Articles filed under Misc Elections
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An open letter to Barack ObamaNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Congratulations. Yours is a historic achievement which should dispel for time and eternity the fiction that America is a racist nation. Savor the headiness, because hea...
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Savoring Obama's victory with graceNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Barack Obama is the brand new president-elect of the United States of America. The challenges of his anticipated office have become increasingly more daunting since the...
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Obama's in - what's out?Nov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Policitically speaking, the Democrats are in and the Republicans are out. But the Obama presidency has started some new trends as well. IN Yes we can Chicago "Saturday...
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Obama administration could open doors for IllinoisansNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - On more than a few occasions, Illinois Senate President Emil Jones Jr. has joked that if his friend Barack Obama became president, he'd like to be ambassador to Ireland....
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It's time to look at spending limitsNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - By the time this is printed, the election will be decided, and we will have a new president in the wings. We find it appalling how much money is spent to get an official...
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With so much to do, no time for euphoria's hangoverNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - The crews from Streets & Sanitation spend Wednesday morning picking up the last remnants of the Election Night party in Grant Park. Journalists from around the world pac...
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Newspapers proclaim Obama victoryNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - ...
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Black pride resonatesNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - When it became official, retired Elgin teacher Carolyn O'Neal bowed her head and pumped her fists. "Yes! Yes! Yes!" she whispered to herself as she watched election-nigh...
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McCain election night photo galleryNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - ...
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Fey's Palin, Russert's death altered coverage ... and resultsNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - The long national nightmare we call a presidential campaign is at last over. Looking back on the campaign, I find to no one's surprise that the TV coverage had a dramati...