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                                    obama at storm lake, ia, december 17th

Obama Apperances and Campaign Events

December 26, 2007 - Town Hall Meeting with Barack, Mason City, IA
December 26, 2007 - Meet the Candidate with Barack Obama, Webster City, IA
December 26, 2007 - Rally with Barack, Fort Dodge, IA
December 26, 2007 - Rally with Barack, Carroll, IA
December 26, 2007 - Meet Michelle Obama, Dallas County, IA
December 26, 2007 - Meet Michelle Obama, Madison County, IA
December 26, 2007 - Meet Michelle Obama, Jasper County, IA
December 27, 2007 - Meet the Candidate with Barack Obama, Nevada, IA
December 27, 2007 - Meet the Candidate with Barack Obama, Marshalltown, IA
December 27, 2007 - Meet the Candidate with Barack Obama, Toledo, IA
December 27, 2007 - Barack's 'Stand for Change Tour', Vinton, IA
December 27, 2007 - Meet Michelle Obama, Mt. Ayr, IA
December 27, 2007 - Meet Michelle Obama, Creston, IA
December 27, 2007 - Meet Michelle Obama, Union County, IA
December 27, 2007 - Meet Michelle Obama, Osceola, IA
December 28, 2007 - Barack's 'Stand for Change Tour', Willamsburg, IA
December 28, 2007 - Barack's 'Stand for Change Tour', Coralville, IA
December 28, 2007 - Barack's 'Stand for Change Tour', Clinton, IA
December 28, 2007 - Barack's 'Stand for Change Tour', Davenport, IA
December 28, 2007 - Barack's 'Stand for Change Tour', Muscatine, IA
December 28, 2007 - Meet Michelle Obama, Atlantic, IA
December 28, 2007 - Meet Michelle Obama, Avoca, IA
December 29, 2007 - Meet Actors Brandon Routh & Kai Penn, Norwalk, IA
December 29, 2007 - Barack's 'Stand for Change Tour', Burlington, IA
December 29, 2007 - Barack's 'Stand for Change Tour', Fort Madison, IA
December 29, 2007 - Barack's 'Stand for Change Tour', Keokuk, IA
December 29, 2007 - Barack's 'Stand for Change Tour', Mount Pleasant, IA
December 29, 2007 - Rally with Barack, Ottumwa, IA
December 30, 2007 - Barack's 'Stand for Change Tour', Knoxville, IA
December 30, 2007 - Barack's 'Stand for Change Tour', Newton, IA
December 30, 2007 - Barack's 'Stand for Change Tour', Indianola, IA
December 30, 2007 - Barack's 'Stand for Change Tour', Des Moines, IA
December 31, 2007 - New Year's Eve with Barack, Perry, IA
December 31, 2007 - New Year's Eve with Barack, Jefferson, IA
December 31, 2007 - Meet and Greet with Michelle Obama, Grinnell, IA
December 31, 2007 - New Year's Eve with Barack, Boone, IA
December 31, 2007 - New Year's Eve with Barack, Iowa Falls, IA
December 31, 2007 - New Year's Eve with Barack, Ames, IA
December 31, 2007 - Meet Michelle Obama, Bedford, IA
January 2, 2008 - Barack's 'Stand for Change Tour', Cedar Rapids, IA

                           
                                                                obama on 527s

Obama Hitting His Stride in Iowa
Obama Says He's Ready for White House
Obama Describes Faith Amid False Rumors
Selling Obama Door to Door

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Obama Says Clintons' Attacks Will Backfire
Guess what?  I believe that too.  We have witnessed the undoing of an inevitable campaign, due to the sheer fact that Team Clinton truly believed the poll numbers, and that Team Clinton underestimated Barack Obama.

Barack Obama, stung by a fresh Bill Clinton attack on him, predicted that the Clinton campaign's increasingly negative tone will backfire by reminding voters of the bad, old "blood sport" days of the 1990s.

Speaking to reporters in this frozen central Iowa city yesterday, Obama said he was less than impressed by Hillary Rodham Clinton's apology for an aide's suggestion that he once dealt drugs. Asked if Clinton's mea culpa was sincere, a stone-faced Obama replied, "I'm not going to characterize it."

Many have watched in amusement, disbelief, sadness as Bill Clinton, on  Charlie Rose's Show stated that Barack was not ready for this presidency.  That he was a "roll of the dice".  Well, wasn't Bill Clinton that in 1992?  No one knew him from Adam's Hatrack.  A govenor from a tiny state, that was last in virtually everything, all of a sudden on that national scene.  Much was written about Bill Clinton's age, inexperience, etc.  But somehow, the country believed it was time for someone new, fresh, not entrenched in Washington, D.C.

Now the quiet, rumblings, anger in the African-American Community is being talked about daily, and it is about the antics of The Clintons.  Whoever is advising Hillary Clinton should be fired.  Her misleading and mishandling of her staff is atrocious.  The outwardly racial baiting from her hench men Joesph Wilson, Bob Kerrey and Bill Shaheen has not bid her well to the African-American Community.

From Bob Johnson's Diary:

A piece in Sunday's Washington Post confirms what many people here have been discussing over the last month as Obama has crept up in the polls:

Racial Undercurrent Is Seen in Clinton Campaign

It has unfolded mostly under the radar. But an important development in the 2008 Democratic battle may be the building backlash among African Americans over comments from associates of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton that could be construed as jabs at Sen. Barack Obama's race.

These officials, including Clinton aides and prominent surrogates, have raised questions or dropped references about Obama's position on sentencing guidelines for crack vs. powder cocaine offenses; on his handgun control record; and on his admitted use of drugs as a youth. The context was always Obama's "electability." But the Illinois senator's campaign advisers said some African American leaders detect a pattern, and they believe it could erode Clinton's strong base of black support.

This article is accurate and precise.  Many don't understand the Black Community and the radio.  teacherken was one of the first to shout out, "hey something is going on here.  The Black Community is livid about The Clintons insinuation of Barack Obama selling drugs and her campaign using racial tactics." (paraphrasing)  And this was his synopsis by listening to Black Radio.

The Clintons missed a mark here.  The Black Community is angry.  Period.  Many don't care if Clinton attack Obama on the issues, it is politics, it is hardball.  But to slither to the depths of slimy snakes and use his ethnicity, race, family against him?  Sorry, Hillary, you now have Black Voters who were firmly in your corner, moving to Barack Obama.  And whose fault is that?

If it don't smell right, it ain't right.

Video/Audio

New Iowa Ad, Enough; Iowa Ad, Candor; Nashua Telegraph Editorial Board Video; Michelle Obama Video; Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr and Govenor Tim Kaine in Columbia, SC; Barack in Indianola, IA

Obama Fires Up Crowd in Iowa
Obama Touts Rural Plans in Iowa
Second Choices In Iowa

                             
                                                       portsmouth, nh, dec 20

Polls

Yes, coming daily, sometime two and three.  Expect this through January.

Boston Globe NH Poll; Reuters Poll On Clinton's Negativity; USA/Gallup National Poll; Survey/USA Iowa and General Poll; Zogby National Poll; Washington Post/ABC Iowa and Internals; Insiders Advantage Georgia Poll; Insiders Advantage Iowa Poll; CBS South Carolina Poll; Wall Street Journal Poll; Survey/USA California Poll; Rasmussen South Carolina Poll; Hotline National Poll

Obama for America by Femlaw
Endorsing Barack Obama for President 2008 by GirlZero
Obama Campaigns Comes to Nashville by GoldnI
Populista's Obama Rising Roundup: Iowa Edition December 6-13

shoutouts:  clinton loses luster; bill clinton downplays wife's chances in iowa; say goodbye to the fec by adamb; black kos; food pantries turning people away as demand doubles by bink; nyceve; online forum on foreclosure and bankruptcy relief by rep. brad miller; huckabee, my way; john edwards, will you stand up? by adamb

JustAngry has put out a great series broken down into six pieces, focusing on all the aspects you need to know about Barack Obama.  Simply titled, The Only Thing You Need To Know.  This is well worth a read for anyone who is searching more specific information about Senator Barack Obama.

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Obama: I've Fought Harder Against Special Interests
Obama Makes Big Gains in California by Femlaw
Appealing to Indy Voters
Obama Finds His Address

                             
                                                     happy holidays from the obamas

Big Battle For South Carolina

In barely more than a month, the political attention now focused on the early voting in Iowa and New Hampshire will turn southward, to a Georgia neighbor with a proven record of helping decide presidential nominations.

South Carolina's first-in-the-South primaries are set for Jan. 19, and tracking is already well under way. CNN released an Opinion Research poll Friday that showed former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee claiming support from 24 percent of the state's Republican voters, surging eight percentage points ahead of one-time front-runner, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), former Sen. John Edwards (center) and Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) are locked in a close race in South Carolina.

Aong Democrats, Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York was holding on at 42 percent against the rising Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, who had moved up seven percentage points since a July poll to 34 percent.

CNN senior political analyst Bill Schneider predicted an "all-out fight" among candidates well aware of South Carolina's potentially pivotal role. On the Republican side, South Carolina has picked the eventual party nominee in every primary contest since 1980. In 1992, Bill Clinton used a South Carolina win to solidify his claim on the Democratic nomination after being upset by rival Paul Tsongas in New Hampshire.  AJC

Winning Friends Among Former Rivals
Clinton Trying to Wrestle the Change Mantle from Obama
Change We Can Believe In
Obama's Hoop Buddy

                         
                                                obama in exeter, nh, dec 20th

Endorsements & Announcements

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