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Obama thought of the day

Some possible random thoughts from folks in the office.
“Too much starch in the shorts.”
“Wait, I’m supposed to have ideas?”
“The joke’s on you America!”
“$50+ million reasons to run for president”
“If you think I look stupid now, wait until I’m president.”
Feel free to offer your own, best thought wins a congratulatory atta boy from our staff.

The beginning of the next ‘08 presidential campaign trend?

If there’s one thing I can say about Barack Obama, it’s that he’s a trend-setter.  The second (Edwards was first with that pathetic pandering plea from New Orleans that was over-shadowned by Gerald Ford’s death) of the top-tier candidates to officially announce that he would soon announce his candidacy for higher office (remember the “surprise” online announcement) [...]

Obama Girl rocks

Or at least grooves?
Man is this going to be a fun campaign season.
Any thoughts on a “Gilmore Girl” ad?
 

Early money no indication of future performance

Over the weekend I was one of the many parents (according to today’s news) who doled out cash and time to spend a little over and hour and a half sitting in a movie theater with their child. The catalyst that caused this to happen was the opening weekend of the much awaited (at [...]

Obama security and the prescience of JMZ

When I heard the news last night that Secret Service protection has been extended to Barack Obama it sent shivers up my back. Jill Miller Zimon at Writes Like She Talks already mentioned this on her page today, but as soon as I heard it last night I was thinking the same thing. [...]

Obama beats Hillary

In more ways than one.
Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign announced his fundraising tally for the first quarter of 2007 and it is beyond an assault on perceived Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. It is a definitive sign that he is now on top of the heap.
Clinton earlier announced a fundraising take of $26 million, but [...]

Is the Clinton/Obama YouTube ad a rip-off

of a rip-off?
Nice work from Bill Sloat over at the Daily Bellwether calling out the use of the same piece earlier this year by Ned Lamont supporters in Connecticut. Hat tip to Stephen Koff at Openers.
Here’s the Lamont video:
The other intriguing question is whether or not its plagarism when you don’t take credit for [...]

Time to get good crazy

Last Sunday when Democratic presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were trying desperately to upstage one another without tripping over themselves in Selma, Alabama, the show was stolen by Southern Christian Leadership Council founder and Methodist minister Reverend Joseph Lowery. In addressing the crowd gathered to see Obama at the Brown AME Church, Lowery [...]

A tale of two speeches

Yesterday, the landmark (word and emphasis mine) 42nd anniversary of the “Bloody Sunday” bridge crossing was celebrated and remembered in Selma, Alabama. This landmark event (aren’t landmark dates of remembrance usually on like the 10th, 20th, …50th, etc…) which seriously does deserve more than a casual annual mention on the first Sunday of each March [...]

The night of Obama in review

I’ve posted a compilation of some of the live blogs from last night’s Obama event at Tri-C over on The Silent Majority. My thanks to tablemates Anthony Fossacecca of Blue Ohioan and Jill Miller Zimon of Writes Like She Talks for their camaraderie, to Jerid Kurtz of Buckeye State Blog and Jason Haas of [...]