• Obama Elected President as Racial Barrier FallsMore from BBC News | NY Daily News | Salon | Guardian | BoGloWatch Barack Obama's inspiring victory speech again | Obama Looks Toward Promises to Keep | It was the economy, stupid!• Veteran GOPers fall by wayside as Republicans suffer huge US election losses• Dems increase Senate majority, but fall short of 60• House Dems at least plus-12 after CO, AL wins• Obama/DNC Incident Report Database Reveals Startling, Wide-Spread Voting Machine Problems Across Nevada During Early Voting Ohio Sec of State Demo;ishes GOP talking point:: No Reports of Illegal Voting | The Steal You Won't See: How Saxby Chambliss Stole His Election | Voter Fraud by Rick Santorum? Has-been Right Winger's Right to Vote in Penn Hills Challenged• Whoa, duude! Massachusetts voters decriminalize marijuana• Homophobes Win in 4 States• FCC Approves "Wi-Fi on Steroid:" Good News for Consumers, Bad News for Telcos• Blasts in Baghdad kill 15• Recession hits 30 states, 19 at risk• The first inkling of how Big the Big Sh!tpile really is• Afghanistan: Petraeus Arrives in Kabul to Assess War
Lots more below the fold
• Obama Offers Rahm Emanuel Job of White House Chief of Staff• Republican Strategy: Make Obama's Win Illegitimate• The next Senate will have at least 56 Democrats• IL-14: Democrat Bill Foster Beats Oberweis to Retain 14th District Seat• MO-4: Democrat Betsy Markey defeats homophobe Marilyn Musgrave• WA-8: Republican Dave Reichert leads Darcy Burner• WA-Gov: Democrat Christine Gregoire crushes Dino Rossi in grudge rematch• GA-Sen: Chambliss is below 50%, with many votes yet to be counted; if Chambliss stays under 50%, runoff mandatory• MN-6: McCarthyite Michelle Bachmann barely survives• MI-7: State Sen. Mark Schauer unseats Republican U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg• ID-1: Democrat Walt Minnick appears to have defeated Rep. Bill Sali• VA-5: Tom Perriello leads longtime incumbent U.S. Rep. Virgil Goode Jr. by less than a 1 percent margin; recount probable• VA-2: Democratic challenger Glenn Nye beats incumbent Thelma Drake• MN-Sen: Franken-Coleman too close to call; recount mandated; Franken cites voting irregularities
