Great report on the historic election of Obama as president. Besides solid factual information from a variety of sources, it provides some fascinating demographic stats and a helpful perspective on what the author calls "a national catharsis."

Thorough analysis of President-Elect Obama's win. The team of reporters runs through the voter demographics, including stats and percentages along the way. Some analysis at appropriate points to tie it all together. This piece included a good look back to where this all began, with Hillary Clinton favored to win, and both Barack Obama and John McCain nowhere to be seen on their respective parties' radar screens.

This is the type of reporting you get when the journalist is a bystander to a computer rather than to people and their history. This awkwardly written but nevertheless thorough New York Times article should have captured the jubilation many felt about Obama rather than the bitterness some felt about Bush (whose "repudiation" occurs in the second sentence) when the opponent was John McCain, mentioned later in the report. Tomorrow's children will think Obama defeated Bush. The New York ... More »

I think that this article has a good sources to explain the election because many things that are wrote in this article, i haven´t seen in tv.

An excellent overview, mostly facts, very little opinioon

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