Obama Senate floor speech on start of 5th year of Iraq war …
Chicago Sun-Times - Chicago,IL,USA
WASHINGTON, DC — US Senator Barack Obama today delivered remarks on the Senate floor marking the start of the fifth year of the war in Iraq and reflecting …

On Thursdays, Senator Durbin and I hold a constituent coffee so we can hear from the folks back home. A young man came a few months ago who was about 25, 26 years old. He had been back from Iraq for a year. The first months of that year he spent in a coma. An explosion had shattered his face, blinded him in both eyes, and has left him without the use of one arm.

He told us about how he was going through rehab, and he introduced us to his family. He has a wife and two young daughters like I do, and his wife talked for a bit about the adjustments they were making at home since dad got hurt. And I found myself looking at not just him, but at his wife, who loves him so much, and I thought about how their lives were forever changed because of the decision that was carried out four years ago.

The sacrifices of war are immeasurable.

I first made this point in the fall of 2002, at the end of the speech I gave opposing the invasion of Iraq. I said then that I certainly do not oppose all wars, but dumb wars – rash wars. Because there is no decision more profound than the one we make to send our brave men and women into harm’s way.

I’ve thought about these words from time to time since that speech, but never so much as the day I saw that young man and his wife.

Barack Attack (great detail on the campaign staff)
New York Observer - New York,NY,USA
CHICAGO—The field-operations office for Barack Obama’s Presidential campaign is cramped into a small corner room overlooking downtown Chicago and the river …

The entire campaign is going to move within the next few weeks to a larger space on the building’s 11th floor, filled with bullpens, conference rooms, cushioned orange seats and ample electrical outlets.

The only campaign workers to have made the move so far are the new-media team, a small group of techies under the leadership of Blue State Digital founder Joe Rospars.

The youngest—and no doubt richest—of the group is Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, whose floppy blond hair and breezy manner have made him a dot-com poster boy.

“I wouldn’t have left Facebook for any other candidate—this is a once-in-a-generation-type thing,” said Mr. Hughes, who is all of 23. He said that the “My.BarackObama.com” section of the campaign Web site constituted “the only social-organizing tool on this scale that has ever been rolled out in any campaign ever.”

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama fight over Iraq war
Pravda - Moscow,Russia
The Iraq war, a defining issue of the 2008 US presidential race, has turned into a proxy fight between Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama …

Obama Returns For Harvard Love
Harvard Crimson - Cambridge,MA,USA
Barack Obama (D-Ill.), the Harvard Law School graduate and presidential candidate, arrived at the home of Kirkland and Ellis Professor of Law David B. …

Is FOX News Wooing the Obama Campaign?
News Hounds - Newport Beach,CA,USA
After being trashed by FOX News earlier this year, Senator Barack Obama has refused to grant FOX News access to his campaign. In the interim the Senator has …

Grassroots committing to Obama
smudailycampus.com - Dallas,TX,USA
The man in black was Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama. He made his Texas campaign premiere at a political rally on Feb. 23. …

Myths and falsehoods about Barack Obama
Media Matters for America - Washington,DC,USA
Barack Obama (D-IL) has been the target of attacks, smears, and innuendo throughout the media. He has been called a Muslim who attended a madrassa and has …

Latching onto LA Times op-ed, Limbaugh sings "Barack, The Magic Negro"
Media Matters for America - Washington,DC,USA
And the term ‘Magic Negro,’ as applied to Barack Obama has been done by an LA Times columnist, David Ehrenstein." Limbaugh later asserted: "I’m going to …

Barack Obama Fever Puts Hillary Clinton In Cold
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
This dissatisfaction has helped US Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) make his incredible journey forward in the presidential race. In 2004, Obama was an unknown …