Politics and Power of Internet

Obama’s creative use of the Internet played a huge role in making him president elect, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore said Friday. “It couldn’t have happened without the Web,” Gore said

President Barack Hussein Obama

Obama’s win is expected as all polls and surveys went towards him. All political pundits accross the board think so. It’s nevertheless surprising to see it in reality. No one is sure that it’ll be real. In the meantime, McCain’s concession speech was appreciated by many. The graceful demanour by the loser also should be emulated by our candidates here in Indonesia. Graceful in defeat and magnanimous in victory.

Live Video Streams US Election Result 2008

Watch live streaming video via MSNBC LIVE STREAMING

In case you stay outside America and want to watch a live coverage of US election 2008 result here’s a live streaming video from MSNBC. Watch it for free.

CBS News Election Widget

Have a look at MSNBC’s electoral voting map

Andrew Sullivan on America and the World

I like Andrew Sullivan’s style and angles of writing. Though this piece is supposed to be as an endorsement for Obama’s presidency, he outlines the rationale behind it which is worth reading especially on America’s relation with other parts of the world. His self-criticism to his America is enlightening. His critique to Islamic fundamentalism is worth an open ears from moderate Muslims.

The US Muslim Congressman on Islam’s Slur in US Politics

Rep. Keith Ellison on the Ugly Attacks Obama Has Faced in the Election. The only Muslim in Congress, no stranger to the prejudice and fearmongering leveled at Obama, explains why these attacks ultimately fail.

Can Obama Make History Twice?

Throughout his campaign, Obama has talked about defining moments — from his victory in Iowa to the day five grueling months and 53 contests later when he won enough delegates to claim the Democratic nomination. On that June night, he made history. On Tuesday night, he’ll find out if he can do it again.

Obama the Facebook President

If Obama wins on November 4 election day, he’ll be known in history as the first American president, indeed the first democratically elected president, who uses technology to the maximum to create the greatest political organisation ever recorded in living history. Can Indonesia’s presidential candidate–indeed any president/PM candidate around the world– follow Obama’s way?

Americans Racists if Obama Loses

If Barack Obama loses in the coming election meaning white Americans are predominantly racists. That’s what Jacob Weisberg of Slate brilliantly concluded:

…the reason Obama isn’t ahead right now is that he trails badly among one group, older white voters. He does so for a simple reason: the color of his skin. … Much evidence points to racial prejudice as a factor that could be large enough to cost Obama the election. That warning is written all over last month’s CBS/New York Times poll, which is worth examining in detail if you want a quick grasp of white America’s curious sense of racial grievance.

Barack Obama

The last two primaries which end on Tuesday has ended the fierce battle between two democratic rivals which Obama, as expected, came out as the winner. The news is not who’s the winner, but when will Hillary Clinton budge and concede defeat ro Obama and leave him alone which seems what is happening right now. IHT reports that

Hillary Rodham Clinton will endorse Barack Obama on Saturday, bringing a close to her 17-month campaign for the White House, aides said. Her decision came after Democrats urged her Wednesday to leave the race and allow the party to coalesce around Obama.