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Slideshow: Highlights from Obama's first year

A look back at our coverage on Obama during his first year on the job

By PHOENIX WEB STAFF | November 11, 2009

1. Election Night

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Photo by Chris Dempsey

OBAMA WINS!!!! The whole world rejoices, some of with our clothes on, some of us without. Copley Square was no exception. The streets erupted in jubiliation election night and. . .well, you can see what else.

READ: Has Obama peaked? No, he hasn't, by David S. Bernstein; Yes, he has, by Steven Stark

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One for the books
It’s hard to believe that we just had a week without a primary.
A new beginning?
Obama augurs a fresh start, even with a stock of Clintonites
For real change, the chattering classes need to take a fall
The key word of the moment in America is “change.”
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One for the books
It’s hard to believe that we just had a week without a primary.
A new beginning?
Obama augurs a fresh start, even with a stock of Clintonites
For real change, the chattering classes need to take a fall
The key word of the moment in America is “change.”
Obama delivers manna for the masses - and small gatherings
Although the inauguration day spread at the Scituate home of longtime liberal political activist Kate Coyne-McCoy on Tuesday included an array of frittatas, grilled sausages, roast potatoes, and Champagne, the main sustenance for a like-minded group of about dozen guests was the political manna represented by the swearing-in of Barack Obama.
Political sampler
This is an election has a lot of diverse possibilities: We’re either going to get our first female president, our first black president, or our oldest-ever president.
All hail Obama
We need someone who can unite the Democratic Party, let alone the Union. That candidate is Barack Obama.
House rules have changed
President-elect Barack Obama's appearance on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday struck a chord with me about how much more diverse — and inclusive — the upcoming administration may be.
Who’s the real Obama?
Do we know who Obama is and what motivates him, and are we really looking to find out?
Parody flunks out
Artist Barry Blitt’s brilliant illustration — which sought to satirize the naysayers who portray Obama as a flag-burning, unpatriotic Muslim and his wife as a black-power radical — cut to the core of today’s political paradox.
Over and out for Opie
Jim "Opie" Hummel has been among the handful of local wild and crazy reporters who consistently come up with solid, aggressively pursued, and flashy stories.
Black like him?
Whatever your race — and whatever you think of his résumé, or his politics, or his yen for tax-cheating cabinet nominees — Barack Obama's arrival in the Oval Office is something to celebrate.
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