In All Things

President-elect Obama ran a campaign that was arresting in its discipline There were almost no leaks But in his very first twenty-four hours since the election the news that he had offered the job of White House chief-of-staff to Cong Rahm Emmanuel leaked to the press This would have been fine

A vigorous debate took place this morning among the cable newssquawkers about whether the results of yesterday s election signal a sea-change in America s attitudes toward race Tucker Carlson claimed on MSNBC that it was insulting to suggest that America passed a moral test by voting for Obam

From the Archdiocese of Washington Washington Archbishop Donald W Wuerl called upon the faithful of the archdiocese to pray for President-elect Obama and all of the newly elected as they take on their new responsibilities nbsp ldquo We offer our prayers today for our nation and for our newly ele

Yesterday the New York Times reported that a number of news staffs particularly CBS might call the election as early as 8pm Given the swing state polls that were closed by that time the CBS news staff reportedly was speculating that by then it might have all the information it needed On MSNBC

Here is some analysis sent to us by Thomas J Reese S J senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center and former editor-in-chief of America Catholic voters ignored the instructions of a group of vocal bishops and delivered 54 of their vote for Barack Obama as president of the United States

Last night for the majority of Americans of all backgrounds especially for African-Americans and other minority groups was an intensely moving one–one that as Michael Sean Winters wrote will take time to appreciate digest and analyze But it was not simply a profound moment for Ameri

Barack Obama rsquo s landslide victory will require time sink in emotionally and also analytically The exit polls will need to be adjusted to reflect the actual turnout The numbers we had last night were skewed to the Democrats and under-counted Catholics I suspect Still some things are apparent

When I was first invited to contribute to In All Things I wrote as a European envious of what the rise of Barack Obama showed the old continent about the United States Enlightened religion is deficient in piety feeling and popular power while Evangelicals are too prone to give reason the day

OurVoteLive org has an ongoing tally of voter problems nbsp So far 33 545 reports have been made since Election Day began nbsp

This past Sunday I worshipped at St Augustine rsquo s church here in Washington D C It is the oldest congregation of black Catholics in the city The pastor did not preach about the election He didn rsquo t have to The anticipation in the room the smiles the nervousness were all immediately