Entries Tagged as 'Obama'

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Barack is Ballin’

A few weeks ago we mentioned exactly how spectacular it would be to see Senator Obama playing some hoops. We finally got our wish, as he plays in a 3-on-3 game against a few voter registration drive winners in Maple Crest Middle School, Indiana. In the spirit of the NBA playoffs, here’s the vid.

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Thursday, April 17th, 2008

But, Mr. Obama, why didn’t you take the initiative in those 45-minutes?

Never one to throw in the rhetorical towel, Senator Obama, speaking from Raleigh, North Carolina, reminds us that last nights debate was… um… meaningless. Today he reiterated how it took 45 minutes for the debate to address real issues. We can’t help wondering why he didn’t try harder last night at actually adressing those real […]

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Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Jersey Jabs: The Same Old Horse and Pony Show

Adam Leitenberger is a correspondent and contributor for The College Voter from Rutgers University in New Jersey.

After watching the debates last night, I’m glad that the two Democratic candidates are easily distinguishable from each other in their appearances—otherwise, I’d be unable to tell one from the other. A large part […]

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Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Dispatch from Texas: Obama-Springsteen ‘08?

Colin Kalmbacher is a correspondent and contributor for The College Voter from The University of Texas at Austin.

Editors Note: Post best read while listening to “Streets of Philadelphia”
Well, he sure as hell ain’t no superdelegate but he is tougher than the rest.
Yesterday Bruce Springsteen rolled out his long-awaited (but not really surprising) endorsement of Barack […]

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Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Obama’s Comments on Pennsylvania: Truthiness

So perhaps it wasn’t the smartest political move to say:
“You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania…it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.” via. Huffington Post

It definitely wasn’t […]

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