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  • June 2008

    • Can Obama Talk Smart to Dumbed-Down America?

      New York  |  Jun 24, 08 10:33 AM CDT

      Can Obama Talk Smart to Dumbed-Down America?

      (Newser) - Barack Obama’s trip to the DNC podium is expected to be the "rhetorical blockbuster of the summer," writes Sam Anderson in New York .  But is the senator up to using his oratorical sophistication to expand his popularity among Americans hooked on a junk-food diet of low-brow stump speeches? Can a "Clinton-style natural who flaunts the artifice of his speeches and refuses to strategically hide his intelligence" score with an audience ambivalent about exactly those qualities?" More »

    • Obama Reintroduces Himself

      Washington Post  |  Jun 23, 08 10:00 AM CDT

      Obama Reintroduces Himself

      (Newser) - Barack Obama is going back to basics as he launches his general election campaign, the Washington Post reports. The Democrat's first ad is a getting-to-know-you effort, recounting his biography and his values. “You can't presume that everybody was paying attention during the primary season,” explains one adviser—or, between the lines, that many Americans might still believe Internet-borne rumors. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Obama 2008  • political advertising  • campaign funds

    • Forget the Small-Donor Myth: Big Money Still Rules

      Washington Post  |  Jun 20, 08 12:05 PM CDT

      Forget the Small-Donor Myth: Big Money Still Rules

      (Newser) - Barack Obama often talks about how much money he’s raised from small donors, even describing it as “a parallel public financing system.” But while Obama has indeed raised record sums from little guys, big donors have kept pace , writes Jay Mandle of the Washington Post, predicting that when the dust settles, their 2008 role will have increased, rather than decreased. Through March, he notes, Obama's small-donor percentage was actually smaller than John Kerry's.  More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Obama 2008  • McCain 2008  • campaign fundraising  • political donors  • grassroots

    • Obama's a Pragmatist, Not a Reformer

      Politico  |  Jun 20, 08 11:06 AM CDT

      Obama's a Pragmatist, Not a Reformer

      (Newser) - Barack Obama’s decision to opt out of the public financing system shouldn’t come as a surprise, writes Politico’s Ben Smith. Obama has been inching away from the money for a long time now, proving once again that he’s not a traditional reformer—he’s a pragmatist. Obama comes from a community organizing tradition that focuses on results, not methods. More »

    • Workers Bar Muslim Women From Obama Backdrop

      Politico  |  Jun 18, 08 2:53 PM CDT

      Workers Bar Muslim Women From Obama Backdrop

      (Newser) - Two Muslim women were barred from sitting behind Barack Obama during a rally Monday, with campaign volunteers concerned about headscarves appearing on TV and in pictures, Politico reports. One woman was told the "political climate" made her presence problematic; another was told headwear of any kind was off-limits in the assiduously assembled backdrop. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Obama 2008  • Muslim women  • American Muslims  • headscarves  • campaign rally  • hijabs

    • Obama's Electoral Math: Win Without Ohio, Fla.

      Associated Press  |  Jun 16, 08 11:46 AM CDT

      Obama's Electoral Math: Win Without Ohio, Fla.

      (Newser) - Barack Obama is hardly giving up on Florida and Ohio, but campaign manager David Plouffe thinks the Democrat can win without them. “You have a lot of ways to get to 270,” Plouffe says. “Our goal is not to be reliant on one state on Nov. 4.” Plouffe envisions a redrawn electoral map, where Virginia, Georgia, and several Western states could turn blue. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Election 2008  • Obama 2008  • electoral college  • David Plouffe

    • McCain's Web Connection Slow to Load

      Politico  |  Jun 16, 08 11:16 AM CDT

      McCain's Web Connection Slow to Load

      (Newser) - Barack Obama, 46, is a known BlackBerry addict; John McCain, 71, has admitted he's a computer "illiterate." Needless to say, there’s a gulf between their online campaign operations. “It’s the difference between a horse and buggy and a NASA space ship,” one analyst tells Politico. Whereas Obama’s site embraces a Web 2.0 approach, McCain “is still a command-and-control, top-down candidate.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Internet  • Obama 2008  • McCain 2008  • cyberpolitics

    • Obama Slams Black Dads on Father's Day

      New York Times  |  Jun 15, 08 6:27 PM CDT

      Obama Slams Black Dads on Father's Day

      (Newser) - Barack Obama sharply critiqued black fathers today at one of Chicago's biggest black churches, the New York Times reports. “Too many fathers are M.I.A, too many fathers are AWOL,” he said to a mostly black audience, including his wife and daughters. “I say this knowing that I have been an imperfect father,” he said, “knowing that I have made mistakes and I’ll continue to make more." More »

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      Barack Obama  • Obama 2008  • Michelle Obama  • African Americans  • Barack Obama supporters  • church  • domestic violence  • fatherhood

    • Why White Supremacists Prefer Obama

      Esquire  |  Jun 15, 08 4:15 PM CDT

      Why White Supremacists Prefer Obama

      (Newser) - McCain may lead Obama by 10% among white voters, but three of four white supremacists say they prefer the Illinois senator, Esquire reports. The Director of the White Aryan Resistance calls Obama a "black racist," but still supports him because of McCain's economic policies. He "hates the transnational corporations more than any black person." More »

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      Election 2008  • Obama 2008  • McCain 2008  • election  • race relations  • racism  • white voters  • the race card  • black voters  • white supremacism

    • Gender and Race Aside, Age Pushes to Fore

      New York Times  |  Jun 15, 08 3:17 PM CDT

      Gender and Race Aside, Age Pushes to Fore

      (Newser) - Now that a primary season fraught with racism and sexism has ended, the nation now gears up to face its general-election gremlin: ageism. While John McCain, 71, may joke that the primary qualification to be president is "to be very, very, very, very old," the New York Times reports that his age may work for him among ever-more vibrant oldsters trying to break a gray ceiling, of sorts. More »

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