Government & Political Articles November 2008



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If We Want More Representative Mps, We Need to Start Talking About Class

The Best of Times, the Worst of Times - and the Silliest

Rudderless Party Faces Reconstruction From Grassroots Up

The Speeches Made With One Eye on the History Books

Democrats Expect Big Congress Gain

Polygamists Issue Voters Guide

Too Cool or Too Strong: There's No Right Way to Be First Lady

The Campaign That Changed America

Why Doesn't Anyone Say: 'not in Britain'?

George W. Bush Belongs in Prison

Should We be for or Against the Government Bailout of the Banks?

Why Save The Earth?

Economy May Force Obama to Cut Back on Green Pledge

Bush Bails Out Pumpkin, But Stays Silent on Economy

Obama Supplants Bush to Set Out Spending Plan

Team Obama Promises Huge Jolt to Economy

Not Everyone Hails The Black Messiah

Wistful Us Leader in Nostalgic Mood at Summit Farewell

Obama Takes Centre Stage in Battle to Save Sinking Us Economy

Washington's Elite Abuzz As Obamas Settle on a School

Read All About It - How Obama is Setting the Literary Agenda

Bill Clinton Discloses Donors to Clear Hillary's Path to Obama Cabinet Job

Democrats in All-out Battle to Win Remaining Two Us Senate Seats

Al-Qaida Leader Uses Racial Abuse to Attack Obama

Obama Opens New Green Chapter for Us on Climate

Obama Vows 'new Chapter' on Climate Change at Schwarzenegger Summit

Clinton to Accept Offer of Secretary of State Job

Obama and Mccain Meet for the First Time Since the Election

Hillary Clinton to Accept Obama's Offer of Secretary of State Job

Republicans Will Be in My Team, Says Obama

It's Ok: Obama Can Care for Poor Kids As Well As His Own

First 100 Days As Crucial As New Deal, Says Fdr Author

Sarkozy Backs Russian Calls for Pan-european Security Pact

Secret Meeting Fuels Speculation About Cabinet Post for Hillary Clinton

Could It Be Clinton for Secretary of State? Obama and Arch-rival Hold Secret Talks

Brown: Major Countries Must Cut Taxes Now

Obama Job Application Delves Deep to Assemble Scandal-free Team

Advantages and Disadvantages of Democracy

Facts about Human Trafficking

Obama Signals Radical Break With Bush on Us Environmental Policy

McCain Sees the Funny Side of Defeat

Obama's Message to the World: We Will Act Quickly on Climate Change

McCain and Palin Hit the Campaign Trail for Georgia's Senator Chambliss

Bush Gives Ground on Car Industry Bail-out

President-elect Obama a Real Renegade

Tony Blair Biography

43 Meet 44 Mr Obama Goes to Washington

Is Barak Really Black?

Kremlin Opts for Charm Over Strong Arm on Missile Defence

Obama Will Move to Veto Bush Laws

Showing the New Tenants the Ropes: Dignity and Disdain at Handover Time

Quiet Days for Leader Not Gone But Already Forgotten

Star-spangled Banner Headlines

Republic Somaliland – AU and IGAD need to engage with preventive diplomacy

Obama Backs Crackdown on Tax Havens

Why America Will Not Turn to the Left

Everyone Will Want a Special Relationship With Obama

Och Aye, We Can: Did Snp Get There First?

Mail Bonding

New Figures Indicate Obama Faces Deepening Recession

Bankers and Academics at Top of Donor List

Palin in Spotlight As Republicans Turn on Each Other

'Other Half of Obama Brain' Awaits Posting

Hold the Red Carpet: Amid the Euphoria, States Find Their Own Reasons for Doubt

A Bad Week for the Cause of Banality and Witless Snidery

Obama Turns Racial Profiling on its Head

Russia Fires Warning Shot Over Us Missile Plan

All the President's Women

Economic Rescue Plan Main Priority As New Chief of Staff Named

Rapid Cia Briefing Starts Crash Course in Presidency

Democratic Converts Narrow 'god Gap'

Barack Obama Faces Tough Choices During Transition Period

Fox News and Mccain Aides Turn on Palin

First Black President-Elect 'Probably Knows' About Rev. George Lee

Manhattan Celebrates Obama's Win

US Election: Palin's Place in Republican Party Uncertain After Defeat

Obama Faces Daunting Task of Solving America's Economic Crisis

Obama's Family Celebrates With a Kenyan Feast

Barack Obama: the View From Israel and the Palestinians

Barack Obama: the View From Iran

Barack Obama: the View From Russia

Gay-marriage Ban Supporters in California Claim Victory

Maverick May Return to the Party Fringes

Hours of Anxiety and Delight - the Countdown to Victory

Hometown Allies Wait for a Call to the White House

Intellectual, Tolerant and Focused: a Very Different President

After Bush, the World Looks on in Hope and Expectation

Party Leaders Compete to Cover Themselves in Reflected Glory

We Can Breathe Again, Says 'energised' Downing Street

Obama's New America

Lampooned and Sidelined, But Still Hoping to Fight Another Day

Voters Sign Up for Rainbow Coalition

Electrifying Contest Breaks Records

US Election: The Silent Minority of Non-voters

Yes, We Can – and We Did

Barack Obama's Election Victory Brings a New Dawn of Leadership

Barack Obama's Kenyan Family Celebrate Victory

US Election: Republicans in Texas Shattered By Obama Win

President-Elect Barack Obama's Biography

US Election: Obama Closes in on Victory After Projected Wins in Key States

US Election: Obama's Win in Pennsylvania a Crushing Defeat for Mccain

US Election: Obama in Lead After First Exit Polls

US Election: Unofficial Exit Polls Point to Obama Victory

America's Historic Verdict

US Campaign Diary

US Election Count Begins As First Polls Close

George, We've Got Just the Job for You

Mama Sarah, 86, Gets the Beer in As Village Hails a Son of Africa

From Sea to Shining Sea, They Lined Up to Be Heard

Obama's Hometown of Chicago Confident in His Chances

Pride in Obama Swells for Black Voters in Small Texas Town

Hugs and Cheers As Virginia Casts First Votes

Obama's Town 'it Feels Like a New Era Kind of Dawning'

Barack Obama Timeline

Facts about John McCain

Steps in a US Presidential Election

Unemployment Causes and Consequences

'It's a Historic Event. If They Want to Be There, They Should'

Fear and Loathing Divide Two Americas on Eve of Vote

A Vote on the Future of the Us - and So the World

America's Moment of Truth

Feminists Claim Clinton and Palin Paved the Way for a New Generation

Why do People Need Government

Raj Thackeray: Time for Raj Sarkar

Democrats Scramble to Exploit Vice-president's Backing for Rival

Joke on Palin Again As She Falls for Fake Sarkozy Call

Obama Has the Edge and Polls Prove It, Say Confident Democrats

US Elections: Obama Upbeat As Campaign Enters Final Hours

Barack Obama's Impressive Road to the White House

BARACK OBAMA: The Politics of Hope