Story Highlights Barack Obama's iPod includes Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Miles Davis, Jay-Z Obama a fan of Dylan's "Maggie's Farm": "It speaks to me" Obama on rap: Genre has smashed barriers, but concern about some lyricsNext Article in Politics »
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/25/obama.music.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
]]>Michelle Obama’s appearance Wednesday on The View is a very interesting and intricate case study in Public Relations Management and personal branding. Over the past few days pundits have described her appearance as an effort to show off her “softer side.” When I first heard it positioned that way, a series of random thoughts and questions began to scroll through my head: ”Why does she have to show her ’softer’ side? What exactly does that mean? Why do black women always have to compromise their strong personas just to make society feel more comfortable and less threatened by them?”
]]>Barack and Michelle Obama appear on the cover of the Us Weekly hitting newsstands later this week, further establishing their crossover appeal as both political and entertainment figures. The magazine will feature a six-page article on the Obamas' love story as well as an album of family photos. The cover is headlined "Michelle Obama: Why Barack Loves Her" and teases, "She shops at Target, loved 'Sex and the City' and never misses the girls' recitals. The untold romance between a down-to-earth mom and the man who calls her 'my rock.'"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/17/michelle-and-barack-obama_n_107685.html
]]>While a number of speakers -- such as Railroad Commission chairman Michael Williams and Mike Huckabee -- have praised the advance of Barack Obama and what it means towards a colorblind society, at least one vendor hasn't gotten the message.
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/06/stick-a-pin-in-it.html
]]>CHICAGO - In a Father's Day address heavy with personal and political meaning, Democrat Barack Obama told worshipers at a Chicago church Sunday that government must do more to help families---but he also exhorted parents, especially fathers, to play their part by raising healthy children. In a popular South Side church, Obama (D-Ill.) decried the shortage of police on the streets and money for schools, as well as a proliferation of guns in the wrong hands. But America needs more than jobs and opportunity in its communities, the presidential candidate told the hometown congregation. "We also need families to raise our children," he said. "We need fathers to realize that responsibility does not end at conception. We need them to realize that what makes you a man is not the ability to have a child. It's the courage to raise one."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-61508-obama-father-apostolic,0,5902076.story
]]>While Obama will surely press his credentials as the embodiment of the American dream – a handsome, charismatic young black man who was raised on food stamps by a single mother and who represents his country’s future – McCain will present himself as a selfless, principled war hero whose campaign represents not so much a battle for the presidency of the United States, but a crusade to rescue the nation’s tarnished reputation.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1024927/The-wife-John-McCain-callously-left-behind.html
]]>Virginia's Sen. Jim Webb, rumored to be on the Democratic VP list, explains how the "two Americas" paradigm must be updated. CSI: Miami star Emily Procter talks about the division in her large family between Sens. McCain and Obama for president.
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200806/20080611.html
]]>US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obamas face fills the front page of Kenyas Daily Metro newspaper having won his party's nomination for the White House. Obamas father was born in a remote village in Kenya and his grandmother, Sarah Obama, still lives there.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/in_pictures_enl_1212680386/html/1.stm
]]>Yesterday, Hillary Clinton endorsed Barack Obama. The speech she delivered was nothing short of amazing. Now, I am obviously a supporter of Senator Obama, and have been throughout the primary season. I will admit, that over the last six months I've sometimes criticized the words and tactics of the...
http://sarack.vox.com/library/post/thank-you-senator-clinton.html
]]>Story Highlights Rebecca Walker: Hillary Clinton's supporters should end gender-based feminism Walker: Next female candidate will have better shot at White House, thanks to Clinton Believe in the power of human beings to rise to the moral imperative, Walker says Next Article in Politics »
]]>ST. PAUL, Minn. — Before a crowd of cheering thousands, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois laid claim to the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday night, taking a historic step toward his once-improbable goal of becoming the nation's first black president. Hillary Rodham Clinton maneuvered for the vice presidential spot on his fall ticket without conceding her own defeat.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/03/clinton-campaign-chair-mc_n_104869.html
]]>Barack Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, becoming the first black candidate to lead a major party into a campaign for the White House. Vanquished rival Hillary Rodham Clinton swiftly signaled an interest in joining the ticket as his running mate. Obama arranged a victory celebration in St. Paul, Minn., at the site of this summer's Republican National Convention - an in-your-face gesture to Sen. John McCain, who will be his opponent in the race to become the nation's 44th president.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PRIMARY_RDP?SITE=MITRA
]]>Check this link to watch the DNC Rules Committee meeting
]]>Father Michael Pfleger called me on my cell phone a couple of weeks ago. I was busy, in the middle of something. But when he called, I stopped what I was doing to talk to him. I am not religious, but I know a true man of God when I see one. Michael Pfleger catches heat for being so direct, but I respect him a great deal. He stands tall and strong in the name of God and while there might be those who want to see Pfleger gone, the reality is that there is tremendous truth in what he says.Anyone who sees Father Michael Pfleger's bio knows that he is serious about seeking fairness and justice in America. He not only pursues racial justice, he pursues AMERICAN justice. If Jesus were in the flesh today, he would be doing similar things. Again, this is a man who walks the walk and will go down in history as one of the greatest pastors ever.Those who claim that Pfleger preaches hate don't know a damn thing about what hate really is. If they want to see hate, they only need to look at what their parents, grandparents and great grandparents have done to African Americans since our country was founded. The idea that fighting historical oppression is equivalent to maintaining oppression (i.e. Sean Hannity is the same as Jeremiah Wright) is not only silly, but it is quite revealing of how little racial education an individual has. A daughter who files a lawsuit against the family of the man who raped her mother and stole her belongings is not a thief and rapist herself. As Father Pfleger points out clearly, this government has benefitted from stealing from our ancestors, that is why black people have nothing: we don't own media, we don't own corporations, we don't own universities. That didn't happen overnight. It happened because of racism, and we are forced to deal with these effects every single day.For those with open minds, I encourage you to listen to Father Pfleger. For those who don't want to listen, just continue bathing yourself in the ignorance inherited from your forefathers who also taught you to ignore the obvious about racism. God bless you Father Pfleger, you are truly my brother. Martin Luther King is smiling from beyond.Labels: black politics, father Michael pfleger, pastor jeremiah wright, trinity united church
http://drboycespeaks.blogspot.com/2008/05/father-michael-pfleger-walking-walk-of.html
]]>(05-28) 20:17 PDT San Francisco -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will step in if necessary to make sure the presidential nomination fight between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama does not reach the Democratic National Convention - though she believes it could be resolved as early as next week.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/28/MNQE10V1UL.DTL
]]>WHO SAID OBAMA CAN'T GET WORKING CLASS VOTES? ************ "We are extremely proud to make this endorsement today," UMWA International President Cecil Roberts said. "Sen. Obama shares the values of UMWA members and our families. He understands and will fight for the needs our members have today and the hopes our members have for a secure future for themselves and their families."
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/21/mine-workers-union-swings-obamas-way/
]]>Sen. Barack Obama has picked up a majority of the pledged delegates, according to CNN calculations.NEW YORK (CNN) – Hillary Clinton won a landslide victory in Kentucky Tuesday, but momentum — and a growing sense of inevitability — is now firmly on Barack Obama's side. He took Oregon last night, but it was his symbolic victory with pledged delegates that was the storyline.The one-time long shot for the Democratic nomination has a majority of pledged delegates to the Democratic Convention and is now about 70 delegates shy of the finish line.
]]>The recent controversy surrounding the comments made seven years ago, during a church sermon by Presidential candidate Barack Obama’s former pastor Jeremiah Wright, has caused polarization and heated debate among American citizens. Although the U.S. has a long history of revolutionary vigor tempered by its founding fathers, has shown great disdain for tyranny at home and abroad, and has zealously advocated the individual’s constitutional rights to speak out boldly against oppression and immoral actions, this does not seem to apply to the Reverend Jeremiah Wright.
]]>They are the talk of the town...whatever town you happen to live in. They are the most coveted players in the American political universe right now. They are the superdelegates: 796 elected officials and Democratic party leaders who will decide if Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton will become the Democratic nominee for president.
http://thedailyvoice.com/voice/2008/05/the-black-superdelegates-000555.php
]]>Their repertoire has always been deficient in grace and class. So there was Hillary Clinton cold-bloodedly asserting to USA Today that she was the candidate favored by “hard-working Americans, white Americans,” and that her opponent, Barack Obama, the black candidate, just can’t cut it with that crowd.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/opinion/10herbert.html?_r=1
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