NY Times: “The election of Mr. Obama amounted to a national catharsis….”

WashPost: “Obama melded the pride and aspirations of African Americans with a coalition of younger and disaffected voters drawn to his rhetorical style….”

LA Times: “In winning the White House, Obama to a large degree remade the electorate….”

WSJ: “…setting the scene for Democrats to push an ambitious agenda from health care to financial regulation to ending the war in Iraq.”