Planet Relieved by Obama’s Re-election: International Front Pages (Photo Heavy)
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Obama the Post-Colonial President
Light of the Future/Rays of Hope, a mural of Barack Obama in Bushwick, Brooklyn From In These Times: For this is the way the new power lies: Those who once dwelled at the margins of the Commonwealth have appropriated the language of their colonial masters and used it with great…
Buddhist, Hindu Make History With Elections To Congress
Democrat Tulsi Gabbard gives her victory speech after winning Hawaii 2nd Congressional district seat at the Japanese Cultural Center, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 in Honolulu. From HuffPo: Tuesday’s elections brought two historic firsts for religion in American politics: A Buddhist senator and a Hindu representative — both from Hawaii —…
Social Media Turn Election Night Into a Conversation
President Obama’s campaign tweeted a photograph of him embracing First Lady Michelle Obama, which became social media’s most shared image ever. (Gabriel Bouys, AFP/Getty Images / November 7, 2012) From LA Times: Nearly 67 million people tuned in to watch network news coverage of the elections, ratings firm Nielsen reported.…
Obama Won on Values, Not Demographics
From NYT Op-Ed Contributor Joel Benenson: The president’s victory was a triumph of vision, not of demographics. He won because he articulated a set of values that define an America that the majority of us wish to live in: A nation that makes the investments we need to strengthen and…
President Obama: “I’m Really Proud of All of You.” (President Sheds Tears Thanking Volunteers)
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Sasha Obama’s Friendly Reminder To Her Father On Election Night
From Democratic Underground: A president surrounds himself with advisors well-versed in a variety of subjects — and even when it comes to the basics of crowd management, it seems Barack Obama’s covered. In the midst of Tuesday’s election night celebration in Chicago, Sasha Obama gave her dad a friendly reminder…
A People of Color Majority Alters Politics. Movements Change the World
From Colorlines: Black voters turned out overwhelmingly for Obama. Millennial voters, who represent the start of the next demographic phase, did too. Republicans are blaming each other for losing the Latino vote; Steve Schmidt, head of McCain’s 2008 campaign, told MSNBC this was the last election that someone could possibly…