Obama tells the truth about the “gas tax holiday”

Economists agree: the gax tax holiday will NOT work… it’s pointless
A gas tax holiday proposed by U.S. presidential hopefuls John McCain and Hillary Clinton is viewed as a bad idea by many economists and has drawn unexpected support for Clinton rival Barack Obama, who also is opposed.
“Score one for Obama,” wrote Greg Mankiw, a former [...]

82-year-old says Obama had better be President

She’s fired up! She is too cute… I saw this at Andrew Sullivan’s blog and had to post it =)
“Don’t hit on Hillary; bring us all back. Let her do that stuff. Leave her alone. You don’t need to do that; you are higher than that. Bring us up higher than that,” Weiss said with [...]

Another superdelegate for Obama

Richard Machacek, an Iowa superdelegate, said that he’ll support Obama.
Machacek, a Buchanan County Democrat also on the party’s state central committee, said Obama’s performance at Saturday’s Democratic district conventions in Iowa tipped the balance in his favor.
Obama netted 16 of the 29 national convention delegates at stake in the state’s five congressional districts, while Clinton [...]

Obama picks up Kentucky surperdelegate

U.S. Rep Ben Chandler endorses Obama
U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler, heir to a famous Kentucky political name, endorsed fellow Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday, likening it to his grandfather’s support of John Kennedy a generation ago.
Chandler, who represents a central Kentucky district featuring a mix of farms and small towns as well as Lexington, [...]

Arizona superdelegate announces support for Obama

Charlene Fernandez will cast her vote for Obama. She’s the 241st superdelegate for Senator Obama.
Charlene Fernandez, the newly-elected first vice chairwoman of the Arizona Democratic Party, announced her support tonight for Mr. Obama
“Senator Barack Obama is strengthening the Democratic Party by bringing in new voters, young and old, into the process,” Ms. Fernandez said in [...]

Obama responds to a veteran in Indiana

An Indiana veteran how the VA’s Healthcare System can be improved. Obama’s plan for Veteran Affairs can be found here.

Can Obama handle the rock?

As promised, Senator Barack Obama played 3-on-3 basketball with high school students in Indiana. Blake Hancock, a 17-year old at Marion High School who registered 180 students to vote, won the 3-on-3 Challenge for Change voter registration drive and earned the opportunity to play with the presidential candidate.
Play by Play

(Hat tip: [...]

Bill Moyers interviews Reverend Jeremiah Wright

Bill Moyers provides an in-depth look at Reverend Jeremiah Wright, a learned scholar and preacher. At the BMJ site, you can read more about Reverend Wright, Trinity United Church of Christ, and Black Theology. The two-part video is below. A podcast as well as the transcript is also available.
More than 3,000 news stories have been [...]

A major fundraiser for Clinton is now with Obama

Chuck Todd of NBC reports that Gabriel Guerra-Mondragon, former ambassador to Chile, has informed the Senator Clinton that he is leaving her campaign to join the Obama campaign. Next week, Senator Obama will make a formal announcement about Guerra-Mondragon’s role on his national finance committee.
Among the reasons for Guerra-Mondragon to defect, according to one informed [...]

Obama gets Oregon superdelegate

Rep. David Wu of Oregon chooses Obama
On the fence no more, U.S. Rep. David Wu, one of Oregon’s dozen Democratic super-delegates, announced this morning that he will back Sen. Barack Obama for his party’s presidential nomination.
“He’s the embodiment of change,” Wu said this morning on a conference call with reporters.
Wu went on to say that [...]