Friday, August 8, 2008 |
Michelle Obama plays a game with students at the Child Study Center at Old Dominion University.
On Wednesday, Michelle Obama participated in a roundtable discussion with military spouses at Old Dominion University in Virginia.
The invitation-only event was a chance for the wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to meet with military spouses from the community to hear their stories and discuss the unique challenges they face, juggling career and family responsibilities with the added burden of having a spouse serving in the military.
“If there’s one thing I’ve learned in these roundtables it’s that when our military goes to war, their families go with them,” she said.
The Obama campaign recently launched Blue Star Families for Obama, an organizing site for military families to take action in the campaign.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008 |
Following the House’s recent apology for slavery and segregation, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said, “I have said in the past — and I’ll repeat again — that the best reparations we can provide are good schools in the inner city and jobs for people who are unemployed.”
According to Kibibi Tyehimba, co-chair of the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America, “Let’s not be naive. Sen. Obama is running for president of the United States, and so he is in a constant battle to save his political life. In light of the demographics of this country, I don’t think it’s realistic to expect him to do anything other than what he’s done.”
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Saturday, August 2, 2008 |
Three young African-American protestors, and two white women, interrupted Barack Obama at an economic town hall in Florida Friday, accusing the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee of neglecting the black community.
The protestors — who held a sign reading “What About the Black Community, Obama?” – said the Illinois senator had not been active enough on issues of interest to African-Americans, ranging from the impact of subprime mortgages to the shooting of Sean Bell and the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina.
Obama urged the audience – which began to boo the hecklers – to calm down, before addressing one of the men directly. “I think you’re misinformed. Everything you mentioned I did speak about,” he said, listing legislative initiatives and statements on those issues as the men continued to shout at him and the crowd began to chant “Yes, We Can,” the Obama campaign’s cheer.
Keep reading to see the video of the young man asking Sen. Barack Obama his questions and so on..
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Friday, August 1, 2008 |
US presidential rivals Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate John McCain are now comic book heroes.
The presumptive nominees for the White House are featured in two new graphic novels that chart each man’s bid to become the next President of the Unites States of America. Each senator appears on the cover of his own book, posed like a superhero standing in front of the American flag. The books, published by IDW Publishing, go on sale October 8th.
OBAMA’S LEAD DWINDLING
Earlier this week, I inaccurately reported that Sen. Barack Obama was leading Sen. John McCain with the largest margin.
In fact, Obama’s lead has decreased over the last few days.
According to Thursday’s Gallup Daily,
The race for the presidency has moved back into a statistical tie…with Barack Obama now ahead of John McCain by just one percentage point, 45 to 44.
Obama and McCain are statistically tied in Florida and Ohio, two key states in the upcoming general election.
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Thursday, July 31, 2008 |
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., walks to greet two supporters holding a banner that says “Rednecks for Obama” at a campaign stop in Union, Missouri, Wednesday, July 30.
OBAMA DENOUNCES LUDA’S LYRICS
Ludacris, a strong supporter of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, has released a new song titled “Politics: Obama Is Here”.
However, Obama, who once said he had Ludacris in heavy rotation on his iPod, is not too happy with him. The song praises Obama, but bitterly attacks Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain. “Hillary hated on you, so that bitch is irrelevant,” say the lyrics. “McCain don’t belong in any chair unless he’s paralyzed.” Luda calls on voters to “paint the White House black” and adds that “Bush is mentally handicapped.”
The Obama campaign issued the following statement:
“As Barack Obama has said many, many times in the past, rap lyrics today too often perpetuate misogyny, materialism, and degrading images that he doesn’t want his daughters or any children exposed to. This song is not only outrageously offensive to Senator Clinton, Reverend Jackson, Senator McCain, and President Bush, it is offensive to all of us who are trying to raise our children with the values we hold dear. While Ludacris is a talented individual he should be ashamed of these lyrics.”
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008 |
Senator Barack Obama after the Democratic Caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, July 29, 2008.
A recent Gallup Poll shows Sen. Barack Obama leading Sen. John McCain 49-40 percent of national registered voters. The margin is the largest for Obama over McCain since Gallup began tracking the general election in March.
The AFL-CIO, the largest federation of unions in the United States, is launching a major effort in order to further dispel ongoing rumors surrounding the Democratic presidential candidate. The organization is set to send mailers to more than 600,000 union homes in battleground states such as Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The mailers will allow union members to “meet Obama” and better understand where he stands on issues such as job creation, health care reform and worker’s rights.
A majority of AFL-CIO’s membership is considered part of the working-class demographic, a key voting bloc that supported Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and is likely to play a huge role in November’s election.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008 |
When Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton dropped out of the presidential race last month, I’m sure she anticipated getting something out of it from Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Obama has mentioned, numerous times, that Clinton would be on anyone’s shortlist. According to published reports, though, anyone but Obama’s.
When Obama appeared on Sunday’s Meet the Press, he hinted that his vice president would be someone not closely identified with Washington, which could possibly rule out Clinton.
More telling is that in recent days, Clinton has said that she believes there’s little chance that Obama will choose her and the mention of her being under consideration is but a courtesy.
Obama’s aides and associates even say that, for various reasons, he is not looking at Clinton to run and serve with him.
An announcement of his VP choice may be made a week before the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 25, Obama has said. Aides to the Illinois senator, however, say it could be sooner.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008 |
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama mentioned on Sunday’s Meet the Press that he would pick a vice president who would “help [him] govern” and not just someone “who I send off to go to funerals”.
“I’m not interested in a vice president who I send off to go to funerals. I want somebody who is going to roll up their sleeves and be willing to work,” he said.
Following a roundtable with some of his top economic advisors on Monday, Obama headed to the office building of Eric Holder, who along with Caroline Kennedy, is in charge of the search for Obama’s vice presidential running mate.
Obama’s campaign wouldn’t comment on the meeting, but he did say the choosing a running mate would happen “soon enough”.
“I’m going to want somebody with integrity. I’m going to want somebody with independence, who’s willing to tell me where he thinks or she thinks I’m wrong, and I’m — I’m going to want somebody who shares a vision of the country where we need to go, that we’ve got to fundamentally change not only our policies, but how our politics works, how business is done in Washington,” he said.
Obama left Holder’s office building almost three hours after he arrived, and he declined to answer any questions regarding the meeting.
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