Archive for the ‘obama’ Category

Berliners welcome Obama as they did JFK

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

The centerpiece of Barack Obama's overseas tour comes Thursday in Berlin when the Democratic presidential candidate gives the only public foreign policy speech of his trip to an Obama-mad crowd of Germans who see him as another John F. Kennedy. He's in a country and a continent making no secret ...

Obama spends less; Clinton debt $25.2M - $5.3M to College Republican Mark Penn

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Clinton has continued to raise money and Obama has asked that his donors help her as well to reduce her debt. Clinton owed $5.3 million to her senior adviser and pollster Mark Penn, but aides to Clinton said she first intends to pay off small vendors owed money by the ...

Obama meets with Karzai, pledges aid to Afghanistan

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks with its Western-backed leader Sunday and vowed to pursue the war on terror "with vigor" if he is elected, an Afghan official said.Read the full story

Iraq PM: Troops out ‘as soon as possible’

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says U.S. troops should leave Iraq "as soon as possible," according to a magazine report in which he also called presidential candidate Barack Obama's suggestion of 16 months "the right timeframe for a withdrawal."Read the full story

Obama Campaign Hurting Late Night Comedians

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

"There has been little humor about Obama: about his age, his speaking ability, his intelligence, his family, his physique. And within a late-night landscape dominated by white hosts, white writers, and overwhelmingly white audiences, there has been almost none about his race. ... "We're carrion birds," said Stewart, "We're sitting ...

How to sell magazines 101: New Yorker Cover Shows Muslim, Flag-Burning, Osama-Loving Obama

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

Who knows if they'll get this in Dubuque, but they sure aren't going to like it in Chicago: This week's New Yorker cover features an image of Michelle and Barack Obama that combines every smeary right-wing stereotype imaginable: An image of Obama in a turban and robes fist-bumping his be-afro'd ...

Obama vetting telco immunity foe Dodd in VP search

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Obama's campaign has asked Dodd to turn over information as part of its VP vetting process, the Associated Press reported Friday.Read the full story

Zogby: Obama has electoral college majority; Barr has 6% support

Monday, July 7th, 2008

A new nationwide poll shows Barack Obama securing a majority of electoral college votes over Republican opponent John McCain in a new state-by-state poll.Read the full story

Obama plane makes unplanned stop in St. Louis

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Can we please get the next President of the United States into something more modern than an MD-80? The plane, an MD-80 Midwest charter, experienced a problem maintaining the proper pitch, or control over keeping the nose at the necessary angle, as it was taking off from Chicago, the pilot ...

NYT: The Facebooker who friended Obama

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

It's not Scarlet Johannsen and he's not a former member of the Weathered Underground. Phew!Read the full story