Barack Obama and John McCain grace this month’s Fortune magazine double-cover.

Who looked more presidential?

Even though the AP called it for Obama as early as 2:00 pm yesterday, I waited to see if anything would change overnight. You never know with the Clinton Machine. But it looks like Obama has the nomination locked down for sure this time. His 2,156 delegate tally puts him well above the 2,118 required to win the nomination.
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Esco says he’s still on the fence, but would love an Obama presidency:

“I’d love to see Barack Obama become the president. He’s the face of America, hands down,” the rapper said. “There’s no two ways to look at it, man. The man’s got what it takes. He’s serious. As a kid, you always think, ‘We’ll never see a black president,’ you know? ‘There’ll never be a black president.’ And you always feel that way. Everybody’s always grew up that way, black and white. So I think now, with Obama having a great chance of winning, I think [with] black and white, there’s been something lifted off their shoulders. It’s like, ‘This can happen. This can be great.’ And it’s about time.” …

New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, who served under Bill Clinton as Secretary of Energy, has chosen unity over loyalty. The country’s sole Hispanic governor plans to endorse Obama’s candidacy.

In an e-mail to supporters, Richardson said Obama will be a “historic and a great president, who can bring us the change we so desperately need by bringing us together as a nation here at home and with our allies abroad.”

Richardson also said in the e-mail that he was touched by Obama’s recent speech on race in America, saying he “understands clearly that only by bringing people together, only by bridging our differences can we all succeed together as Americans.”[via: CNN]

What took him so long? Do I smell an Obama-Richardson ticket on the horizon?

P.S: When I first heard about Richardson’s endorsement, this story came to mind.

Thoughtful. Straightforward. Sensational.

[Props to Enigmatik for the heads up]

XXLmag.com recently caught up with Crack Man X to discuss music,
life, and politics.

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To be fair, Rolling Stone actually caught Obamamania last year when they first ran that story on his trip to Kenya and whatnot. They’ve now officially endorsed him — after he’s won 29 contests and 1527 delegates. I applaud RS for taking a stand in this critical election, but I wonder if these late endorsements really mean anything.

• The Rolling Stone Endorsement

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After a year of jumping from one presidential bandwagon to another, Russell has decided to endorse Obama. Well, we all know what’s going on here. If you called one candidate a mouse last year while declaring support for another candidate, and turn around and endorse the mouse now that he’s got a choke hold on delegate count, you’re clearly hopping on the bandwagon. But that’s cool, Rush. Do You.

::Hey Obama, Bob the Builder wants his catchphrase back

Since the mainstream media has been focusing on the war of ‘words” between Clinton and Obama, I thought I’d take it upon myself to shine some light on a more important issue. In addition to Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther King Jr, and John F. Kennedy, Obama has been known to plagiarize Bob the Builder and his buddies.

Bob the Builder: Can we fix it?
Bob’s Friends: Yes, We Can!!

Obama, I don’t care if you swaggerjack Dr. Seuss, but please leave Bob the Builder’s words alone.

Here comes Hillary again, downplaying Obama’s weekend sweep in the primaries. Hillary explained Obama’s Louisiana win as the outcome of “a very strong and very proud African-American electorate.” I find it insulting when she suggests that Blacks only vote for Obama because of his color, not because of his policy ideas or his ability to inspire.

As for her other weekend losses, she attributed those to “a caucus system that favors ‘activists,’” saying, “they don’t represent the electorate, we know that.” I want to hear her explain her lead among ’superdelegates’ in a system which disenfranchises millions. How will she explain Obama’s lead among white voters, which has him damn near splitting white votes with her? How will she explain California, which had 65% of Latino votes going to her?

I understand that politics is a dirty game, in which you score points by knocking your opponents down. But a simple response like “It’s an extensive race with two good candidates. You win some, you lose some” would have been sufficient. If she didn’t think Obama’s sweep was relevant, why then did she quickly replace her campaign manager with an African-American?

With Obama winning in all the places where “activists” dominate and in places where Blacks only vote for Blacks, she’s now counting on Texas. She’s ahead in the polls here, but you don’t hear anyone rationalizing that to her popularity among Latinos, do you?