Barack Obama is currently 12 delegates away from officially becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee for the president of the United States. Obama need 2118 delegates to secure the nomination. Thanks to a carefully choreographed rollout of super delegates, hewill go over the top whenprimary resultscome outin the last two primaries of South Dakota and Montana tonight.
Today the Democratic party will have as its nominee an African American candidate. And in November we may have America’s first African American president. That in itself is history. Today alsoresumes a journey that was interrupted nearly 40 years ago to the day when,in the early morninghours of June 6 1968,Bobby Kennedy was taken away from America and the world.
Barack Obama carries on his shoulders the aspirations of not only the African American community of America, but of a generation who were denied their dreams four decades ago, and a new generation which now dares to dream some of those s...
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President-elect Barack Obama unveiled his national security team today, nominating Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state and choosing Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to stay on as Pentagon chief.... more
Chicago, 1 Dic (Notimex).- El presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, anunció hoy la designación Hillary Clinton, quien fuera su rival por la candidatura presidencial del Partido Demó leer más ... more
If there is one message President-elect Barack Obama's transition team has broadcast about Cabinet picks, it is that ethnicity and gender will not be the first considerations when filling the slots. Credentials over tokenism, after all, was a fundamental principle of Obama's presidential...... more
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The community of African American singles is is active and strong when it comes to finding like minded African American dates online. For many individuals in our swift paced existence, it is frequently a tricky thing to find new friends and a possible life mate. It seems our sense of community has altered dramatically in the last 50 years and it sometimes seems simpler to give up trying to find a soulmate if you don’t know where to look.
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Outlook: First Multiracial President Washington Post,United States- 1 hour ago
He is more than the personification of African American achievement. He is a bridge between races, a living symbol of tolerance, a signal that strict racial …
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Dr. Kent: Welcome to the show Andrew Calhoun who is on the line.
Andrew Calhoun: Yes, it is I.
Dr. Kent: Well that’s a beautiful song; Jaybird and Sparrow from the album Bound To Go by Waterbug Records. Now this is interesting. This is a bunch of spirituals and shout songs. I love these old records that you got some of these from. Tell us about where you found these songs.
Andrew Calhoun: A lot of them are in old books that are out of print. Jaybird and Sparr... more
Aljazeera.net Obama - Biden and the Issue of Iran IranVNC,DC- 1 hour ago On August 28, 2008, Barack Obama accepted the Democratic presidential nomination alongside his running mate Joe Biden , the senior Senator from Delaware, ... For Barack, Biden Delphos Herald Two brave candidates, but the choice for US president seems clear Taipei Times What's next for Canada if Barack Obama wins? Georgia Straight CounterPunch - Kudzu Gazette ... more
Rush spoke about this today. Not sure of the veracity, but the tactics described herein confirm my suspicions:
Hillbuzz: This Is What Change Means For Barack the Reddistributor
The internal campaign idea is to twist, distort, humiliate and finally dispirit you.
We pay people and organize people to go to all the online sites and “play the part of a clinton or mccain supporter who just switched our support for obama”
We do this to stifle your motivation and to destroy your confidenc... more
Although the presidential elections in the US do not generate as many reactions as the French elections in Madagascar, the intrigue surrounding the democratic party's nomination provoked plenty of reactions on the Malagasy blogosphere. Seven posts, mostly centered around the Barack Obama phenomenon, in the past month led to 116 comments.
Some Malagasies are convinced that Obama is able to implement the unity he promised, both in the US and on in the international scene.
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From a report on the TV news show 60 Minutes, here is more evidence that the “secret Muslim” rumors are hurting Barack Obama among some sections of the voting public, by tapping into fear of “the Other” among less educated Americans. For background, see my earlier post on the subject, “ My Middle Name Is Hussein .”
To his credit, when Obama is asked about the rumors and denies them, he doesn’t just say they are insulting to him as a Christian. He also points out that they are ... more
A couple of months ago (and several times up til now) I registered my displeasure with the fact that the primary assumptions resulting in many of the failed policies of the Bush Administration (and indeed the previous one) were not being questioned in the primary presidential debates or even in the major forums for debate on foreign policy. The particulars of neo-conservative philosophy were... more
Canadian Parliament asks PM Questions People ask me why I care so much about US elections, especially those South of the border. This is currently on the Barack Obama You Tube page. Still don’t think America’s politics has any impact in Canada? This of course relates to the NAFTA story and Obama giving us the heads up in advance of the Ohio debate. For the record, I am unaware of any Canadian "right wing operatives" working for the Republicans, but I personally went up to C... more
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