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Obama 2008

The junior senator from Illinois becomes the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee

Ask five Americans about Barack Obama, and you're likely to get six opinions: America's not ready for a black president; America can't afford not to have a black president; Barack Obama isn't really black. We're about to find out. The wunderkind Chicago Senator became the party's presumptive nominee in June after clinching the magic number of delegates. Will the man who inspires comparisons, favorable and not, to Kennedy, make it all the way?The real concerns are not about race but his youth and inexperience. Those who look into his record or lack of one have grave doubts he can do the job. His fancy speeches will not bring about change it will take real programs and solid ideas and knowing how to get things done in Washington.

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August 2008
- 7 Things Obama Should Be Worried About
  
  Politico | Aug 11, 08 8:50 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Democrats are getting worried. “It’s not that people think McCain will win,” one pollster said. “It’s that they are realizing that McCain could win.” Politico lists the things Obama has to worry about: Race: May yet prove a wild card. Virginia: At best a toss-up, not a reliable hedge against an Ohio and Florida swing. Michigan: Looks ready to flip McCain’s way. More »
- Mac's Preferred Contest: Obama as Incumbent
  
  Washington Post | Aug 11, 08 3:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain is doing perhaps the only thing he can to win this race—casting Barack Obama as the incumbent and attacking him, writes E.J. Dionne Jr. in the Washington Post . It makes sense: People are tiring of the heavy coverage of Obama, it seems, and McCain knows that if the race becomes a referendum purely on issues, his links to President Bush and the GOP will hurt him. More »
- Edwards Lie Cost Hillary the Nomination, Aide Says
  
  ABC News | Aug 11, 08 11:51 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s former communications director is convinced that had the media outed John Edwards last year, Clinton would be the Democratic nominee. “We would have won Iowa,” Howard Wolfson tells ABC. “Our voters and Edwards’ voters were the same people. They were older, pro-union.” Obama won Iowa with 37.6% of the vote, followed by Edwards with 29.7% and Clinton with 29.5%. More »
- Obama Policy Book Debuts Sept. 9
  
  Associated Press | Aug 11, 08 11:39 AM CDT
  
  (AP) - He's written million-selling books about his early years and the meaning of public life. Now, Barack Obama has another side to share with readers: policy wonk. Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise, which hits shelves Sept. 9, will offer a foreward by Obama and sections written by his campaign staff outlining the candidate's stance on issues like heath care and national security. More »
- Rick Astley, Watch Your Virtual Back
  
  E! Online | Aug 11, 08 10:31 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The infamous (and infamously annoying) stunt known as a "RickRoll"—a Web link allegedly of interest to the recipient that actually leads to a YouTube video of Rick Astley singing "Never Gonna Give You Up"—has a sequel, E! reports: the "Barackroll." It intercuts footage of Barack Obama speeches with dance moves from his appearance on the Ellen show. Click the window on the left, and get the song stuck in your head, too. More »
- Hillary Camp Memo: 'Paint Obama as Un-American'
  
  Politico | Aug 11, 08 9:46 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s top campaign strategist urged her to paint Barack Obama as un-American, reports the Atlantic in an upcoming article obtained by Politico . Clinton should empahsize that Obama's ties “to basic American values and culture” were "limited," according to a campaign memo. “Does anyone believe that it is possible to win the nomination without raising these issues on him?” asked strategist Mark Penn in the memo. More »
- Hot Ticket: Jolie's Presidential Endorsement
  
  Wilshire & Washington | Aug 11, 08 9:24 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - With her star power, humanitarian activism, and status as a UN ambassador, Angelina Jolie represents a celebrity endorsement both John McCain and Barack Obama are actively seeking, reports Wilshire & Washington, Variety's politics blog. "I am waiting to see the commitments they will make on issues like international justice, refugees, and how to address the needs of children in crisis," Jolie said. More »
- Obama VP Pick Imminent, Campaign Message Hints
  
  Washington Post | Aug 11, 08 8:27 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama supporters got an email from campaign manager David Plouffe last night saying the senator was “about to make one of the most important decisions of this campaign—choosing a running mate,” and urging them to sign up to be the “first to know.” Will Obama interrupt his Hawaiian get-away to pick his VP? Not likely. “Sometimes an email is just an email,” Obama’s communications director told the Washington Post. More »
- Why Have They Lost Their Sense of Humor?
  
  New York | Aug 10, 08 5:33 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama and John McCain can both crack a joke, so why can't they take one this election season? From Obama offending McCain with digs about the race card to McCain's laughable anti-Obama ads, serious matters are being laughed off and bad jokes are being taken seriously, Kurt Andersen writes in New York . "Humor is proving to be the election’s consistently problematic X-factor," Andersen notes. More »
- Georgia Conflict Offers a Test for US Candidates
  
  Politico | Aug 9, 08 1:59 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The conflict between Russia and Georgia provided one of the first real tests of how the presidential candidates would respond to that infamous 3 a.m. phone call about a world crisis, Politico notes. The upshot: Barack Obama echoed the international consensus, George Bush included, by calling for calm and negotiation. John McCain issued a more aggressive response, demanding that Russia withdraw and "reverse its perilous course." More »
- Obama May Signal The End of Black Politics
  
  New York Times | Aug 9, 08 7:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama may be the most successful black candidate in American political history, but his prominence and possible presidency could be the death knell for black politics as we know it, Matt Bai writes in the New York Times Magazine . While he's not quite the “post-racial” candidate some have touted, Obama and other up-and-coming black pols are disconnected from—and in some cases have little need for—Washington’s traditional black power structure. More »
- Obamas Leave for Hawaii
  
  Reuters | Aug 8, 08 4:08 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama departed for Hawaii today to kick off a week-long vacation with his family, Reuters reports. He’ll take part in a welcoming rally and fundraiser there, but will otherwise rest from campaign rigors. John McCain attacked his rival’s “beach vacation” in light of the hardships facing ordinary Americans. But Obama defended the trip as an important opportunity to see his grandmother. More »
- Coloradans Exhaust Ticket Supply for Obama Speech
  
  Denver Post | Aug 8, 08 1:26 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Colorado’s allotment of seats for Barack Obama’s Aug. 28 acceptance speech is accounted for, the Denver Post reports, with 60,000 people applying in 24 hours to be part of the bloc of about 30,000. There will be 60,000-75,000 seats available at Denver’s Invesco Field, with about half reserved for the host state. Requests from all states must be made by Tuesday, the AP adds. More »
- Big 'Bundlers' Help Fuel Both Campaigns
  
  Wall Street Journal | Aug 8, 08 11:54 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama and John McCain have racked up nearly 100 “bundler” donors between them who have gathered at least $500,000 each from friends and co-workers to support their chosen candidates, the Wall Street Journal reports. The candidates’ spending suggests the fundraisers are breaking bundling records set during the campaigns of President Bush, the first candidate to reap big benefits from the system. More »
- Batman or Spidey? McCain, Obama Weigh In
  
  Entertainment Weekly | Aug 8, 08 10:20 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Closet ABBA fan: Obama or McCain? The two presidential hopefuls recently bared all to Entertainment Weekly , revealing their pop-culture preferences: Favorite superhero: Obama: Spiderman, McCain: Batman iPod playlist: Obama: Frank Sinatra, Sheryl Crow, John Coltrane, Bob Dylan; McCain: Roy Orbison, Linda Rhonstadt, Usher, and yes, ABBA More »
- Feel That? It's the Race Shifting: Noonan
  
  Wall Street Journal | Aug 8, 08 10:09 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama’s victory once seemed inevitable—but in the past month, a glimmer of real hope has emerged for John McCain, writes Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal . McCain's creeping up in the polls—even on YouTube—while Obama’s squeaky-clean image in the press has been somewhat sullied by suggestions he’s “arrogant, aloof and ethereal.” It's "small stuff, and there will be a lot of twists and turns before this is over, but there's movement down there beneath the crust of the Earth." More »
- Report: Bill Will Speak at Convention
  
  MSNBC | Aug 7, 08 7:45 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Bill Clinton has accepted an offer from the Barack Obama campaign to speak at the Democratic convention, MSNBC reports. Clinton reportedly will speak in a prime spot—on Wednesday evening just ahead of the vice-presidential candidate. The Obama camp rushed the offer into place to soothe tensions over the latest Obama-Clinton dust-up, in which Hillary suggested she may allow her name to be put up for nomination at the convention, MSNBC says. More »
- Policy Veterans Provide Steadying Hand for Obama
  
  New Republic | Aug 7, 08 6:42 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Supplementing a team of outsiders with some key veterans on domestic policy appears to have been a shrewd move by Barack Obama’s campaign, Jonathan Cohn writes in the New Republic . A case in point is Jason Furman, a star of the later (righter) stages of the Clinton administration who is adept at finding the “magical sweet spot where good politics meets good policy.” More »
- Counterpunch Too Weak for Strategists
  
  Washington Post | Aug 7, 08 4:11 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - After weeks of enduring blistering attacks from John McCain, Barack Obama is launching a counter-attack. His new “Maverick” ad is his sharpest yet, calling McCain out on his similarities to George Bush. But Democratic strategists still don’t think Obama is hitting hard enough, the Washington Post reports. “If somebody attacks you ... you have to counterattack,” one strategist said. “You want to look tough.” More »
- Obama's Right to Go Negative
  
  New Republic | Aug 7, 08 2:24 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama is going negative on John McCain, something he never did in the primary race against Hillary Clinton. But that doesn’t mean he’s abandoning a winning strategy. The current race is worlds apart from his tête-à-tête with Clinton, Noam Scheiber writes in the New Republic . For one, it’s “easier to go negative on an old white guy.” More »

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