I’m working away at my desk, the internet playing in the background, and I hear it again: a song to the incoming president—snatches from a Barack Obama speech set to a powerful, reverent house beat.
“It was a creed written in the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation”, you hear Obama [...]

Pennsylvanians facing tough times are embittered, according to Barack Obama, and so they turn to guns, and religion, and hold anti-immigration and anti-trade views. But the Pennsylvanians I’ve come across don’t seem all that bitter to me–they seem pretty normal, in fact. And compared to a famously bitter Chicagoan named Jeremiah Wright, Pennsylvanians [...]

According to an article in the Washington Post, Willie Brown, the former San Francisco mayor and longtime speaker of the California assembly, isn’t surprised that black voters have so embraced Obama, even against the legacy of the Clintons. “I think most white politicians do not understand that the race pride we all have trumps [...]

There was something so sleazy, so cold-blooded about the shafting Bill Richardson gave the Clintons when he endorsed Barack Obama for president a week ago that, for the first time this campaign season, I find myself sympathizing with—even rooting for—one of the big three presidential candidates: Hillary Clinton.

Regarding Geraldine Ferraro’s comment that Barack Obama is where he is because he’s black, Chris Matthews, scolding those who were defending Ferraro’s statement, declared her wrong on the grounds that no one ever says a white guy is where he is because he’s white.
However, by the time Matthews had delivered his sermon, Obama himself had [...]

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Ready for a black president
It keeps popping up everywhere this election, this question of America’s readiness for a black president. A Google search on the phrase, in quotes, [...]

All sing:

Now just the boys:

The health care mess in the United States is a top concern of voters. Too many Americans find that, despite their best efforts, they are unable to provide quality health care for their families. Too many Americans live in fear that an illness might leave them destitute. Too many Americans spend years sacrificing to pay [...]

If you were watching the results of the Iowa caucuses on CNN last Thursday, you saw “the best political team on television” become downright giddy over Obama’s win over the rest of the Democratic field.
Obama won because he is inspiring, gushed the best political team. He is brilliant, he has the right [...]