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House speaker gives
a vow of bipartisanship

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday pledged that the Democratic-controlled Congress would take a bipartisan approach in working with the incoming Obama administration, saying Democrats need to "govern from the middle" to accomplish an ambitious agenda on the economy, energy independence, and healthcare. (By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff)

Checking racism's postelection pulse

As they woke yesterday morning, settling into the news that voters had elected an African-American to be the next president, schoolchildren and professors, chief executives and bus drivers, black people, white people, and others were asking themselves a simple question. Is racism in America dead? (By Keith O'Brien and Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)

Economy will be the driving force

President-elect Barack Obama inherits a rapidly deteriorating economy that will likely dominate most of his first term, requiring massive federal spending to avoid a recession of historic scale and constraining his ability to carry out his domestic agenda, analysts said. (By Robert Gavin, Globe Staff)

Political scramble if Kerry joins Cabinet

US Senator John F. Kerry's widely reported place on Barack Obama's short list for secretary of state raises the possibility of dramatic changes in the Massachusetts political landscape, just days after Kerry won easy election to a fifth term. (By Matt Viser and Frank Phillips, Globe Staff)
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