Obama '08?

In what respect?

I would Tico. I'm interested in any real life drama played out in the public gaze involving money and vanity.

It must be an easy game if blokes his age can still cut it.

I wonder if Obama will lose some of the black vote because of his stand on his opposition to reparations for blacks?
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Obama opposes slavery reparations
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SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama opposes offering reparations to the descendants of slaves, putting him at odds with some black groups and leaders.

The man with a serious chance to become the nation's first black president argues that government should instead combat the legacy of slavery by improving schools, health care and the economy for all.

Shifting from his previous opposition to expanded offshore drilling, the Illinois senator told a Florida newspaper he could get behind a compromise with Republicans and oil companies to prevent gridlock over energy…
"My interest is in making sure we've got the kind of comprehensive energy policy that can bring down gas prices," Obama said in an interview with The Palm Beach Post.
"If, in order to get that passed, we have to compromise in terms of a careful, well thought-out drilling strategy that was carefully circumscribed to avoid significant environmental damage - I don't want to be so rigid that we can't get something done."

The AFL-CIO is attacking McCain with a TV spot saying he voted "against increasing health care benefits for veterans." Actually, he voted for increases in those benefits.

The labor federation points to McCain's votes against Democratic proposals to increase funding. Those were defeated along party lines and were accompanied by alternative measures to increase benefits by smaller amounts, all of which passed unanimously or with near-unanimous majorities. McCain supported all of them.

The AFL-CIO also points to a McCain vote against a war spending supplemental appropriations measure from 2007 that included additional funding for veterans' health care, along with much else. The measure passed the Senate along partisan lines but was vetoed by President Bush. But McCain voted for a later version of the supplemental that ultimately passed into law and actually included slightly more funding for veterans' benefits.

I think Obama is going to win NC this year.

http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880729044

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You don't have to be a meteorologist to forecast what appears likely in North Carolina's elections. There are many indications that state Democrats may enjoy big victories at the polls November 4th.

For starters, elections officials report huge increases in numbers registering to vote. Some 257,000 have been added to the rolls since January, 51,000 of them since the May primaries. Of that number 145,000 registered as Democrats, while only 17,000 listed the Republican Party, an eight to one registration advantage for Democrats.

95,000 registered as Unaffiliated. Who are these people? We are told many are young and African Americans registering for the first time. It is a safe assumption many have registered to vote for Barack Obama.

We now have 5.9 million registered voters and Bob Hall of the watchdog group Democracy North Carolina is advising local officials to expect a large turnout and long lines, recommending more polling sites for early voting and more polling staff on Election Day. The record turnout of two million in the May primaries would certainly signal heightened voter interest.

An 8 to 1 increase in registrations for Dems. This sort of thing has been going on all over the south and all over America really; increasing registration and turnout is the unsung tactic that Obama is really excelling at, and McCain totally sucks at.

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