The hip-hop candidate came out tops in last night’s hotly contested Iowa caucus:
With all Democratic precincts reporting, Obama had the support of 38 percent of voters, compared to 30 percent for John Edwards and 29 percent for Hillary Clinton…
Among Democrats, Obama took 57 percent of the under-30 vote, according to CNN’s analysis of entrance polls. Speaking to supporters, Obama called the night a “defining moment in history.” [ Full Story: CNN ]
Mike Huckabee, the only decent GOP candidate, clinched the Republican side of the Iowa caucuses with 34% of voters, compared to 25% for Romney who finished 2nd.
Senators Dodd and Biden have dropped out of the race, so you can stop confusing them with each other.
If you haven’t already donated to Barack Obama’s campaign, it’s not too late to do so.
Kids in the Hall are rooting for my man Obama this election season and they’ve showered him with support in their new song. “Work to Do” was recorded in support of Obama’s 2008 presidential bid, a la Jin’s “Open Letter to Obama.”
Naledge says:
“I happen to think that Barack Obama embodies everything that is promising for the future of our nation and represents the hope I sought to speak on in the song. Being from Chicago, I have seen his rise to prominence first hand and I can honestly say that I believe he is the best option for our next president.”
Common endorses fellow Chicagoan Barack Obama for the White House. Comm, who was the first to namedrop Obama on a rap record (to the best of my knowledge), says he’s voting for the Illinois senator on February 5th.
This is actually the show in its entirety. Obama’s interview starts at 10:12.
Obama took some subliminal shots at Hillary when Jon raised the issue of experience vs inexperience. “When people talk about experience,” says Obama, “what they really want to know is, ‘Does he have good judgment?’ And you hope that when one has more experience it gives them better judgment. But everybody knows a lot of 50-, 60- and 70-year-olds that don’t have good judgment…”
Sounds like he’s referring to Hillary who’s obviously in her late 50s and voted in favor of the war (bad judgement), whereas he opposed it from the jumpoff. He also reiterated one of his favorite crowdpleasers: “Nobody has a longer resume than Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, and that hasn’t worked out so well.”
You’d think that enthusiastic media coverage and celebrity status would help Obama race past anybody named Clinton in the so-called polls. Too bad, voters are actually more interested in putting Bill Clinton in the first lady’s skirt than putting Obama in the White House.
I hope Erik Rush, the Double-Stuffed Oreo race-traitor (his own words) who attacked Obama on Faux News, enjoyed his own 10 seconds of fame on Hannity & Colmes because no one outside of Faux News loyalists thinks highly of him.
With all the ridiculous accusations being leveled against Obama, I find it astonishing that the same detractors fail to acknowledge the fact that America’s in a changing era. Look at all the early Presidential front-runners: Rudy Giuliani (first Italian-American president?), Hilary Clinton (first woman President?) , Mitt Romney (first Mormon President?), and Barack Obama (first Black President?). They all represent the face of a changing America. So, how come Obama has caught way more flack for his race than his fellow Presidential hopefuls? I rarely hear anyone saying Clinton doesn’t stand a chance because she’s a woman, or that Giuliani is not white enough.
No.
Pundits are quick to make references to Hilary’s pro-war vote, Giuliani’s support for civil unions, Romney’s support for “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in the military. But no one’s making an argument about Obama’s position (or lack thereof) on social issues.
Oh, never mind. That’s not important. Who cares? He’s not black enough. He’s too black. That’s the bottom line.
With the exception of his troop pull-out proposal, Obama has been remarkably non-committal to most issues. (A political tactic, perhaps.) Many of his supporters don’t even know why they’re so drawn to him. They don’t know much beyond his palpable charisma and Bill Clinton-esque eloquence. Unfortunately, his detractors don’t know much about him either. So they resort to bigger issues like…
*drumroll* “He’s a cigarette smoker!”
*drumroll* “He’s avoiding Louis Farrakhan!”
*drumroll* “He’s articulate!!”
Next time conservative talking-head Erik Rush decides to rail against Obama for being a “separatist,” he needs to look in the mirror and ask himself whether his own views might, in fact, polarize an already-isolated Black community.
