Obama: What a Movement Looks Like
Sam Graham-Felsen | MyDD.com

In early May, we tried something that might have seemed preposterous a few years ago.

We announced that on June 9, there would be a nationwide Walk for Change, where thousands of grassroots supporters from across the country would pound the pavement in their neighborhoods and share Barack’s hope for a new kind of politics. In the history of political campaigns, nothing like this– with people in all fifty states participating this early on in a campaign– had ever been done before. But we believed that by combining unmatched grassroots energy for a candidate with unprecedented integration of online tools, you guys could pull it off.

Below is the story, with video and photos, of Walk for Change. It’s the story an unprecedented grassroots mobilization that brought more than 10,000 people out to the streets. It’s the story of ordinary people working together to share their hopes and dreams; ultimately, it’s the story of an effort to reclaim our democracy.

Obama talks one-on-one with RNN
Politics on the Hudson - White Plains,NY,USA
… Richard French recently got the chance to do a one-on-one interview with presidential candidate Barack Obama, one of the leading Democratic contenders. …

ON CHANGE

“I get a sense right now that the American people might be ready for some big changes. I thought to myself—in that environment—a message that has some truth telling to it. A message that has some hope to it might appeal to people and I think the one thing I seem to be able to do effectively is to get people to think about their common values and their common ideals and to bring people together. And to bridge the divides of race and region and even party—and that was the reason I decided to go forward.”

ON THE MEDIA

“We’ve got a 24-hour news cycle—we’ve got the internet and blogs and talk radio. You can imagine a lot of thing that Bobby Kennedy said – if he was in today’s environment—would be skewed on Rush Limbaugh—all sorts of TV venues would dissect every single word that he said. So I think the environment it tougher now. I think the american people, though, are still hungry for some truth telling. I think they know that things are out of whack. They feel a huge disconnect form Washington and part of the reason I think so far the campaign’s been successful has been that people sense this is an opportunity to break out of the usual political conventions. And it’s hard to do. And the jury is still out as to whether it will work or not.”

ON HIS MISTAKES

“Some of the mistakes I make have nothing to do with the environment or the media. It just has to do with—I make mistakes. And all of us are going to make mistakes. But I do think that despite whatever mistakes I’m making—people still seem to be hungry for something new. They want to turn the page on this last sad chapter in American History with the war in Iraq, inattentiveness to issues like health care and that’s a huge opportunity that I hope our campaign can take advantage of and I hope democrats can take advantage of in 2008.”

Obama Seeks Counsel From Friends, Foes
CBS News Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:30 AM PDT
In his brief time in the Senate, Democrat Barack Obama, now running for president, has sought to educate himself on policy issues by listening to the experts ? even those he’s likely to disagree with.

Interviews with those, and with a handful of others who participated in the Obama seminars, suggest, unsurprisingly, that the senator’s discursive, academic style — which can come as a surprise to audiences who expect partisan red meat — was catnip to policy wonks. Though Obama hasn’t spent decades participating in the national domestic policy conversation to the extent that Bill Clinton had when he first sought the presidency, guests said they were struck by both Obama’s immersion in the policy details and his interest in the politics of policy.

"I’ve been here for 28 years, I’ve seen them come and go, I’ve seen the smart ones and the not so smart ones, and I was really impressed with his intellect and his sensitivity to the politics," said Bill Klinefelter, who was then the legislative director of the United Steelworkers of America.

"I remember being quite impressed by how much he had gotten into making these things work," said Woolsey.

Make Room, Moms For Obama: Jin Is Barack’s New MySpace Friend
MTV.com - USA
… a freestyle on his MySpace page titled "Open Letter 2 Obama," a pep-rally-like track honoring Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama. …

Obama inspires crowd with excitement, hope
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
If Barack Obama wanted to fire up a crowd of youngeducated voters Tuesday night on his "Generation Barack Obama" tour, one need look no further …

A twirling disco ball at a San Francisco nightclub cast fuchsia diamonds of light on the starched white collar of presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday night as he whipped up a crowd of nearly 1,000 mostly young professionals into a tent revival frenzy.

To a deafening roar of whoops and applause, the Democratic senator from Illinois strode back and forth across the stage telling the standing crowd packed onto the dance floor and filling the balconies that "people are hungry for change."

Barack Obama endorses low carbon fuel standard
Boston Globe - United States
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks at a house party in Hanover, New Hampshire May 28, 2007. Obama on Tuesday proposed a …

Obama Raises ’serious Concerns’ About FEC Nominee
CBS News Tue, 12 Jun 2007 9:23 AM PDT
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has "serious concerns" about whether Hans von Spakovsky, who was nominated by President Bush for a seat on the Federal Election Commission, should serve on the panel.

Upper-income black donors back Obama over Clinton
USA Today - USA
By Fredreka Schouten and Paul Overberg, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Democrat Barack Obama is surpassing rival Hillary Rodham Clinton in campaign contributions …

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