Saturday, November 8

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NYT: Stinging Talk About Obama? Never Mind Now
There is a great tradition of paint-peeling political hyperbole during presidential campaign years. And there is an equally great tradition of backing off from it all afterward, though with varying degrees of deftness.

But, given the intensity of some of the charges that have been made in the past few months, and the historic nature of Mr. Obama’s election, the exercise this year has been particularly whiplash-making, with its extreme before-and-after
contrasts
Prop 8: Andrew says to chill. V.C. proposes civil disobedience instead of an anti-Mormon backlash. Coates continues to wrestle with the now painfully obvious African-American anti-gay bigotry.

Jonathan Chait, TNR: Republicans are slow learners who don't understand that Palin == Bush.

V.C. Obama won't repudiate Bush-era legal opinions

Politico: Obama has historic youth mandate, margins four times greater than JFK.

Culture11: Top 11 Ways President Obama Will "Change" the Executive Branch

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