Together, Obama and McCain pledge new era
November 18, 2008
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President-elect Barack Obama and his defeated Republican rival John McCain pledged on Monday a “new era of reform” to solve the US economic crisis, transform energy policy and safeguard national security.
Two weeks after the November 4 election, the pair said in a joint statement after talks here that Americans of all parties wanted their leaders to come together and “change the bad habits of Washington”.
Palin poised to make ‘ton of money’
November 17, 2008
She won’t be Vice President but Sarah Palin stands to cash in on her tilt for high office, with multi-million contracts for books and talk shows appearances expected to come her way.
Literary agents were queuing up to sign Palin to a book deal that could earn her up to $11 million, The Times reported.
The recent election campaign was sure to result in hundreds of books by journalists and politicians, but “Palin’s personal account of her tumultuous introduction to national politics” would be the most lucrative story, it said.
“Every publisher and a lot of literary agents have been going after her,” said Jeff Klein of Folio Literary management.
“She’s poised to make a ton of money,” public relations expert Howard Rubenstein said.
A spokesman for publisher Random House told the New York Post: “There are several of our imprints who are eager to talk to Governor Palin. She clearly has a constituency and we know books by conservatively-centred politicos usually sell very, very well.”
It was not yet known what sort of deals a Palin book could attract, but the contract was sure to be compared to a deal signed by comedian Tina Fey, who played Palin in a series of spoofs on Saturday Night Live, a publishing source told The Post.
“That’s an interesting question because everybody will compare what she gets to the book deal Tina Fey reportedly made - $6 million,” the source said. “No matter what it is, the betting is she’ll sign a deal by the end of the month.”
But books weren’t Palin’s only opportunity to cash-in, with commentary spots on Fox and CNN also a possibility, The Post said.
Linda Mann, of Mann Media, told the paper: “Her buzz is incredible. She has car-wreck appeal. You’re compelled to watch, hoping she’ll say the dumbest things possible. I’d propose a show combining her love of fashion and lack of brainpower - ‘Project Dumbway’.”
However, Mr Rubenstein warned Palin against blindly chasing the cash.
“She ought to keep an eye on what her goals are for 2012. If she plays a game and looks foolish, if she sounds like she doesn’t know what she’s talking about - like saying Africa is a country - she may talk herself out of a political job,” he said.
After her well-publicised campaign, Palin was now in a similar position to that of President-elect Barack Obama in 2004, a “mostly unknown Chicago politician” who found himself in the spotlight after “a mesmerising speech to the Democratic convention”, his election to the Senate and the launch of his book, ‘The Audacity of Hope’, The Times said.
Palin was now a likely candidate for the Senate seat representing Alaska, the paper said.
Palin says “You can’t blame me”
November 11, 2008
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin says she wouldn’t hesitate to run for the presidency in four years, even though she never thought Campaign 2008 would be “as brutal a ride as it turned out to be.”
In a series of interviews in the wake of last Tuesday’s elections, Palin said she had no problem with Republican presidential nominee John McCain, but that she resents rumours she said were spread about her and her family by the Arizona Republican’s aides. She emphatically denied that she was a drag on the Republican Party ticket.
Insiders spill the beans on Sarah Palin
November 6, 2008
Sarah Palin has told a US television network she has no comment on the “false allegations” leaked from John McCain’s camp in the aftermath of Tuesday’s election loss, including the fact she did not know Africa was a continent.
FOX News correspondent Carl Cameron said:
“We’re told she didn’t understand that Africa was a continent rather than a country just in itself - a whole host of questions that caused serious problems about her knowledgeability”
The man behind Obama’s Victory
November 6, 2008
As detail of Barack Obama’s hugely successful presidential campaign are picked over in the coming weeks, the name of his chief campaign strategist is set to spread even wider.
With his moustache and comb-over, David Axelrod is a man once described by the paper where he once worked, the Chicago Tribune, as an “exotic rodent” and in The Times as an “advertising guy” who “perfected the craft of encapsulating an entire life in 30 seconds”.
Obama’s Victory Speech : Yes We Can
November 5, 2008
Barack Obama, the first black president of the United States, has declared:
“Change has come to America”.
In a historic victory over Republican candidate Senator John McCain, the President-elect told a sea of supporters in a Chicago park. He said:
“If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where any things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive … who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer,”
Victory for Obama! Making History by Becoming the First Black US President
November 4, 2008
Barack Obama has won the US presidency and become the US’s first black president-elect and its 44th leader, US media networks have declared.
Republican White House hopeful John McCain today conceded defeat to Senator Obama, saying he had congratulated his opponent in a phone call.
John McCain cops a Tongue Lashing
November 4, 2008
The acutely embarrassing photograph of Senator John McCain caught with his tongue hanging out after the third and final presidential debate has become a subject of pitiless ridicule on the internet.
Obama forging ahead to Victory
November 4, 2008
Barack Obama is on the cusp of making history today by becoming the 44th president of the United States of America and its first African-American leader with early poll results showing Obama winning the crucial battleground state of Ohio.
He was ahead in the crucial battleground state of Florida and was competitive in other key states won in 2004 by the Republican Party.
Obama holds edge in key battleground states
November 4, 2008
Millions of US voters flooded polling stations today, looking to elect front-running Democrat Barack Obama the first black US president or hand Republican John McCain an upset win in their historic clash.
Obama enjoyed a solid lead in recent national polls and held the edge in a string of battleground states that could still swing the election either way, as both candidates hunted the 270 electoral college votes needed to win.
