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All quiet on the Western front

Monday, December 1st, 2008

There’s not much political news coming out of the States right now, what with it being Thanksgiving weekend - a festival which, given that it takes place on the fourth Thursday of every November, is surely the definition of a movable feast - so to amuse you in the meantime: here’s a very interesting interview with the designer of this logo:

(Hat tip - Bob Cesca)

Sunday photo supplement: Barack on Flickr

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Some highlights from the thousands (probably) of photographs at Barack Obama’s Flickr page:

With Michelle's mother, on election night

(With Michelle’s mother, watching the results come in)

Sunday art special: The audacity of dope pope hope

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

So, today’s edition of England For Obama comes with a special cut-out-and-keep section celebrating Obama-related art.  Well: look at, print off and then cut-out-and-keep.

And we’ll kick off with this gem of a picture gallery from The Guardian:

(Thanks to John Q for the link.)

Well, it only seems fair…

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Obama’s campaign staffers are getting a bonus.

How the West was won

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

Here’s your reading for the next seven days, folks.

Newsweek magazine had reporters inside the Obama and McCain camps for a year in the run-up to the election - but they were only allowed to be there on condition that their stories would be published after the election was over.

So now you can read these behind-the-scenes reports - and boy, are they fascinating. No, really. From tantrums to tactics, they’re an amazing insight into what the candidates (and those around them) are really like, and what really happened on the campaign trails. And I’ve only read the first three chapters…

Ch. 1: Barack Obama: How He Did It

Ch. 2: John McCain: Back From the Dead?

Ch. 3: The Long Clinton-Obama Siege

Ch. 4: McCain Camp Retools, Targets Obama

Ch. 5: Obama Sweats the Clintons, McCain Gambles on Palin

Ch. 6: Battling it Out in the Great Debates

Ch. 7: The Final Days

Enjoy. It’s like The West Wing - only real.

A night to remember

Friday, November 7th, 2008

The incomparable Jed Lewison has made a 10-minute compilation video of the election night coverage. It’s great - and I’m tearing up again, partly because for the first time I’ve seen the footage of Joe Biden, and later his wife and mother, joining Obama on stage. I’ve seen so many stills of that moment, but not been able to find video of it until now. Thank you, Jed:

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I heart Jon Stewart

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Most specifically, I heart him around 4:13:

The final Obama campaign video: ‘I know that change is possible’

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Go get ‘em, Barry… ;-)

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The last day of campaigning

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Keith Olbermann and Howard Fineman look at what happened in the campaigns yesterday (clue: John McCain and Sarah Palin talked a lot about coal), and what the McCain camp have to do to win:

And here was the end of Obama’s final speech yesterday, in Virginia, where he spoke to a crowd of 90,000. Fired up, and ready to go:

And here was Jon Stewart’s take on the final days of campaigning:

Barack Obama: ‘One word - tomorrow’

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

Today in Florida: