The Reaction in review (Nov. 7, 2008)
A week's Reactions that deserve a second look:
Friday
By Capt. Fogg: "Le mot juste" -- this fine little post captures President-elect Obama's first news conference.
By Michael J.W. Stickings: "Gap narrows in Minnesota Senate race, recount looming" -- The closeness, along with the complexity of the race for Minnesota's Senate race is explained, leaving Michael with mixed feelings about Lieberman if the Senate goes to 59 Dems (see "The boot.")
Thursday
By Michael J.W. Stickings: "Something Stinks in Alaska" -- Michael reacts to the story of a possible "ton" of missing votes in the Alaska election count.
Wednesday
By Libby Spencer: "The audacity of hope" -- Libby's post is so beautiful expressed that you absolutely must not miss it; her tears are our tears too.
By Dan Tobin: "The audacity of hope looks less audacious today" -- Dan's wonderful and uplifting post begins, "In the heat of the moment I promised 1000 reasons for exultant joy, but for now I'll just offer two, one about race, and one about America."
By Michael J.W. Stickings: "Reflections on the election" -- Michael's wise and objective "take" on the election across the border that has meant so much to him.
By Carol Gee: "President-elect Barack Obama" -- Conclusions about the meaning of this momentous election, along with the emotions of the day.
By Carl: "A dream delayed, but not denied" -- Share the joy as our New York blogger celebrates Barack Obama's victory in a magnificent piece of writing.
By non sequitur: "What the election means to me, or Some Emo election post" -- Our returning writer pens a great and edgy piece, filled with fascinating "takes" on this very big political thing we're experiencing.
By Mustang Bobby: "Political history" -- Bobby skilfully reminisces about his campaign and election experiences, shedding light on memories that could also have meaning for the rest of us.
Tuesday
By Michael J.W. Stickings: "Live-blogging the 2008 presidential election: 'Change has come to America.' " -- From 6:30 PM to 1:30 AM, Michael's put up another tour de force, ending with Obama's e-mail to supporters and 49 great comments.
By Creature: "Nice stuff" -- Creature features a couple of lovely election vignettes saying, "The importance of tonight cannot be overstated."
By LindaBeth: "Maddow on a new poll tax" -- This post advocates for less onerous voting procedures, includes video.
Monday
By Michael J.W. Stickings: "BREAKING NEWS: Obama's grandmother dies" -- Michael's sensitive rendering of this material deserves a second look.
By Edward Copeland: "Pre-election day hopes" -- Edward voices ideas about election outcomes with which many of us can identify.
Bonus Feature by Carol Gee -- Brand new website address of the Office of the President-elect: (http://change.gov/). The site invites citizen participation with space to input inspiring campaign or election day stories. Stop by and take a peek or just leave your own story.
Friday
By Capt. Fogg: "Le mot juste" -- this fine little post captures President-elect Obama's first news conference.
By Michael J.W. Stickings: "Gap narrows in Minnesota Senate race, recount looming" -- The closeness, along with the complexity of the race for Minnesota's Senate race is explained, leaving Michael with mixed feelings about Lieberman if the Senate goes to 59 Dems (see "The boot.")
Thursday
By Michael J.W. Stickings: "Something Stinks in Alaska" -- Michael reacts to the story of a possible "ton" of missing votes in the Alaska election count.
Wednesday
By Libby Spencer: "The audacity of hope" -- Libby's post is so beautiful expressed that you absolutely must not miss it; her tears are our tears too.
By Dan Tobin: "The audacity of hope looks less audacious today" -- Dan's wonderful and uplifting post begins, "In the heat of the moment I promised 1000 reasons for exultant joy, but for now I'll just offer two, one about race, and one about America."
By Michael J.W. Stickings: "Reflections on the election" -- Michael's wise and objective "take" on the election across the border that has meant so much to him.
By Carol Gee: "President-elect Barack Obama" -- Conclusions about the meaning of this momentous election, along with the emotions of the day.
By Carl: "A dream delayed, but not denied" -- Share the joy as our New York blogger celebrates Barack Obama's victory in a magnificent piece of writing.
By non sequitur: "What the election means to me, or Some Emo election post" -- Our returning writer pens a great and edgy piece, filled with fascinating "takes" on this very big political thing we're experiencing.
By Mustang Bobby: "Political history" -- Bobby skilfully reminisces about his campaign and election experiences, shedding light on memories that could also have meaning for the rest of us.
Tuesday
By Michael J.W. Stickings: "Live-blogging the 2008 presidential election: 'Change has come to America.' " -- From 6:30 PM to 1:30 AM, Michael's put up another tour de force, ending with Obama's e-mail to supporters and 49 great comments.
By Creature: "Nice stuff" -- Creature features a couple of lovely election vignettes saying, "The importance of tonight cannot be overstated."
By LindaBeth: "Maddow on a new poll tax" -- This post advocates for less onerous voting procedures, includes video.
Monday
By Michael J.W. Stickings: "BREAKING NEWS: Obama's grandmother dies" -- Michael's sensitive rendering of this material deserves a second look.
By Edward Copeland: "Pre-election day hopes" -- Edward voices ideas about election outcomes with which many of us can identify.
Bonus Feature by Carol Gee -- Brand new website address of the Office of the President-elect: (http://change.gov/). The site invites citizen participation with space to input inspiring campaign or election day stories. Stop by and take a peek or just leave your own story.
"Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today." -- President-elect Barack Obama
Labels: 2008 elections, blogging news, The Reaction
posted by Carol Gee at
11:59 PM
2 Comments:
I love how part of Obama's plans include the web. We may have all laughed at McCain's non-knowledge of the internet and e-mail, but Obama's openness to harness the web's capacities is very smart and can yield to more government accountability and constiutent input, if done right. Bravo, I say.
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lindabeth, at 9:10 PM
lindabeth, in a way P-e Obama's techie resources could be seen as a metaphor for his presidency: accessibility, transparency, interactivity, measured, intelligent, multi-layerd, global, etc. I could go on and on.
One of his minor senatorial legislative accomplishments was to require the administration to put up a lot of stuff on the web.
Thanks for your comment.
By
Carol Gee, at 6:03 AM
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