The 2008 election has spawned several best sellers, most recently “Game Change,” by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. Whatever its merits as journalism or history, the book has been a triumph of advance promotion.
April 29, 2010
Race in the South in the Age of Obama
James Fields is an African-American Democratic state legislator in a nearly all-white Alabama county that voted overwhelmingly against Barack Obama. Is he an anomaly or the future?
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It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Obama!
NOT since Clark Kent changed in a phone booth has there been an instant image makeover to match Barack Obama’s in the aftermath of his health care victory.
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April 10, 2010
Hispanics skeptical that Obama, Democrats will deliver immigration reform
Among Hispanics, one concern often voiced is that Obama has not moved quickly on immigration reform. He campaigned on the issue two years ago, but he and his party appear hesitant to take on such a contentious issue soon after overhauling health care.
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Palin fires up GOP on Obama, midterm elections at annual conference
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NEW ORLEANS — Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin captivated a crowd of more than 3,000 Republican Party activists here Friday with a speech featuring the same blend of folksiness and anti-Obama fire that has made her an icon within the grass-roots “tea party” movement.
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