Barack Obama NOW!

Today at the top of the blogs at the Huffington Post, I see the headline Barack for President. It’s a nice couple of paragraphs endorsing the man from Illinois, drawing comparisons to Robert Kennedy.

November 29th, 2006 | Category: endorsements | Leave a comment

From CNN Political Tracker: WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, will have key Granite State Democrats all to himself December 10 when he appears at the state party’s election victory celebration. The freshman senator was the only potential White House hopeful invited to the event. “We are honored that Senator Obama has accepted our [...]

November 28th, 2006 | Category: Democrats, Election 2008 | Leave a comment

from Political Wire: If Obama does run, Bear Moose notes his book will compare well against Sen. Hillary Clinton‘s past literary efforts on the authenticity meter because Obama actually wrote his book. Check the NY Daily News column that discusses the role of Maryanne Vollers.

November 28th, 2006 | Category: Democrats, Election 2008 | Leave a comment

Every quarter, the Quinnipiac University does a special polling of voter sentiment about national leaders. So how did Barack Obama do? Extremely well. He is the second most admired political leader in America, with a 58.8 % approval rating. No other potential Democratic candidate comes close. Read the full story.

November 27th, 2006 | Category: government ethics, polls | Comments (1)

Set your Tivo / VCR / DVD burner for Friday, December First.   Barack Obama will be on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Tonight Show official webpage  Late Night TV Page- Interbridge

November 24th, 2006 | Category: talk shows, television, video | Leave a comment

from headlines I’ve seen…. Barack Obama Has Glimmer Of Hope Surgically Grafted To Left Eye – radio podcast Hey, what do you expect from The Onion?

November 24th, 2006 | Category: audio, satire | Leave a comment

From the Daily Kos diaries: Tonight on Hardball host Chris Matthews told his panel that he has learned that the Clintons have paid the slimey spinmeister Chris Lehane to bad-mouth Barack Obama‘s potential 08 candidacy to reporters on background. He said the Clintons do not want any fingerprints on the operation.It is too early to [...]

November 23rd, 2006 | Category: Election 2008, rumors | Leave a comment

From the Chicago Tribune SWAMP blog: There are many measures of Sen. Barack Obama’s abundant success. But consider this: His new book, “The Audacity of Hope” recently reached the No. 1 spot on the New York Times non-fiction best-seller list. And he did it by passing another author with a pretty fair record for selling [...]

November 22nd, 2006 | Category: money | Leave a comment

Here’s the lead paragraphs from another Associated Press article on Barack Obama: CHICAGO – Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, who is contemplating a run for the presidency, on Monday called for a “gradual and substantial” reduction of U.S. forces from Iraq that would begin in four to six months. Speaking to the Chicago Council on Global [...]

November 20th, 2006 | Category: Iraq | Leave a comment