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- A Word to Barack Obama : Why experience isn't what it's hyped to be. (1 comment)
- Feeling Heat, Clinton Tries Iowa Up Close (1 comment)
- Obama: We'll 'transform America' (1 comment)
- 'Legend' star Will Smith Tells Obama He's Willing To Hit The Campaign Trail, too. (3 comments)
- The 'Oprah Effect' -- Since When Did Celebrity Not Matter? (2 comments)
- Should There be Limits on Contributions to Political Campaigns by Individuals? (1 comment)
- In Iowa: Obama To The Front, Huckabee Surging (11 comments)
- Obama's American Idea (4 comments)
- Oprah Winfrey, Obama Rally, South Carolina (video)
- Hillary Clinton Is The Best Chance For Republicans In 2008 (16 comments)
- Barack Obama's Oprah Card (1 comment)
- Do people tend to base election votes more on emotion or reason? (Quick Quest 26) (11 comments)
- Black Evangelicals Emerging as New Conservatives
A Word to Barack Obama : Why experience isn't what it's hyped to be.
Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:02 AM EST
Jamie Wallace, a 19-year-old Seattle University student, speaking about why he is supporting Barack Obama, wrapped it up in one sentence: "Sometimes experience is not what you need. Sometimes, it takes a fresh eye to look at issues." (See Obama will transform America)
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Feeling Heat, Clinton Tries Iowa Up Close
Seeded on Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:59 AM EST (The New York Times)
Nowhere are Hillary Rodham Clinton's problems on display more than in Iowa.
Obama: We'll 'transform America'
Seeded on Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:03 AM EST (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Hundreds of supporters of presidential hopeful Barack Obama turned out Tuesday night for a spirited, late-evening Seattle appearance -- a brief detour from intense campaigning in key states where early caucuses and primaries loom.
'Legend' star Will Smith Tells Obama He's Willing To Hit The Campaign Trail, too.
Seeded on Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:21 AM EST (eurweb.com)
..."I opened it up to him. I just gave him a call and asked him to tell me wherever you think you need me," said the entertainer, who would have big shoes to fill in the wake of Winfrey's recent rock star presence with the Democratic hopeful.
The 'Oprah Effect' -- Since When Did Celebrity Not Matter?
Seeded on Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:16 AM EST (eurweb.com)
....Clearly, Barack's opponents are nervous about the "Oprah effect." It's the move all other candidates, including Hilary Clinton, had feared. Clinton tried to match it with an announcement of Barbara Streisand-her husband's biggest supporter when he ran for President.
Should There be Limits on Contributions to Political Campaigns by Individuals?
Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:57 PM EST
Yes there should be, every time. However, it shouldn't be in the actual amount of money being pledged, but in the percentage being contributed.
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In Iowa: Obama To The Front, Huckabee Surging
Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:00 PM EST
New Newsweek Poll of Iowa Voters
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Obama's American Idea
Seeded on Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:08 AM EST (The New York Times)
I asked Senator Barack Obama if he's tough enough for a dangerous world. Sometimes the Democratic candidate treads so carefully, and looks so vulnerable to a gust of wind, that the question of whether his legal mind can get lethal arises.
Oprah Winfrey, Obama Rally, South Carolina (video)
Seeded on Sun Dec 9, 2007 5:38 PM EST (dryerbuzz.com)
See the thousands that turned out in North Carolina. See Obama and Oprah, hear what they had to say. More importantly, see and hear who is in the audience.
Civil Rights Icon Calls Obama Too Young
Sat Dec 8, 2007 5:52 PM EST
Civil rights icon Andrew Young says Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is too young and lacks the support network to ascend to the White House.
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Hillary Clinton Is The Best Chance For Republicans In 2008
Fri Dec 7, 2007 6:28 PM EST
Hillary Clinton is purely and simply the Republicans' best chance to win the White House among major Democratic contenders for the nomination. Republicans hate her with a passion greater than that with which her supporters love her.
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The 'O Factor' - and It's Not Obama
Fri Dec 7, 2007 4:54 PM EST
Even before Oprah Winfrey adopts her familiar pose — microphone in hand — in the unfamiliar venue of the presidential campaign, Barack Obama is already reaping the benefits of her high-wattage celebrity backing.
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Barack Obama's Oprah Card
Seeded on Fri Dec 7, 2007 11:29 AM EST (NewsMax)
Just as the polls show that the race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is getting tighter, over the primary hill comes a player in the Obama campaign who just may deliver the Democratic nomination to the Illinois senator.
Do people tend to base election votes more on emotion or reason? (Quick Quest 26)
Fri Dec 7, 2007 8:25 AM EST
People tend to base their election votes primarily on emotion, though a little reasoning does come into it when they are fully aware of the facts relating to a particular candidate or party.
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Black Evangelicals Emerging as New Conservatives
Seeded on Thu Dec 6, 2007 3:42 PM EST (blackpoliticsontheweb.com)
A number of black evangelical leaders are rising up as a new voice in the conservative movement traditionally dominated by white Protestants. This development need to be watched. As a result of Religious poisoning a new crop of Cultural Traitors may be on the risE!
Did Washington Post Smear Obama?
Seeded on Wed Dec 5, 2007 2:34 AM EST (Politico)
The Washington Post is accustomed to criticism of its coverage from the right and left blogospheres, but a Nov. 29 front page story about Barack Obama's rumored Muslim ties came with a twist: Many voices within its own newsroom joined in the firestorm.
Will Clinton's Obama Attacks Backfire? - TIME
Seeded on Tue Dec 4, 2007 2:32 PM EST (TIME)
Since that declaration Clinton has done just that, attacking Obama's plans for health care, Social Security reform and diplomacy with Iran.
Is Hillary Clinton Getting Desperate?
Tue Dec 4, 2007 10:40 AM EST
Hillary Clinton did two things recently which have detracted heavily from her own credibility and questioned her ability to stay calm under fire and to actually lead others.
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Obama, Celeb Supporters, Upstage 'White Lady' Hillary in Harlem | The New York Observer
Seeded on Mon Dec 3, 2007 11:16 PM EST (observer.com)
"The contrast was unmistakable between the Obama event and Clinton's homecoming in October at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. At Clinton's event, empty seats dotted the balcony and elected officials paying their respects to the Clintons and her strong supporter Rep.
Oprah Tickets For South Carolina Obama Rally Disappear FAST!
Seeded on Mon Dec 3, 2007 10:55 PM EST (CNN)
All 18,000 free tickets for a rally in S.C. headlined by Oprah Winfrey to support Barack Obama have been taken, as have tickets for an event in New Hampshire. Two rallies in Iowa still have tickets available.
The Early Word: Iowa Heat - The Caucus - Politics - New York Times Blog
Seeded on Mon Dec 3, 2007 12:34 PM EST (The New York Times)
Barack Obama has launched a new website called "hillaryattacks" for its supporters to report attacks on Obama by Clinton and for the Obama camp toput out its side of the story. Clinton has had a "fact checking" site for some time now.
The Myth of the Evangelical Voting Bloc
Seeded on Mon Dec 3, 2007 1:43 AM EST ()
Rick Warren, the influential pastor of the Saddleback megachurch in Orange County, Calif., invited eight presidential candidates to speak at his third annual "Global Summit on AIDS and the Church," but only Hillary Clinton came.
Obama's Digital Vision for America
Sun Dec 2, 2007 2:07 PM EST
If America is to move forward it needs a vision for the future. As a technologist, naturally a vision to use the new tools to make government and "open Social Network" caught my attention.
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Who's Afraid of Barack Obama?
Seeded on Sun Dec 2, 2007 11:48 AM EST (The New York Times)
We kept being told he was making rookie mistakes and offering voters wispy idealistic sentiments rather than the real beef of policy. But what the Beltway mistook for gaffes often was the policy.
Feminist Pitch by a Democrat Named Obama
Seeded on Sun Dec 2, 2007 11:44 AM EST (The New York Times)
In the intensifying battle for the votes of Democratic women, Senator Barack Obama's campaign is trying to turn years of feminist thinking on its head and argue that the best candidate for women may, in fact, be a man.
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