Financial Times (November 10)
“After the long night of Covid-19, a faint glow is visible on the horizon.” Pfizer’s 90% efficacy is more than we could dream for in a vacine, but the “euphoria should be tempered; any return to normality will take time…. Science has made a breakthrough. But don’t throw away your face covering just yet.”
Tags: 90%, Breakthrough, COVID-19, Efficacy, Euphoria, Normality, Pfizer, Science, Tempered, Time, Vaccine
Washington Post (November 9)
“Turning out in record numbers last week, voters managed to disappoint both parties. Republicans lost the White House after only one term, but Democrats lost ground in the House and will be in the minority, or clinging to the narrowest possible majority, in the Senate. The result is a divided government that could yield two years of gridlock and frustration.”
Sydney Morning Herald (November 9)
“The coronavirus has hit another sobering milestone: more than 50 million positive cases worldwide since the pandemic began…. The US, with around 4% of the world’s population, represents almost a fifth of all reported cases.”
Tags: Coronavirus, Milestone, Pandemic, Positive cases, Sobering, U.S., World
Wall Street Journal (November 9)
“Mr. Trump isn’t obliged to concede or congratulate his opponent if he loses, though it would be better for the country and his own legacy if he did.”
The Scotsman (November 8)
“It is clear that the four-nations approach that the UK government pursed at the start of the pandemic has been replaced with something far less constructive. If Mr Johnson baulks at the suggestion that he is starting to look more like a Prime Minister of England than the UK, then he should really stop acting like one.”
Tags: Baulks, Constructive, England, Four nations, Government, Johnson, Pandemic, Prime minister, UK
USA Today (November 8)
“Our long national nightmare, the Trump presidency, is finally nearing an end. But the brutal reality is this: Get ready for another national nightmare now that Joe Biden is the president-elect.” We are likely to be “in for a parade of horrors during Trump’s remaining time in power. Change is coming, but along the way, fasten seatbelts for severe turbulence.”
Tags: Biden, Change, National, Nightmare, Power, President-elect, Reality, Remaining time, Trump, Turbulence
New York Times (November 7)
“Having peered into the abyss of autocratic nationalism, the American people have chosen to step back from the brink. The ballot counting will continue for a few days yet, but… Joe Biden will have the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House, and likely many more. President Trump’s four-year assault on our democratic institutions and values will soon end.”
Tags: Abyss, Assault, Ballot counting, Biden, Democratic institutions, Electoral votes, Nationalism, Trump, U.S. Autocratic, Values, White House
CNN (November 7)
“From New York to Miami in the East and Denver and Austin out West, Biden supporters flooded into the streets after CNN and other news organizations projected Biden as the winner Saturday morning, honking horns, cheering, dancing and popping champagne.”
Tags: Austin, Biden, Champagne, Cheering, CNN, Dancing, Denver, Horns, Miami, New York, Streets, U.S., Winner
US News & World Report (November 4)
“Joe Biden has broken former President Barack Obama’s record for total votes set in the historic 2008 election.” The 70 million votes Biden has already racked already exceed “Obama’s record of more than 69 million votes, with millions of ballots still being counted in several battleground states….” The former Vice President’s “record-breaking performance is shocking considering the voter enthusiasm – especially among young people – his former boss had in 2008.”
Tags: Ballots, Battleground states, Biden, Election, Historic, Obama, Record, Shocking, Voter enthusiasm, Votes
Los Angeles Times (November 3)
“No matter what happens next, this is not normal. Every presidential election crackles with tension, or it should…. and every four years election day is a time of fear and hope, anxiety and elation… And that’s completely normal. But let’s not pretend that cities boarding themselves up in fear of election day violence is normal…. Because a country in which this election is “normal” is a country no longer our own.”
