The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Eighteen months of campaigning as the youthful politician determined to change Washington is by his own admission turning Senator Barack Obama grey.
BlackPoliticsontheWeb.com (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
- We, members of Republicans for Black Empowerment, recognize the historical context of the times we live in and take pride in Senator Barack Obama conquering this nation’s most enduring racial barriers to become the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for President of the United States of America . Senator Obama’s nomination confirms how far the nation [...]
PrawfsBlawg (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
With Senator Barack Obama leading in the polls and general economic conditions favoring the Democrats, speculation has turned to what type of relationship a President Obama might have with the conservative Roberts Court. In what is quickly becoming a common comparison, both George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley and Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne...
PAXALLES (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
"Obama's own voice may haunt him" from Politico reports that Senator Barack Obama's Grammy award winning audio reading of his book "Dreams From My Father" may contain passages that will not be particularly well received by some parts of the...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
Senator Barack Obama should remind Europeans that trans-Atlantic ties are crucial in our fast-changing world.
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
NY Times: Karl Rove used a speech on Friday before a prominent anti-abortion group to attack Senator Barack Obama for his abortion rights positions and praise his opponent Senator John McCain for his family values. Mr. Rove, the former top adviser to President Bush, told members of National Right to Life that Mr. Obama was threatening “to strike down all the good...
jillstanek.com (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
by guest columnist Joseph Wildman On July 17, 2007, Senator Barack Obama spoke to President Cecile Richards , Steve Trombley , and other senior leaders at a Planned Parenthood Action Fund meeting. To this cheering... audience Senator Obama, promised, "The first thing I'd do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act ." These words inspired and rightfully energized...
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Jeff Zeleny , NY Times: As he finished a weeklong tour of states that have voted Republican in recent presidential races, Senator Barack Obama said on Friday that the nation had “hit a crossroads and we’ve got to make a fast turn,” urging voters at an Independence Day celebration to support his candidacy if they wanted to end the war in Iraq . One day after Mr. Obama said...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Senator Barack Obama struggles to balance broadening his appeal to voters in mostly Republican states, and maintaining his support among critics of the war.
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Long before he was a national figure, United States Senator Barack Obama opened up a window of his soul so that people could understand his religious orientation. He did this in an interview with Chicago-Sun-Times religion reporter, Cathleen Falsani.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Washington, July 4: Senator Barack Obama has rushed to clarify his position on the Iraq war after he appeared to wobble on a commitment to withdraw US ground troops within 16 months, a central plank of his candidacy.
This Fucking War (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
" It seems that Senator Barack Obama has finally taken sides: in light of his new "refining" re-examination of Iraq, Obama is taking the centrist approach being mapped out by Colin Kahl, rather than the leftist hyperventilation of the likes of Brian Katulis. Many are describing this as political opportunism. Yes it is that, but it is also to be welcomed as a sign of maturity...
The Caucus (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will collect cash together for his campaign and the Democratic National Committee in New York City next week.
The Caucus (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Karl Rove used a speech on Friday before a prominent anti-abortion group to attack Senator Barack Obama for his abortion rights positions and praise Senator John McCain for his family values.
The Caucus (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
ST. LOUIS – Two days ago, Senator Barack Obama said he had not been clear enough in explaining his Iraq policy. Today, there was a different rationale. The confusion was not his fault, Mr. Obama said, but rather the media’s for seizing on three words he uttered in Fargo, N.D., when he suggested he would be [...]
