Harris Wofford to endorse Obama on Wednesday
Barack Obama is scheduled to give a major speech on national service in Mt. Vernon, Iowa today. Mark Halperin at Time is reporting that Harris Wofford, a JFK aide, Peace Corps pioneer and Clinton pal...
View ArticleIowa Senator Charles Grassley predicts Obama will win caucus
At a news conference yesterday reported in the NYTimes political blog, 32 year Senior Iowa Senator Charles E Grassley predicted Barack Obama and Mitt Romney would win their respective Iowa caucuses.And...
View ArticleNH Union Leader editorial very pro Obama, anti Clinton
The Union Leader has an editorial today that questions one of Hillary Clinton's loudest messages, that she is the most electable and should be the choice in the primary to take on the Republicans. An...
View ArticleHillary's foreign policy knowledge lacking?
In an op ed written today by Thomas Houlahan in the Middle East Times, he is astonished at Hillary's lack of basic knowledge about Pakistan's parliamentary system. Now, the Middle East Times may not...
View ArticleObama on cover of Newsweek
In this week's cover story, Newsweek calls Obama "An icon of hope". They say "he won't 'kneecap' his foes. But Obama knows what it takes, and how to win."
View ArticleObama wins first NH primary vote in a landslide!
(Just a little hyperbole there. ;))Dixville Notch, a teeny town way up north in New Hampshire near the Canadian border, holds the first primary in the state at midnight. Thirteen people were present...
View ArticleRolling Stone endorses Barack Obama (w/update)
Barack Obama continues to roll up the endorsements from a wide variety of people and sources. Not only have dozens of stodgy old newspaper editorial boards given him their seal of approval, now he's...
View ArticleNewsweek: When Barry became Barack
There's a new story on Barack Obama in the March 31 edition of Newsweek. It's a long one, seven pages long, and generally positive but in spite of what they say is two recent interviews with him,...
View ArticleThe Church of Obama
I read this article some time ago and thought it was a very interesting take on Obama's philosophy. It was written back in early January but in light of the recent hullabaloo about Trinity United and...
View ArticleAn Obama YouTube video that will tug at your heartstrings.
I watched this video with a tear in my eye.Here's a direct link to YouTube if the video doesn't play for some of you.
View ArticleThe American health care system stinks. You deserve better.
I was just reading eve's diary about a woman she called in West Virginia. The woman has an illness that will be terminal and is immobile and her husband helps as best he can but loses hours everyday...
View ArticleTwo positive articles about Michelle Obama
There's a long article in today's Washington Post that has been adapted from "Michelle: A Biography," which is being published this week by Simon & Schuster. The Washington Post It's very...
View ArticleIck. David Gregory named new host of Meet the Press
Tom Brokaw just announced on air that David Gregory is going to take over as host of Meet the Press. I've been hoping against hope that that wasn't going to happen but all signs pointed to it so it's...
View ArticleObama the comedian on NPR
Not that there was ever any question about Barack Obama having a sense of humor, but I haven't heard him being so laugh out loud funny before. Last month on Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me, an NPR show out...
View ArticleBreaking - Obama has landed in Baghdad - Updated
CNN is reporting that President Obama is making a surprise visit to Iraq. He is there to give moral support and thanks to the troops. No word on how long he'll be there.I wish he didn't have to sneak...
View ArticleFrank Rich is looking for a Republican leader with guts.
In Frank Rich's column for tomorrow's New York Times, he summarizes the virulent right wing hatred that's been building for months and calls for someone in the Republican Party to be brave enough to...
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Justin Trudeau, Canada's New Prime Minister, Interviewed by the BBC
Canada’s new(ish) Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, was recently interviewed by the BBC. For non-Canadians, this interview might give you an idea of why he is the world’s most talked about new political...
View ArticleSyrian refugee kids love Canadian winter
This will just be a short diary but it is sure to warm your heart. OPP constable David McNab and his wife Kristy Hiltz co-sponsored a refugee Syrian family of four — a mother and her three children,...
View ArticleAmazing interview with Rachel Maddow
There’s a terrific interview with Rachel Maddow in the upcoming first non-nude issue of Playboy magazine. Their interviews were always the best thing about the magazine anyway and they’re keeping that...
View ArticleBoom! The noose is tightening. Confirmation of WSJ story from a security...
This is just going to be short but an independent, non-biased, in fact non-American named Matt Tait has written a blog detailing how he was recruited by Peter Smith to collude with the Russians to...
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