RKR Tidbits: November 10, 2008

• How Low Can He Go?  Bush disapproval rating shatters record at 76%.
• Meanwhile, Obama has a record high favorability rating of 68% for a president-elect. (Gallup has it even higher).
• Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker offers great analysis of Obama’s victory.
• WaPo: Obama expected to make unprecedented use of the Web and other new technologies to communicate directly to voters.
• In case you missed it, 538 offers this great election data analysis about the correlation between a campaign’s number of contacts with voters and success at the polls.
• AP: Obama administration planning to conduct trials of Guantanamo detainees in the U.S. and to then close the facility down.
• CNN:  Obama reportedly would like to see Valerie Jarrett get appointed to fill his senate seat.

• Norman Ornstein/LA Times:  Looking at the election results and trends, it’s pretty clear that the GOP is in deep doo-doo.
• Joe Scarborough, while ranting and whining about Rahm Emanuel’s profanity, drops the F Bomb himself on live TV this morning.
• E.J. Dionne:  Obama should ignore advice of conservatives who pre-election accused him of being a socialist and now argue America is a “center-right” country.  He should instead be bold and pursue his agenda.
• Paul Krugman/NYT.  Obama needs to avoid FDR’s mistakes as he devises strategy to pull us out this recession.
• Ann Selzer/Indy Star:  How her polls proved to be among the best this election season.