Prominent American journalists from various media assessed the results of the 2008 presidential election and looked ahead to the challenges facing then President-elect Barack Obama's nascent administration. Panelists included Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter; Chicago Sun-Times Washington Bureau Chief Lynn Sweet; founder/publisher of the progressive blog Daily Kos Markos Moulitsas; and Chicago Sun-Times columnist Laura Washington. Former Chicago Tribune editor Charles Madigan, now presidential writer in residence at Roosevelt University, moderated.
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