Barack Obama And The Breakdown In Family
Barack Obama, the Illinois freshman senator who hopes to occupy the Oval Office, strikes me as a man uncomfortable in his own skin. I say that having just finished reading Obama's first book, "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance," written before he decided to enter the political world and was therefore less careful about revealing his own doubts, fears and confusion. The book, a combination of strikingly lyrical prose interspersed with mundane liberal platitudes, describes Obama's search for identity. That search takes him from a childhood in Hawaii, where he was raised mostly by his white, maternal grandparents; to the Southside of Chicago, where he tried to organize public housing residents; to Kenya, where his father was born and where his half-siblings, aunts, cousins and grandmother still live.
Hearings let public have its say on education standards
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton had just left. Sen. Barack Obama had just arrived. Gov. Mitt Romney was on his way. Rudy Giuliani says he'll turn up.
Presidential hopefuls attracted reporters' attention, but a much more important event for New Hampshire parents and taxpayers took place a week ago Monday. Gov. John H. Lynch and a bipartisan group of legislative leaders actually began to define an adequate education.Read this article in full with a
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Obama here Monday for fundraiser
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama comes to Cincinnati Monday for a breakfast fundraising event at the Westin Hotel downtown. Obama will join a longtime friend, state Sen. Eric Kearney, and a ballroom full of supporters who have paid anywhere from $100 to $2,100 to help his campaign. The event is closed to the news media. .
Sen. Barack Obama Makes Trip To Philly
PHILADELPHIA -- Illinois Sen. Barack Obama has made his first trip to Philadelphia since he announced his candidacy for president. Obama arrived at the Sheraton in Center City Thursday night for a meeting with the Obama exploratory committee. His visit comes after a bit of controversy. On Sunday, Obama apologized for a comment he made in Iowa, where he said, We now have spent $400 billion and have seen over 3,000 lives of the bravest young Americans wasted." .
Talking Point
The day after the national celebration of King Day, Senator Barack Hussein Obama (D-Ill.) announced he was forming a committee to explore a run for the presidency. Obamas rapid ascent and the popular draft that has swept him into the presidential race would have amazed the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
Less than 40 years after Kings assassination virtually killed the civil rights movement, many white Americans seem willing to back a black man for their leader. Even King dared not include a black president in his celebrated dream.
To paraphrase James Brown, this is a brand-new bag. Had Brown not died last Christmas, he might have written a song about it.
Obamas announcement was met with the kind of media coverage that makes politicians mouths water.
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