Nov. 6, 2008

Nov. 6, 2008—The ugly American that everybody was sick of has turned into an amicable, open-minded citizen of the world.—Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, NYT A13

--Election monitors from a European-rights watchdog organization say Tuesday’s elections met acceptable democratic standards. The Organization for Security and cooperation in Europe says, however, that US authorities should fix some flaws in its election system. SBT A3