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Republicans, This Is the First Day of the Rest of Your Lives
For members of the Grand Old Party, this is a day to celebrate. Your long national nightmare, otherwise known as the Bush administration, is over.

Of course, there will be plenty of hand-wringing, finger-pointing and even internecine warfare among party activists and their interest-group allies over the next few weeks as various constituencies within the party seek to assign blame for Tuesday's Democratic sweep, though it was not nearly as bad as it could have been considering the public mood and the Democrats' financial advantage.

Some will predict the end of the GOP. Others will merely consign it to minority party status for years because of demographic changes.

Original: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/11/republicans_this_is_the_first.html

The Task Ahead
WASHINGTON -- The celebration of Barack Obama's victory was genuine and heartfelt, as it should have been. No one who has lived in this country and knows its history can be insensitive to the significance of his election.

Symbolically and substantively, it sends a message here and abroad about the distance we have traveled from our segregated, racist past.

As John McCain acknowledged in his gracious concession speech, whatever one's partisan preference, the rise of this talented and eloquent black man to the highest office is worth celebrating for what it says about this nation, its people and our democracy.

Original: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/11/obama_must_signal_for_consensu.html

Historic Change
NEW YORK -- Up in Harlem, on the boulevard named for Malcolm X, stands the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a branch of the New York Public Library, and it was to its Langston Hughes Auditorium, named for the great black poet, that I went Tuesday night, notebook in hand, to interview History and marvel at what it had done. Where in the world had the past gone?

Charlie Rangel was wondering the same thing. He is the congressman from Harlem but, more importantly, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, a Korean War veteran, tough as the nearby streets and vaccinated against disappointment by life itself. He mounted the stage, talked about seeing parents taking their kids to the polls and, in a voice perilously close to cracking, said, "I never thought I'd see my country take the children of slaves and make one of them the leader of the free world."

Original: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/11/historic_change.html

Obama's Economic Challenge
WASHINGTON -- We Americans are progress junkies. We think that today should be better than yesterday and that tomorrow should be better than today. Compared with most peoples, we place more faith in "opportunity" and "getting ahead." We may now be on the edge of a new era that frustrates these expectations. It is not just the financial crisis. The crisis coincides with other changes -- an aging society, runaway health spending, global warming -- that imperil economic growth. Barack Obama will take office facing the most daunting economy in decades: certainly since Ronald Reagan and double-digit inflation; and perhaps since Franklin Roosevelt and 25 percent unemployment.

To be sure, the U.S. economy has often defied pessimistic predictions. Our national culture, with its pervasive ambition and its proven capacity for innovation, favors expansion. These are powerful forces. But it's equally true that economic progress has periodically stalled. The Great Depression lasted a decade; unemployment in the 1930s averaged 18 percent. The inflation of the 1970s arrested living standards and the stock market (it was no higher in 1982 than in 1965). By 1979, inflation hit 13 percent. Americans do not have a divine right to rapid economic growth.

Original: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/11/obamas_economic_challenge.html

Make Haste Slowly, President Obama?
Festina lente. Make haste slowly. That was the motto of the revolutionary minded young Augustus who soon grasped that he needed to build upon Rome's past, rather than dismantle it.

Amid the celebration of the historic victory of Barack Obama, the country should now quit the bickering, appreciate a fair and peaceful transference of power, and unite behind its new commander-in-chief.

But in turn our new President Obama would do well to heed that ancient Roman wisdom, appreciating that the real world after Nov. 4 is not exactly the same as its frequent caricature during the hard-fought campaign.

Original: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/11/make_haste_slowly_president_ob.html

New Rage at Work: Used, Revamped IT Gear

Original: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2008/tc2008113_685828.htm?campaign_id=rss_tech

Salesforce.com Leaps Into Cloud Computing

Original: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2008/tc2008112_515699.htm?campaign_id=rss_tech

Sony Chases Apple's Magic

Original: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_45/b4107048234222.htm?campaign_id=rss_tech

The Recycled Cell-Phone Trap

Original: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2008/tc2008113_981236.htm?campaign_id=rss_tech

Podcast: Finding Bargains on Secondhand IT

Original: http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/podcasts/guide_to_tech/guidetotech_10_31_08.htm?campaign_id=rss_tech

The Opening Obama Saw
WASHINGTON -- A good politician triumphs by adapting to the times and taking advantage of opportunities as they come. A great politician anticipates openings others don't see and creates possibilities that were not there before.

John McCain might have been the second kind of politician, tried to be the first, and enters Election Day at a steep disadvantage. Barack Obama certainly seized the opportunities created by President Bush's failures and the country's profound discontent, which only deepened after the economic crash. But by creating a new social movement, new forms of political organization, and a sense of excitement and possibility not felt in politics for three decades, he bids to become one of the country's most consequential leaders.

Original: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/11/obama_rings_in_a_new_era.html

Obama Campaigns in Columbus
Columbus, Ohio

Ohio, I have just two words for you: two days.

After decades of broken politics in Washington, eight years of failed policies from George Bush, and twenty-one months of a campaign that has taken us from the rocky coast of Maine to the sunshine of California, we are two days away from change in America.

In two days, you can turn the page on policies that have put the greed and irresponsibility of Wall Street before the hard work and sacrifice of folks on Main Street.

Original: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/11/obama_campaigns_in_columbus.html

McCain's Midnight Rally in Miami
As Prepared for Delivery
Miami, Florida

"Thank you! My friends, it's official: There's just one day left until we take America in a new direction!

"We need to win Florida on November 4th, and with your help - we're going to win here, and bring real change to Washington. I need your help. Volunteer. Knock on doors. Get your neighbors to the polls. With your help, we can win. We need a new direction, and we have to fight for it.

"I've been fighting for this country since I was seventeen years old, and I have the scars to prove it. If I'm elected President, I will fight to shake up Washington and take America in a new direction from my first day in office until my last. I'm not afraid of the fight, I'm ready for it.

Original: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/11/mccains_midnight_rally_in_miam.html

Campaign Managers Davis and Plouffe on Fox News Sunday


"FOX NEWS SUNDAY" HOST CHRIS WALLACE: And hello again today from FOX News election headquarters in New York City. In a little more than 48 hours, the FOX News team will be reporting from here as America chooses a new president.

And we want to take a look at how both campaigns are using these final hours to turn the election their way. We're joined first by McCain campaign manager Rick Davis, who's about to embark on the final sprint to the finish with Senator McCain.

Rick, let's start with the latest electoral map from Karl Rove. This is a map based on recent state polls. He has -- now has Obama leading in leads that are outside the margin of error in states with 311 electoral votes, while McCain leads in states with 160 electoral votes.

Original: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/11/campaign_managers_davis_and_pl.html

Ego and Mouth
After the big gamble on subprime mortgages that led to the current financial crisis, is there going to be an even bigger gamble, by putting the fate of a nation in the hands of a man whose only qualifications are ego and mouth?

Barack Obama has the kind of cocksure confidence that can only be achieved by not achieving anything else.

Anyone who has actually had to take responsibility for consequences by running any kind of enterprise-- whether economic or academic, or even just managing a sports team-- is likely at some point to be chastened by either the setbacks brought on by his own mistakes or by seeing his successes followed by negative consequences that he never anticipated.

Original: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/11/ego_and_mouth.html

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