama's Path to Greatness: Health Care As Stimulus
Discussion: The Agonist
Scott / Power Line:
TEN THESES ON PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA
Orin Kerr / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Memo to Political Commentators for the Next Four Years …
Discussion: Salon and PoliGazette
 

 
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