From TAP, Ezra Klein on The Most Unlikely President: Barack Obama's candidacy forced us to confront the worst of our 9/11 fears and our lingering racism (and more and more on the identity politics election); and if history is any guide, the next four years will be shaped by how Obama confronts the Bush administration's abuses of power. Who is Barack Obama? The president-elect's character is hiding in plain sight. David Corn on how Obama is redefining what it means to be American. John Dickerson on how Obama bent the arc of history and on six ways Obama can show he'll be a different kind of president. Joel Kotkin on Obama and the triumph of the creative class. Michael Kinsley on why undivided government won't be as bad as McCain warned it would be. BHL on how Obama arouses a wild yet reasonable hope. Laurence Tribe on morning after pride. From The Root, now that Obama has won, here are five things white people shouldn't do and five things black people shouldn't do. Can we say "Fuck Whitey" if the president is black? Fred Kaplan on six foreign-policy priorities for President Obama. Fareed Zakaria on Obama’s Third Way: Obama can create a new governing ideology for the West. How did we get through the election without an al-Qaida attack? Brother Barack, you can tell 'em now: Let the Global Islamic Conspiracy begin.
