Why Obama Won

The longest Presidential campaign in American history has finally come to an end. To sift over the historic results, the New America Foundation is bringing together its best political thinkers to discuss what happened on Election Day and why:

• How did Barack Obama's rise from Illinois State Senate to the nation’s highest office is just four short years?
• Does his victory presage a political realignment in America and a new era of Democratic dominance?
• How has the 2008 election changed the way all campaigns will be conducted in the future?
• What is the future of the Republican Party and how can the party reassert itself after back-to-back electoral drubbings?

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Participants

Steve Coll
President & CEO, New America Foundation
Staff Writer, New Yorker Magazine

Michael A. Cohen
Senior Research Fellow, New America Foundation
Author, Live from the Campaign Trail: The Greatest Presidential Campaign Speeches of the Twentieth Century and How They Shaped Modern America

Chris Hayes
Fellow, New America Foundation
Washington D.C. Editor, The Nation

James Pinkerton
Fellow, New America Foundation
Contributor, Fox News Channel

Reihan Salam
Fellow, New America Foundation
Co-author, Grand New Party: How Conservatives Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream