For 82 days in 1968, Robert F. Kennedy ran for President. His campaign was described as magical and mystical. With RFK, we believed that anything was possible. Then his life was tragically cut short. His great potential left unfulfilled. There hasn’t been another politician, since RFK, who has inspired this country so profoundly…until Barak Obama. Will Barack Obama be able to recreate the magic of those 82 days?

Archive for September 10th, 2008

Line-By-Lyin'

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

For a lifetime, John McCain has inspired with his deeds. If character is the measure in this election “Instead of policy, which we pray is the case…” … and hope the theme and change the goal we share, then I ask you to join our cause.

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Rabbis for Obama

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Senator Barack Obama inspires in us the hope for an America once more called to its best values. We know him to be a man of incredible integrity, born of a deep and abiding spiritual faith based on the teachings of the Hebrew Prophets,

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Rightwing Identity Politics

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Imagine this, though: What would someone like Michelle Malkin say if a bunch of black pundits and bloggers crafted a video montage that used all the same tropes and identity markers wrapped around the phrase “I am Barack Obama“?

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What Did Hussein Do As A “Community Organizer”?

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Change will come from a mobilized grass roots.” If you substitute “Bush” for “Reagan,” you have a fairly accurate description of Obama’s 2008 campaign. That’s not a coincidence; it suggests that something about community organizing was

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Extra Credit

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Taking action can mean getting involved politically. We’ve seen huge numbers of young people taking part in our campaign. They’re knocking on doors and making phone calls and helping fight to bring about real change in this country.

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EVEN THE STUPID PARTY COULD COME UP WITH A CODE PEOPLE COULD READ:

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

At the Crain’s Business Forum this morning, Paterson drew attention to a phrase used numerous times by speakers at the Republican National Convention to describe Barack Obama’s leadership experience: community organizer.

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26 new messages in 15 topics - digest

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Obama has spent a lot of time this campaign season talking about hope and change. He’s used his time as a community organizer to illustrate his compassion and willingness to work on behalf of his fellow human beings.

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Drill Here, Drill Now… the Song

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

It is exactly these sorts of innovative solutions to America’s public problems that inspired American Solutions to host our first annual Solutions Day in 2007. Over 100000 people participated in person, via the web or on television and

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The Obama Action Figure

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Like countless others out there, we’ve been inspired by the meteoric rise of Barack Obama and his campaign. In a time when America so desperately needed a hero, along came a man to show us a brand new vision of what America and the

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IN-Q

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

I hung out with Barack Obama for a second. He shook my hand, gave me his card…and I lost it. That was before Barack Obama was Barack Obama. That being said, he was ridiculously connected and I remember thinking, “This guy is really

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