Poll shows Black voters shifting to Obama

I expected this to happen once people got to know him, but it’s amazing how quickly the shift occurred.
Here’s the link to the Washington Post article.
And here he is on NPR today.

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Senator McCain on Letterman Tonight

Arizona Senator John McCain will appear on The Late Show with David Letterman tonight, Wednesday, February 28th, 11:30pm ET/10:30pm CT
This will be Senator McCain’s fifth appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman. In previous interviews, Senator McCain and Letterman have engaged in various conversations and debate on the current issues and concerns in the [...]

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George W. Obama

I posted this article because I believe perceptions like this disregard the importance of Obama’s decision to run for president. Obama isn’t the “anti-Bush,” nor is he similar to any other candidate.
Why even discuss how he is running his campaign? Shouldn’t we be concerned with what he is proposing and talking about?
In my opinion, [...]

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Obama getting a cool reception from black America

I found this article interesting because the Washington Post had an article today that said the exact opposite:
Clinton’s and Obama’s support among white voters changed little since December, but the changes among black Democrats were dramatic. In December and January Post-ABC News polls, Clinton led Obama among African Americans by 60 percent to 20 percent. [...]

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Obama soars in latest polls

According to the latest Zogby International poll, Barack Obama is closing in on Hillary. Obama went from 7% in December to 14% in January to 25% this month; he is now just 8% behind Hillary, who sits at 33%. John Edwards’ numbers have stagnated at 12% for the past three months. Here’s how the race [...]

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The Times They Are A-changin’

Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
And don’t criticize what you can’t understand
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly agin’
Please get out of the new one if you can’t lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin’
—Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A-Changin’

Since declaring his candidacy on February 10, [...]

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Unqualified?

Without fail, every discussion of Senator Obama’s presidential bid includes some mention of his qualifications (such as this Chicago Tribune article where Jonathan Zimmerman blatantly calls him unqualified). This discussion surely begs two questions. What qualifications have historically made a candidate “qualified,” and, perhaps more importantly, do these classic qualifications have any correlation to a [...]

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Choosing Obama’s ‘Project of National Renewal’

At this point, 24 years into my life, I’ve made a lot of decisions. And I’m talking about the big ones here, folks. The ones that people in my life could use to describe me to strangers: ‘Keith is a New Yorker, ‘My friend Keith works for a TV show,’ or ‘If you wanna talk [...]

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Live Online Video of Rally in Austin

Watch the video from the rally in Austin (University of Texas)
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‘I Trust Him’ — Standoffish Iowans Flocking to Obama

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The Sun Times | February 23, 2007
BY JENNIFER HUNTERDES MOINES, Iowa — Iowans see themselves as a pragmatic people; they deliberate stubbornly before they reach a decision, particularly when it comes to choosing presidential nominees.They like to meet and query the candidate up close in a neighbor’s living room or the local school library. [...]

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Obama Drawing Large Crowds in Urban Areas

Crowds show up en masse to hear Democratic candidate’s vision for nation
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WASHINGTON – Barack Obama’s campaign says 9,000 people showed up for his Los Angeles rally, but it’s hard to know for sure. The crowd sprawled around the stage set up in a park, a sea of upturned faces and waving campaign signs.
What is [...]

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Ex-Senate Leader Daschle Endorses Obama

Cites ‘great capacity to unify our country and inspire a new generation’
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WASHINGTON – Sen. Barack Obama won the endorsement Wednesday of former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, who said the White House hopeful “personifies the future of Democratic leadership in our country.”
Daschle said Obama has a “great capacity to unify our country and inspire [...]

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Clinton, Obama Trade Barbs Over Donor

N.Y. senator’s camp wants donation returned after booster’s ‘vicious attack’
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WASHINGTON – Two Democratic presidential campaigns angrily accused the other of nasty politics on Wednesday over a Hollywood donor who once backed Hillary Rodham Clinton’s husband but now backs her top rival.
The Clinton campaign sent out a testy news release after DreamWorks movie studio founder [...]

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Obama Got Start in Civil Rights Practice

The Los Angeles Times | February 20, 2007
CHICAGO — Attorney Judson Miner called Harvard to offer a job to a graduating student named Barack Obama and didn’t expect to be showered with gratitude. Still, he wasn’t expecting the reception he got.”You can leave your name and take a number,” the woman who answered the phone [...]

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Newsweek article on Obama’s Announcement

This is a great article by Howard Fineman on the historic day in Springfield. Here’s an excerpt:
But it was more than worth the brief discomfort [of the cold] to witness the scene: the lean figure of Obama, framed by the Greek revival capitol, its worn limestone golden in the morning sun; the young, multi-cultural [...]

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Interview with Obama’s Campaign Manager

In case you missed it, Barack Obama’s campaign manager, David Axelrod, was on MSNBC’s Hardball, with Chris Matthews.
Click here to get to the link, and then click on “Inside Obama’s Strategy.”
It’s a great interview.

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‘Let’s Get Busy,’ Obama Urges Columbia Crowd

The State | February 17, 2007
2,800 hear candidate’s pitch for presidential nomination
By AARON GOULD SHEININHe fought his way through the crowd, shaking hands and posing for pictures.When he finally reached the square stage reserved for him, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama took the crowd from jubilant to frenzied.“How you doing South Carolina! Look at this! [...]

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Startling Numbers

UNICEF released last week its 2007 report card on the well-being of children in economically advanced countries. How appalled I was to realize the state of things right here at home. Not only did the United States rank second-to-last in overall child well-being (out of 21 countries) but here is how we fared [...]

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Obama’s Youthroots

If you had any doubts about the incredible youth movement building around Barack Obama and the importance of online grassroots networking and organizing, read this article, published inThe Nation today.
Here’s an excerpt:
The mainstream media tends to portray the Obama youth movement as a pack of groupies, fawning over the latest rock star. But these [...]

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techPresident

A new blog was launched yesterday called techPresident. As one might guess from the name, the blog is dedicated to analyzing how 2008 Presidential hopefuls are using the web within their campaigns. Here’s a summary of their mission:
The 2008 election will be the first where the Internet will play a central role, not only [...]

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