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Back at Hillary: Obama calls his judgment best
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
Barack Obama is to convince voters he has the experience to be president. He turns 46 on Aug. 4 and has been in the Senate since January 2005. …

Sweet blog special: Obama keeping heat on Clinton. Who is naive …
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is continuing to keep pressure up on chief rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (DN.Y.) over the issue that is central to both of their …

Craig Crawford’s Trail Mix: Give Obama a Break on Talking to Dictators
New York Times - United States
By Craig Crawford, CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY You would think that White House contender Barack Obama had proposed giving Fidel Castro the Presidential Medal …

Obama Snags NH Endorsement
New York Times - United States
Representative Paul Hodes, a New Hampshire Democrat, is scheduled to sign up with Senator Barack Obama tomorrow morning in Concord, NH Mr. Obama’s aides …

Obama Stirs Up the Duel With Clinton
New York Times - United States
By Katharine Q. Seelye Senator Barack Obama has upped the ante in his case against Senator Hillary Clinton — on camera. "I think what is irresponsible and …

Obama’s Strategy: Emulate Reagan
CBS News Wed, 25 Jul 2007 9:30 AM PDT
Barack Obama’s strategy for overtaking Hillary Clinton to win the Democratic nomination ? based around victories in key early states ? borrows a page from an unlikely source: Ronald Reagan’s 1980 campaign.

Barack Obama’s People Problem [His "high-class" problem? Generating huge crowds which limits direct contact with voters.]
TIME - USA
Barack Obama speaks at a house party organized in support of his presidential bid, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jae C. Hong / AP Lauren Smith, 22, drove an hour …

‘Obama time’
MSNBC - USA
It’s time for Barack Obama Obama: I know what you know. Despite all the progress that has been made, we still have more work to do. …

Obama wins CNN focus group
MSNBC - USA
Again, this is all unscientific results from this focus group, but clearly throughout this debate Senator Barack Obama was showing some favorable responses

Obama is the Democrats’ common sense ‘liberal’
USA Today - USA
By DeWayne Wickham When Barack Obama announced his strategy for combating some of the most intractable problems afflicting urban blacks, he invoked the name …

WINDS OF CHANGE ARE NOT ALL BLOWING HILLARY’S WAY
Yahoo! News - USA
Barack Obama has subtly but unmistakably identified it. "What we’re more interested in is looking forward," he said in an interview with The Associated …

Obama Says He Would Walk Picket Line
ABC News - USA
(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) The Associated Press By MIKE GLOVER Associated Press Writer Democrat Barack Obama told union activists Saturday night that he …

Why Clinton vs. Obama seems like iPods vs. Windows
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
Barack Obama, on the other hand, is like Apple. His brand is driven primarily by its emotional appeal: He is exciting and fresh to some, hip and cool to …

Obama: Big business, lobbyists blocking change
Boston Globe - United States
This was Barack Obama’s populist message this morning at the Adeline C. Marston Elementary School here, one of three public campaign stops in the last two …

Obama Says Iraq Has ‘Distracted’ Us
TIME - USA
Senator Barack Obama, campaigning in New Hampshire Thursday and Friday, latched onto the recently released National Intelligence Estimate as proof that …

Obama Says He, Too, Is a Poverty Fighter
Washington Post - United States
Barack Obama (D-Ill.), came to Anacostia yesterday to stake his own claim as a poverty warrior — and to present a vision for fixing struggling inner cities …

WHY IS OBAMA SO STRONG?
Yahoo! News - USA
NEW YORK — When I left the country for a few weeks of summer travel overseas, the conventional wisdom was that the phenomenon of 2007, Barack Obama, …

Since January 2007, the Barack the House Link Party has compiled news items that highlight the many reasons why Barack Obama will be the 44th President of the United States.

And it doubles as a resource for people working to ensure that accurate and positive information about Barack gets out to the public. If you’re interested in helping out with this effort, please consider joining the Obama Rapid Response group on my.barackobama.com.

Interesting video showing the CNN’s focus group’s reaction to the July 23rd CNN/YouTube debate question on meeting with foreign leaders. Obama beats Clinton.

Go here for a full-size slide show.

…on Iraq…

…after the debate…

…candidate video shown during debate…

Max Blumenthal attends the recent College Republican convention to see just how committed these youngsters are in their strong support of the War.

The responses won’t surprise you…

Barack speaks with a supporter…

Obama raises more money in Vermont than all other candidates
Boston Globe - United States
Barack Obama raised more money in Vermont during the first six months of the year than all over candidates combined, documents show. …

Davis said Obama was using the Internet to raise money, a method pioneered by former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean.

"I think the Obama campaign studied the Dean campaign very carefully and they realized how the Internet can be used as a tool not just to raise money but also to organize people and get people mobilized to support the candidate as election day approaches closer." Davis said.

Pure Horserace: On Equal Footing
CBS News - New York City,NY,USA
Barack Obama was quick out of the gate in responding to the new information, giving a preview of what we can expect in coming days in the debates over Iraq …

Barack Obama was quick out of the gate in responding to the new information, giving a preview of what we can expect in coming days in the debates over Iraq and terrorism. "After almost six years, awesome sacrifices by our brave men and women in uniform, and hundreds of billions of dollars spent, we are no safer than we were on 9/11," Obama said in a statement sent out by his campaign. "This is a consequence of waging a misguided war in Iraq that should never have been authorized, and failing to seize the opportunity to do lasting harm to the extremist networks that pose a direct threat to our homeland."

Obama is calling for a withdrawal from Iraq, as are his fellow Democratic candidates, but that could prove a difficult argument in light of the report’s warnings about potential dangers posed by al Qaeda elements in that war zone. Republicans seeking to hold off congressional action on a withdrawal are certain to seize on that element of the report to argue that the nation can ill-afford to leave the terrorist group in Iraq free to plot and plan after the U.S. leaves or pulls back.

But Democrats can — and will — loudly zero in on the administration’s inability to prevent the reconstitution of al Qaeda and, as Obama does, argue that the war in Iraq has contributed to the terrorist threat. Republicans, many of whom have taken to describing the fight against terrorism as a war with "jihadists," will advocate "staying on the offensive," which includes combating terrorists in Iraq. In other words, expect this report to generate more of the same essential argument the parties have been engaged in for the past several years. Just don’t expect Republicans to get the bounce they once did from terrorist threats.

A Foundation Built on Small Blocks
Washington Post - United States
Barack Obama — and they gave it over the Internet. Check out this guide to all the Democrats and Republicans who are running (or are likely to run) for …

Touting his success, Obama said his fundraising effort is "the largest grass-roots campaign in history for this stage of a presidential race." Jerome Armstrong, an Internet adviser for Howard Dean’s insurgent campaign four years ago, didn’t dispute that.

"What we’re seeing here is Obama’s broad, wide, mainstream appeal, and he’s bringing in new people . . . people who aren’t necessarily political junkies who follow the blogs," said Armstrong, who is the founder of the blog MyDD.

Obama’s Camp Sees Big Value in Small Donors
New York Times Mon, 16 Jul 2007 7:21 PM PDT
Senator Barack Obama?s campaign has employed novel tactics, like counting sales of $4.50 key chains as contributions, to pump up numbers and cultivate support.

Fenty to Endorse Obama, Sources Say
Washington Post - United States
Barack Obama’s bid for the Democratic nomination for president tomorrow, sources said this evening. Fenty (D) has so far been noncommittal when asked who he …

Obama rails against ‘epidemic of violence’
Boston Globe - United States
… neighborhood violence firsthand, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said yesterday that more must be done to end a major social ill. …

Obama on Iowa, Iraq and the 2008 race
USA Today - USA
Barack Obama, D-Ill., on Saturday about his presidential campaign after events in northeastern Iowa. Here are excerpts: Q: Why is Iowa still so important in …

Q. What have you felt resistance to on the campaign trail?

A. Obviously, I’m probably not getting a complete sampling of resistance out there. … I don’t find much resistance on the issue of experience. Because people understand that I’ve got a lot of experience. I just haven’t been in Washington that long. I do think that people are interested in electability. They are interested in toughness, both with respect to being able to win a general election and being able to take on some of the big challenges that are out there. The main thing is people are very receptive to the message. They just have to overcome the cynicism that’s built up over the last couple of decades about the effectiveness of government in Washington.

Obama: Strong Women Made Him Pro-Choice
U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA
Barack Obama may not be the female candidate, he cited a family of strong women as part of his reason for supporting reproductive rights at a Planned …

Illinois’ Obama stakes out turf in neighboring state
USA Today - USA
Barack Obama scanned about 250 people on a backyard lawn sloping down to the Turkey River and urged them to grow their own fuel "right here in Illinois. …

Oprah and Obama
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
The talk show host, who is estimated by Forbes magazine to be worth $1.5 billion, will host a fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama …

Since January 2007, the Barack the House Link Party has compiled news items that highlight the many reasons why Barack Obama will be the 44th President of the United States.

And it doubles as a resource for people working to ensure that accurate and positive information about Barack gets out to the public. If you’re interested in helping out with this effort, please consider joining the Obama Rapid Response group on my.barackobama.com.

An email sent yesterday by the Vermont Democratic Party. Let your virtual vote be your virtual voice…

Over the past couple of months the Vermont Democratic Party has undergone some significant changes.  We've added new staff, moved into more effective office space and started sustaining grassroots programs that will help us win in 2008!

 

We are investing more time and energy into working on issues that we believe Vermont can and should be taking the lead on.  These important issues affect us all, like the environment, the economy and health care.

But, we're also gearing up for one of the most important presidential elections this country has ever seen, and we're excited about the great group of Democrats who have stepped up to the plate and are vying for our Party's nomination.  Each and every one of our candidates has presented a compelling vision for how to restore America to its path of progress at home and its respected leadership role abroad.

In anticipation of the campaigns heating up in Vermont, we're launching our official online straw poll of our candidates.  The results will give our candidates a measure of support in the state, and we'll report the results to the DNC and the media.

So, please go to our website and vote  in this important democratic exercise or http://www.vtdemocrats.org/page/s/strawpoll 

 

And, while you're there,  please sign up to volunteer with the VDP and help us continue  to advocate for positive change in the face of Jim Douglas' failure of leadership.

Thank you for your  participation,

Jill Krowinski,
Executive Director, Vermont Democratic Party

P.S. We're working to recruit, support and elect candidates here in Vermont with bold visions for our state, but we can't make that happen without your support, so sign up for our People Powered Pledge today!

Hope to see you there…

Michelle Gardner-Quinn, the young woman who was murdered after being abducted on Main St. in Burlington last October, was an environmental studies student. Two days before she was murdered, she submitted an essay, entitled “This I Believe,” on her dedication to the environmental movement.

Well, some very famous women (as well as Michelle’s mother) just got together to read excerpts from her essay.

It’s a very moving tribute.

Michelle’s full essay can be found here.