FairVote’s Election Analyses & Prescriptions for the Future Dear Friend of Fair Elections, We thought we’d share our view of this historic election through ten surprising stories about Election ’08. They are: Electoral Reform on the Ballot – New Victories and Implementations for Instant Runoff Voting The 2008 Spoiler Effect – Key Non-Majority Winners (and [...]
Immediately after Barack Obama was pronounced the victor in the 2008 presidential election, corporate media began to tell him how he ought to govern–in most cases, urging him to hew toward the center.
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How Will He Transform an Economy In Free-Fall? By Danny Schechter Author of Plunder After Barack Obama’s inspirational address to the adoring minions in Sweet Home Chicago, the loudspeakers erupted with Bruce Springsteen’s prayerful post-911 anthem, “The Rising.” Yes, he had risen, but now he has to steer clear of a threatening crucifixion on the [...]
Republicans, and some journalists, had spent months (falsely) saying Obama is the single most liberal member of the U.S. Senate — and maybe even a socialist. The American people responded by electing him in a landslide.
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