In the annals of The Economist, "The World in 2008" would not feature high in the powers of prediction. In the publication - published towards the end of last year- it strongly predicted that next president of the United States would be .. Senator Hillary Clinton.
President-elect Obama's victory has been received - rightly - with plenty of good will. Kenya declared a day of national holiday. Your correspondent just happens to believe the RI government can now feel proud to have one of its former students become "the leader of the free world" (and Hardiknas now have a living mascot).
It will really be interesting to observe the next days ahead. Some will know that one of the names being considered for the White House Chief of Staff is Rep. Rahm Emmanuel. Incidentally - for some of us who are political hacks, and we do exist- he is the model for the character of "Josh Lyman" in the NBC series "The West Wing". It is widely believed that the White House chief of staff is the 2nd most powerful job. It is tasked with giving recommendations for the President and in charge to ensure the cabinet toes the party line.
Other key appointments will be Treasury. Arguably this is one of the rarer moments of history whereby the post is probably more important than State.
As Indonesians, we should observe the extremly gracious concession speech as a model for our own 2009 election.
President-elect Obama's victory has been received - rightly - with plenty of good will. Kenya declared a day of national holiday. Your correspondent just happens to believe the RI government can now feel proud to have one of its former students become "the leader of the free world" (and Hardiknas now have a living mascot).
It will really be interesting to observe the next days ahead. Some will know that one of the names being considered for the White House Chief of Staff is Rep. Rahm Emmanuel. Incidentally - for some of us who are political hacks, and we do exist- he is the model for the character of "Josh Lyman" in the NBC series "The West Wing". It is widely believed that the White House chief of staff is the 2nd most powerful job. It is tasked with giving recommendations for the President and in charge to ensure the cabinet toes the party line.
Other key appointments will be Treasury. Arguably this is one of the rarer moments of history whereby the post is probably more important than State.
As Indonesians, we should observe the extremly gracious concession speech as a model for our own 2009 election.
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