Cheat Sheet - Andrew Sullivan: Barack Obama, the American President

Today: Barack Obama, the American President , The Losers Club , Florida Race Too Close to Call November 07, 2012 VICTORY 1. Barack Obama, the American President The president's victory speech was Lincolnian in its cadences, and in some ways, the final, impassioned heartfelt rebuke to all those, including his opponent, who tried to portray him as somehow un-American, writes Andrew Sullivan. Plus, Lloyd Grove on Obama's sober call to arm, Howard Kurtz on Obama's resounding victory, Michael Tomasky on how it wasn't even close and more on Election Beast. Read it at The Daily Beast THE DAY AFTER 2. The Losers Club Romney is an unhappy man. Presidential losers Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis, and Bob Dole on getting over the sting of second—and advice for this year's runner-up. By David Freedlander. Plus, Paul Begala on the five stages of GOP grief and more on Election Beast. Read it at The Daily Beast FLASHBACK 3. Florida Race Too Close to Call Floridians must really love attention. President Obama won the election decisively, but the race in Florida remained too close to call. At dawn on Wednesday, Obama was leading the state by 0.53 percentage points, or 45,000 votes, out of a total of 8.27 million, with 99 percent of the votes counted—but the head of elections for Florida's Miami-Dade County said final results would not be available until Wednesday afternoon. The county accounts for 10 percent of the state's 12 million voters. The Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections blamed "an extremely high volume of absentee ballots" and long lines that kept some polls open for hours after the official closing time. Read it at Reuters FORWARD 4. Obama: The Best Is Yet to Come In front of a crowd of thousands of dancing, flag-waving supporters, the newly minted two-term president thanked the country for reelecting him to the Oval Office for four more years. "The task of perfecting our union moves forward," he said. "It moves forward because of you." Obama congratulated Romney for a hard fought campaign, and pledged to sit down with the former governor to "how we can move this country forward." He also gave shout-outs to his wife, Michelle ("I've never loved you more"), his daughters ("one dog is probably enough"), and his VP, Joe Biden ("America's happy warrior"). And he promised to make good on his campaign slogan, "That is where we need to go…Forward," he said, mentioning the ending war and recovering economy. "For the United States of America, the best is yet to come…I've never been more hopeful about our future." Interestingly, after Romney called Obama to concede, the president called Bill Clinton to thank him for his help. Read it at The Daily Beast ALL OVER 5. Mitt Romney Concedes Presidency That's a wrap. After more than 17 months of campaigning, a mostly unemotional Mitt Romney conceded the presidency to Barack Obama on Tuesday night, as networks gave the incumbent an 100 electoral vote lead. Speaking to supporters in Boston, the former Massachusetts governor—who earlier in the night said that he had only prepared a 1,118-word victory speech—said that he wished the president well. "This is a time of great challenges for America," Romney said. Thanking running mate Paul Ryan and his wife Ann, Romney called his campaign an unprecedented effort for the GOP. "The nation as you know is at a critical point," Romney said. "Our leaders have to reach across the aisle." Read it at The Dish ALLIES Netanyahu Congratulates Obama Calls U.S.-Israel Alliance "stronger than ever." NOT AGAIN Nor'easter Threatens Northeast Up to 12 inches of snow expected in New York. SYRIA Rebels Shell Government Strongholds Mistakes cause them to miss presidential palace. Collaborators Rihanna, Chris Brown to Release Duet "Nobodies Business" to be included on new album. STAR WARS Harrison Ford May Reprise Han Solo Despite expressing disdain for the character. GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. Obama: 'The Best Is Yet to Come' Thanking supporters in Chicago after winning reelection, President Obama promised Americans that his second term will be better than his first. 'I will always be grateful,' he said. More Videos 5 Amazing Fox Freakouts by Alex Berg , Ben Teitelbaum Rockaways Scramble to Vote by Michael Daly Michelle Obama's Signs of Restraint by Isabel Wilkinson

ABOUT US | CONTACT US | SUBSCRIBE Copyright 2012 The Newsweek/Daily Beast Company LLC 555 W. 18th Street , New York NY 10011 Privacy Policy

If you are on a mobile device or cannot view the images in this message, click here to view this email in your Web browser. To ensure delivery of these emails, please add thedailybeast@e2.thedailybeast.com to your address book. If you have changed your mind and no longer wish to receive these emails, or think you have received this message in error, you can safely unsubscribe here.