Joe Klein:

…There was something quietly stunning about Obama’s appearance that distinguished him from the others–it was morally serious, principled and without the usual red-meat lines. "This is not a game," he said. The enemy wasn’t each other, or Republicans, but "cynicism." Cynicism, it seems, was located out in the press corps–the purveyors of showbiz, gaffe-obsessed political coverage. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a politician take on the trivial tone of political journalism so directly, especially at the beginning of a campaign. It was a profoundly presidential speech…

…This guy is a spectacularly talented politician. His impact on the crowd was deeper than the other candidates; there was an intense silence as he spoke. I can’t wait to see how this evolves…

The Man Who Might Make Obama President
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
David Axelrod, Barack Obama’s closest political adviser, is applying the lessons he learned from Chicago’s ugly racialized politics. …

Rethinking Obama
Minnesota Daily - Minneapolis,MN,USA
I suggested that Barack Obama needed to exercise more leadership on the issues of the day (especially Iraq) before I would start considering him …

Obama Confronts ‘Outsider’ Dilemma
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
Barack Obama (D-Ill.) made his unofficial debut as a presidential candidate, his senior advisers have been holed up in a temporary office on Connecticut …

America hybrid nation, Obama fit leader
Aberdeen American News - Aberdeen,SD,USA
Barack Obama that he is exploring a run for the presidency has been challenged with the question "Is America ready for a black president? …

Obama’s family bothered by media attention
Standard - Nairobi,Kenya
The family of US Senator Barack Obama wants the international media to stop using his ancestral home in Siaya to sabotage his race for White House. …

News bulletin: Barack Obama is a black man
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore,MD,USA
Barack Obama is black. I’m driven to this realization by the response to a recent column in which I referred to the senator as African-American. …

The Obama revolution
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Barack Obama had no placards. His campaign desk was sparse, undecorated and banner-free. He walked on to the stage with no music at all. …

Barack Obama
ScienceBlogs - USA
Will Barack Obama be the next President? Maybe. Not only could we do worse, we already have. He has the rare ability to do the right thing in the right way, …

Casting: the One Word that Explains Hollywood’s Embrace of Obama
Arianna Huffington - USA

But after 6 years of Bush’s all-hat-no-cattle leadership, the American public seems ready to abandon the John Wayne fantasy. The question is: to be replaced by what? A Jimmy Stewart-style Everyman? An honest-as-the-day-is-long Gary Cooper type? A Gregory Peck-does-Atticus Finch moralist? With his moral sense of social responsibility and his "audacity of hope" optimism, Obama may help the country leave behind John Wayne and embrace Atticus Finch. The man and moment may be made for each other.