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OPINION

Nov 13, 2008 5:07 PM CST

After Obama, Which Minority's On Deck?

If Barack can do it, anyone can—except Muslims, gays, atheists ...

(Newser) - A self-described “black man with a funny name” is now the most powerful person on the planet. So which minority group will next see one of its own in the Oval Office? Mark Oppenheimer considers the contenders in Slate:

Women: Not technically a minority, which means that if “

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Palin Refuses to Give Up Post-Election Spotlight

analysis

Nov 12, 2008 3:05 AM CST

Palin Refuses to Give Up Post-Election Spotlight

Governor looks back in anger, ahead with interest

(Newser) - Sarah Palin is upending protocol with a barrage of post-election interviews, Alessandra Stanley writes in the New York Times. The Alaska governor may be seeking to repair her image after a brutal campaign, and to get the ball rolling now for a White House run, Stanley speculates. She's continuing to...

Palin Seeks
'Sign From
God' on
2012 Run

Nov 11, 2008 4:31 AM CST

Palin Seeks 'Sign From God' on 2012 Run

Governor says 2012 run will depend on God showing her an 'open door'

(Newser) - Sarah Palin plans to let a higher power guide her to higher office, she told Fox News last night. The governor wouldn't commit to a White House run in 2012 in her first post-campaign TV interview—but said she has always prayed for God to "show me where the...

2012 Campaign Gets Under Way

Nov 10, 2008 11:31 AM CST

2012 Campaign Gets Under Way

Huckabee, Jindal among possible GOP candidates hitting trail in Iowa, elsewhere

(Newser) - Likely candidates for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination are playing it cool, but their feet tell a different story, Jonathan Martin writes for Politico. Mike Huckabee, for example, says 2012 is “way too far away” to think about, but his book tour has lots of stops in Iowa and...

Novak:
Newt in 2012

Nov 8, 2008 10:49 AM CST

Novak: Newt in 2012

Newt ready and willing

(Newser) - Shell-shocked Republicans are casting about for a savior for 2012, and believe it or not, the name most often floated for this Moses-like role is none other than Newt Gingrich, writes Bob Novak of the Chicago Sun-Times. It’s a “very risky choice,” admits one strong Newt-booster, but...

Palin May
Eye Senate
Stop on
Road to 2012

Nov 5, 2008 11:17 AM CST

Palin May Eye Senate Stop on Road to 2012

VP nominee sketches a path to 2012

(Newser) - If Sarah Palin makes a run for the presidency in 4 years—a widely anticipated possibility—she'll need a more visible post than the governorship of Alaska, writes the Washington Post. Palin might well gun to polish her resume in the Senate, especially if a victorious Ted Stevens is forced...