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 October 5th, 2008

The New Yorker

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

Echoing Obama, McCain has made “change” one of his campaign mantras. But the change he has actually provided has been in himself, and it is not just a matter of altering his positions. A willingness to pander and even lie has come to

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A Warning to John McCain

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

Barack Obama represents a nation that united as one on 9/11. Barack Obama would never have existed in an intolerant America, in a non-diverse America, in an America that would not allow a poor child to succeed on his merits.

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Exchange with a Reader from Missouri

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

Again, Gary, you complain about East Coast elites prejudging people like you, even as you label Barack Obama“like a bizarre alien.” Yet on Real Clear Politics, I see that 46.8 percent of Missourians are planning to vote for Senator

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Movie — HYPE the Obama Effect

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

Change.”"Hope.” These words, from Barack Obama, have inspired everything from outrageous videos to the largest campaign fundraising success in history. He has taken what was considered a sure bet Clinton machine and turned it on its

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State of the Day - Mississippi

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

If this remains close, I would expect Wicker to hit Musgrove with his support for changing the Confederate inspired state flag, an issue that helped Haley Barbour defeat Musgrove in 2003. In the end, Musgrove will need a huge black

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A House Built Upon The Sand (The Mortgage Meltdown, Part Five Of

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

The first - the VERY first - concrete sign that something was going very wrong came in 1999, from none other, interestingly enough, than a man I’ve already called out as a criminal: Senator Barack Obama’s campaign advisor,

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No Easy Days for McCain’s Generals in the Field

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

Collins’s territory is rocky terrain. As one of Sen. McCain’s 11 regional campaign managers, he is responsible for Iowa, where Sen. Barack Obama holds a solid lead, and Missouri, a state Sen. McCain has to win but where polls show a

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O-bama, O-bama!

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

As expected, I left feeling inspired and full of hope. It was the first time in my life that I felt there were no barriers – it didn’t matter your race, age, sex, income level – everyone there was so friendly and energized and it didn’t

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WWOD? A Parody?

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

In the name of Obama, Amen. Comments Peggy March posted 9/22/08 @ 1:44 PM EST As the very fortunate performer who had a monster hit with I WILL FOLLOW HIM I can only hope FOR ALL OF US that BARACK OBAMA HAS THE SAME SUCCESS.

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McCain's Record of Reckless Dishonesty

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

Instead, with Rove protégé Steve Schmidt at the helm, McCain has turned the campaign into a torrent of debasing negativity, misrepresenting Barack Obama’s positions on everything from sex education for kindergarteners to middle-class

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