Weekly Address 1/17/09 Three Days To Go Y’all!

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Fireside Chat (Revisited)

President-Elect Barack Obama, earnest to hit the ground running, has delivered the first of his weekly Democratic addresses not only in the traditional radio format of FDR’s fireside chats but in an updated YouTube version as well (computer-glow talks perhaps?). Once the radio address is aired on Saturday morning its YouTube counterpart will be posted on [...]

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On America, Inclusive and Bold

The freshly dilated patriotism of my last post saw a campaign strategy funded by small donors, ran by volunteers, expanded by technology and to 49 states (sorry Alaska) transferring to the governance of this country and buoyantly called this “new America” inclusive. Though the optimism of a transparent government that treats its citizens like adults [...]

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President-Elect Barack Hussein Obama

It’s been a week since Barack Obama was elected to be the 44th president of these United States of America. Since the teeth-gnashing disappointment of past elections built a despondent callus, protecting me from potentially misleading polls, Bradley effect, voter disenfranchisement and the same old same old. Since the Get Out The Vote efforts went into [...]

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The True Genius of America

I am so overwhelmed!!!
L.Arnell

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This Is It!

I don’t know that I have any poignant words for the palpable mixture of anxiety, hope and excitement that seems to hang above the country and the world, I can just plead that everyone who has the unique privilege and historic opportunity to vote in this election does so with care and sober reflection. I [...]

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Reason, Prudence and Care

Andrew Sullivan offers an epic closing statement and a refreshed endorsement of Barack Obama for president while reminding us (lest we forget) of the analytical accumen of his year-old “Goodbye to All That”

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A Bittersweet Time

 
Update: Madelyn Dunham’s absentee ballot will be counted by the state of Hawaii.

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100,000

The crowd at an Obama rally swells to 100,000 in the hotly contested battleground state of Missouri.
Update: So does the campaign’s wallet, bringing in $150,000,000 in September with a grand total of 3.1 million donors.

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