Key quote: "There's an argument circulating that "The Cosby Show" laid the groundwork for President-elect Barack Obama by presenting an appealing black family, the Huxtables, to young TV viewers who grew up equipped to thwart stereotypes and barriers."
Key Quote: "It was union members who helped make Obama president, says the AFL-CIO. It was young voters who lifted him to victory. Latinos were crucial. Single women were decisive. But wait a minute — would Obama have won anyway without, for instance, younger voters?"
Key Quote: "I'm not going to be intimidated by something like this," Grewal said. "I don't go on anyone's property and do this. God forbid if I was African-American. We're living in the 21st century, and we've got to be afraid to express our beliefs?"
Key quote: "For the first time in human history, a largely white nation has elected a black man to be its paramount leader. And the cultural meaning of this unprecedented convergence of dark skin and ultimate power will likely become -- at least for a time -- a national obsession."
Key quote: "The man who will be the first African-American president got the votes of nearly all blacks and two-thirds of Hispanics."
Key quote: "Figuring out which and how many white voters will be reluctant or flatly unwilling to pull the lever for the African-American candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, is impossible to determine from either polling data or experience."
Key quote: "Both campaigns have tried to forge a closer relationship with the country's largest minority group, especially in the key swing states of Florida, Nevada, Colorado and New Mexico -- places were the outcome could be determined."
Key quote: "Publicly acknowledging the Islamic traditions that he appreciates would help fight the "Othering" of Muslims"
Key quote: "Why else was “race” practically the first explanation offered in New Hampshire this year when pre-primary polls failed to predict the outcome?"
Key Quote: "It used to be called “the Jesse Jackson problem”: Democratic presidential candidates fearing they would lose black votes if they got on Mr. Jackson’s bad side, given the influence he accrued as a civil rights activist and his history-making races for the White House in 1984 and 1988."
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