Friday, October 19, 2007

Assorted Obama News and Videos

Here are some clips from Barack Obama's appearance on the Tavis Smiley Show last night.








Obama's Iowa MySpace team has organized youth forums in that state together with MySpace and MTV.

Here is an excerpt from the official campaign blog:

Our Iowa MySpace team introduced Barack's Iowa Presidential Dialogue at Coe College sponsored by MySpace and MTV. The forum will stream live on MySpace.com, MTV's ChooseOrLose.com and MTV Mobile, airing at 7 p.m. ET that evening on MTV. The dialogue will be moderated by MTV News correspondents Gideon Yago and Sway Calloway, as well as WashingtonPost.com political reporter Chris Cillizza. For additional information on this event visit either www.myspace.com/barackobama_IA or www.myspace.com/election2008.


YouTube videos of Barack's recent appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno:










Patrick to endorse Obama at Boston Common rally

Boston Herald
AP -- Gov. Deval Patrick will announce his endorsement of presidential contender Barack Obama on Tuesday.



Barack Obama: Pragmatist learned to adapt to different worlds



CHICAGO - It was a Wednesday night ritual for Barack Obama: After a day of debating taxes, the death penalty or some other divisive issue, he'd head to a meeting of "The Committee."

Lawmakers and lobbyists, Democrats and Republicans alike, would put politics on hold and gather for ... their weekly poker game.

It was a chance for Obama, then an Illinois state lawmaker, to socialize over cards and cigars (or, in his case, cigarettes). It also was a way for this son of an African goat herder, this Harvard-educated lawyer, author and professor to show he could be just one of the guys.

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