5 posts tagged “barack obama”
ObamaTravel was mentioned in Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" issue featuring President-Elect Obama. Thanks to Sander for his hard work and to my friend and favorite artist, Daniel Kelly, for helping Sander get to Montana. Nice of Time to post Sander's photo on page 44 in the issue commemmorating the journey of our 44th President (coincidence, you say? I think not!).
Once again, the presidential race will be determined by the outcome of a few key states (commonly known as swing states or battleground states). I'm pleased to announce the launch of ObamaTravel.org, a swing state project that Moira and I have been working on with three very dedicated web geniuses for the last couple of months.
ObamaTravel.org is a platform that connects volunteers who want to travel to a swing state (like Virginia or Colorado) with financial sponsors and swing state host families. It's sort of a political hybrid of Craig's List, Team-in-Training and Kiva.org - volunteers post profiles and solicit sponsorship from their family and friends. Sponsors can see their donations in action by following the activities of their volunteers.
In order for this project to have a real impact, we need to spread the word as far and wide as we can. So please volunteer or sponsor someone on the site. And forward this post to everyone in your address book who might want to travel to a swing state or who lives in a swing state (actually, just send it to everyone who supports Barack Obama!).
To learn more, please go to: http://www.obamatravel.org
> While Stevie Wonder's two songs were a bit of a let down, the individual stories after Biden were spot on. A few minutes from the big guy himself...
> Tim Kaine is speaking right now - it's been a little numbing with the slew of speeches thus far but they're pretty short and sweet on the whole. Will.i.am recreated the Yes We Can vid and Sheryl Crow played 3 or 4 songs. Just spoke to a lady who just arrived after a three hour wait - and there's still a line outside. Kaine just finished and Bill Richardson got one of the biggest applauses thus far.
> Please excuse my sloppy mobile formatting. The Yonder Mountain String Band just started picking to a mostly empty stadium.
> Not as bad as it looked at first-about an hour and a half to get inside. Security was tight but friendly.
> Well, we got off the light rail at the stadium and shockingly, there are lines as far as the eye can see...
>Apparently the day will be a long one. Doors open at one and we may be back around midnight. Time to pack and roll!
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Moira and I have been here in Denver all week, volunteering for the
Obama campaign and pretty much ignoring the hoopla surrounding the
convention. We were, however, fortunate enough to get score some last
minute credentials to tonight's event at Invesco Field/Mile High
Stadium.
Usually Haven wakes me up pretty early but I was too excited about the festivities to sleep past six this morning. I will try my hand for the first time at live blogging from the stadium. In addition to Barack's speech, Stevie Wonder will be playing. If you didn't have a chance to read my reactions to his Jazz Fest performance, check it out here. This should be one for the ages and I'm so happy Haven will be able to tell her grandkids someday that she was there (in her ObamaBaby onesie) to witness a truly historic event.
"It's over" according to CNBC's money man: Kudlow
"It's semi-official" according to Reason
We're past the point of no return according to Headline Junky
Texas Rules may favor Obama
Barack's Brain Trust and their stance on Israel
Learn more about tonight's debate moderator Campbell Brown and her Republican strategist hubby Dan Senor
Do you have any conservative friends? I, admittedly, still have a few. Well, today's links should provide you with ample ammunition:
Here's a piece of ridiculousness from everyone's favorite, David Brooks: NYT: David Brooks. In the article, he trots out this gem:
"Barack Obama vowed to abide by the public finance campaign-spending rules in the general election if his opponent did. But now he’s waffling on his promise. Why does he need to check with his campaign staff members when deciding whether to keep his word?"
Get the real scoop here on Obama's public financing "pledges" here: Barack Fact Check
Yesterday, my conservative friend echoed the latest talking point to me, that Obama is "the most liberal senator" according to "the very serious and very non-partisan, National Journal." Luminaries such as Karl Rove and Pat Buchanan are hell-bent on perpetuating this allegation as "fact." Amazingly, John Kerry was the Journal's "most liberal senator" of 2003! Read more about the National Journal's criteria for being a liberal senator here and here. As Steve Benen (c/o Brian Beutler) writes, "this is philistinism masquerading as social science."
Still ready on Day One: Clinton Fails to File Full Slate in PA
And here's a bit of encouraging polling data from Gallup: Obama Gaining Among Middle Aged, Women and Hispanics
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"Once you leave the womb, conservatives don’t care about you until you reach military age. Then you’re just what they’re looking for. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers."
- George Carlin
