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 November 7th, 2008

On Politics, Dreams, and Blogging

Friday, November 7th, 2008

People like Barack Obama are courageous enough to talk about hope and love and appeal to our better natures in a world where its easy to be dark and cynical and jaded. That’s real courage, it’s the courage of the human spirit and it’s

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The Great Turnout Myth Of 2008

Friday, November 7th, 2008

The latest such example is how Obama so inspired Americans of all walks of life to become involved and participate in the political process for the first time. The word “apathy” was no longer commonplace because of the hope and

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Nobody watching the climax of the US election campaign this

Friday, November 7th, 2008

He promises a new start. If he fails to deliver, the sense of disillusion will be enormous. He deserves the chance and he has earned it. Mr Obama has the opportunity to bring change. Let us hope he can seize it.

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Change Has Come, Obama To Lead

Friday, November 7th, 2008

It is a promise. It is a change we believe in… ” What can I say about him? I have been following his campaign throughout the whole year. Am really amazed and inspired by the way he delivers his speech, calm and charismatic.

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ferocious hope, indeed

Friday, November 7th, 2008

I believe that the way in which Obama’s campaign utilized and inspired so many volunteers to work on its behalf is in the process of translating that action to these issues and more. Since that night, I have already heard from a few

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An ObamaNation

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Obama attempted the impossible and succeeded! We are beginning to understand that dreams do come true. In essence, Barack Obama gave us the “Audacity to Hope.” Amazing how Obama’s book sums so eloquently this campaign.

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Edward Norton's Obama Documentary Gets A Hollywood Ending Long

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Long before President-elect Barack Obama had even made up his mind to run for the highest office in the land, Edward Norton and his Class 5 Films production company were already documenting the Senator’s life. The 39-year-old actor said

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Pres. Barack Obama

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Yet celebrations were often tempered by sobering concerns that Obama faces global challenges as momentous as the hopes his campaign inspired — wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the nuclear ambitions of Iran, the elusive hunt for peace in

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Lucia Brawley: The Happiest Day

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Barack Obama will be President. Mark my words,” I said, greeted often by laughs, scoffs and choruses of “Dream on!” Volunteering for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign often seemed like an exercise in futility, when he was behind

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IRAQ: Mesopotamia ponders Obama

Friday, November 7th, 2008

That was obvious during his campaign visit where he prayed at the Wailing Wall wearing a yarmulke. McCain didn’t do these things,” said Abdul Qadir Yunis, who runs a private company in Mosul. In Kurdistan, some Iraqis were inspired by

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