August 6, 2008

Times Magazine: Is Obama the End of Black Politics?

By MATT BAI

Forty-seven years after he last looked out from behind the bars of a South Carolina jail cell, locked away for leading a march against segregation in Columbia, James Clyburn occupies a coveted suite of offices on the second and third floors of the United States Capitol, alongside the speaker and the House majority [...]

August 6, 2008

Keith Olbermann: The McCain Meltdown on Energy Issues ~ Post No. 080608-1

 Video | Olbermann, Hilton, & McCain
ELKHART, Ind. (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama on Wednesday taunted Republican presidential rival John McCain for first mocking the idea of keeping tires inflated for energy conservation and then agreeing the practice works.
“It will be interesting to watch this debate between John McCain and John McCain,” Obama said as he campaigned [...]