Barack Obama on 60 Minutes
Monday, November 17th, 2008Steve Kroft’s Interview with Barack and Michelle Obama
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Why I’m Proud
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008.
Obama was just nominated as the presidential candidate for the Democratic party 2008.
As an American and as an African American I am proud, but mostly proud of the American voters who brought this about. Sure I’m proud of Barack Obama himself but he’s just done everything I expect of an extraordinarily committed, good and brilliant [...]
Now I’m more nervous
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008I’m starting to wonder why Senator Obama would choose to deliver his convention speech in a huge open air stadium where security is far more complicated than it would be in a closed space. Of course a stadium fits a larger audience of adored and valued participants but the risk is so severe and the [...]
Video of Barack Obama’s Speech in Berlin
Friday, July 25th, 2008“A World That Stands As One”
People of the world – look at Berlin!
Look at Berlin, where Germans and Americans learned to work together and trust each other less than three years after facing each other on the field of battle.
Look at Berlin, where the determination of a people met the generosity of the Marshall Plan [...]
RP: Roundup: Madison Avenue Edition
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008The Nation Times directs us to NPR’s report on advertising efforts targeted at Latino Voters
Adage reports that the democrats are taking no shorts in spending for this year’s races. The Dems have already set aside 50million in ads
Never one to bring a knife to a gunfight, the Wall Street Journal reports John McCain spent a [...]
Colin Powell for Vice President?
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008We here at RP do not quite understand the obsession with turning Colin Powell, and other military officers such as Wesley Clark into politicians. In spite of his failed 2004 presidential bid, Clark for the most part has managed to keep his golden boy image intact, and in some ways has emerged as the anti-Guiliani, [...]
The Right Is Where We Go Wrong
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008There has been a lot of discussion recently about Barack Obama’s move to “the center.” The concern as Ariana Huffington explains in a post on HuffPost is that by doing so Obama threatens to alienate his core supporters, legitimizes many of the right-wing policies that have bankrupted this nation, and most pressingly, this approach [...]
Color Lines Magazine: Race and Election Coverage 2008
Sunday, June 29th, 2008Color Lines Magazine’s recurring assessments of Race and 2008’s Election coverage always brings to light issues that are not covered by the MSM. For example, while many have discussed Missouri’s importance as a battleground state, and the prospects of Missouri Governor as a vice-presidential candidate has also garnered adequate attention, there has been no debate [...]
CNN Political Ticker: “Obama forced to flash ID”
Sunday, June 29th, 2008CNN’s Political Ticker provides us with this week’s where on earth have you candidate:
“It’s always a rush in the morning, everyone’s trying to come in quickly,” Perez-Tamayo said. “She asked him for his last name and he said ‘Obama,’ then she asked him for his first name.”
“It was very funny, she then realized who he [...]
The Root’s VP Mock Draft
Friday, June 27th, 2008Pundits Melissa Harris-Lacewell and Marc Lamont Hill go tete a tete on Obama’s prospective VP candidates:
It looks like Barack needs our help. The Obama VP search team lost senior Democratic strategist Jim Johnson after revelations that he received favorable lending terms from Countrywide. Since neither of us are getting any special rates on credit and [...]
John Ridley: When Rove Calls Obama Arrogant, He Means “Uppity”
Friday, June 27th, 2008HuffPo contributor John Ridley expounds on Karl Rove’s latest attempts at putting Obama in his place:
The only arrogance Obama is guilty of is the same “Unforgivable Blackness” so many exceptional people of color have demonstrated throughout the history of this country: a refusal to bend to the will of the Retro Guard. To Rove, to [...]
