Barack Obama’s quiet rebellion
Salon - USA
At Dartmouth College Monday, Barack Obama had reached the practiced moment in his stump speech when he explains the Kenyan origins of his "funny name. …

So here is a working theory, subject to many modifications as the campaign unfolds: Barack Obama is simultaneously both aware of the power of cheap rhetoric and easy emotion — and intellectually contemptuous of it. He is a candidate in quiet rebellion against the banalities that too often govern political discourse. It is questionable whether he can maintain this high-minded stance through the debates and the primaries. But for the moment, Obama is running for president on his own terms, and succeeding.

Obama Calls for Universal Health Care
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Seeking to add heft to his presidential bid, Democrat Barack Obama is offering a sweeping plan that would require every American to have …

Barack Obama Beats Hillary Clinton, Guilliani in New Poll
MetroPost - New York,NY,USA
President Barack Obama? It’s no longer just a Democratic fantasy. Barack Obama may be young and black, but Americans decidely prefer him to Hillary Clinton …

Obama in New Hampshire’s North Country
ABC News - USA
Barack Obama, D-Ill., Memorial Day weekend was spent driving through the mountains in an RV filled with extended family. …

Barack Obama’s wife crowd favorite in campaign appearance with husband
WCAX - Burlington,VT,USA
CONWAY, NH (AP) - At one point in a steamy rally today (Sunday) in a Conway, New Hampshire school auditorium, Illinois Senator Barack Obama handed his …

Obama visits war monument, pushes vets’ services
The Courier News - Elgin,IL,USA
LITTLETON, NH — Though he said Memorial Day shouldn’t be politicized, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama used a visit to a war monument Monday to …

It’s Obama frenzy in NH
Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Barre,VT,USA
LITTLETON, NH — Presidential hopeful Barack Obama is measuring his success not just in poll numbers, money raised or endorsements. …

How a young tech entrepreneur translated Barack Obama into the … (about Chris Hughes and the My.BO site)
Wall Street Journal - USA
Click to see a larger image of Barack Obama’s Facebook page. Or visit the page itself (login required). About 5000 groups of Obama supporters now use online …

Camp helps Obama team hit trail
Chicago Tribune Mon, 28 May 2007 5:16 AM PDT
Volunteers learn campaign techniques Jerry Saavedra played the role of an Iowa farmer, while Trakia Thomas was cast as a volunteer for Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential bid.

Voters would invite Giuliani, Obama to picnic: poll
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
Democratic presidential candidate and US Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) listens to his introduction at a luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 24, 2007. …

Latino Outreach Campaign Promotes Barack Obama in Key Primary States
WebWire (press release) - Atlanta,GA,USA
Burbank, CA - May 30, 2007 - Nueva Vista Media, has launched an outreach campaign, "Amigos de Obama," to promote Presidential candidate Barack Obama and …

Barack Obama: Obama Votes to Demand Changed Course in Iraq
All American Patriots (press release) - Taeby,NA,Sweden
"This vote is a choice between validating the same failed policy in Iraq that has cost us so many lives and demanding a new one. …

Barack Obama: Obama Statement on Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
All American Patriots (press release) - Taeby,NA,Sweden
May 25, 2007 — Chicago, IL - "I spent much of my childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia, and for most of my adult life, I’ve lived in Chicago, a city with its …

Barack Obama: Obama Introduces Bill to Recognize and Fund …
All American Patriots (press release) - Taeby,NA,Sweden
May 29, 2007 — WASHINGTON, DC - US Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) last week introduced a bill that would create an official designation in higher education …

Barack Obama: Obama Statement on Darfur Sanctions
All American Patriots (press release) - Taeby,NA,Sweden
May 29, 2007 — Chicago, IL–Senator Obama today released the following statement in response to President Bush’s announcement of sanctions on the Sudanese …

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