"Sunday's broadcast also features unique coverage of Obama. 60 Minutes was the only news organization allowed to videotape behind the scenes at Obama's Chicago campaign headquarters on Super Tuesday and to record the candidate and his wife as they watched the election coverage on television."

Tell your friends, this could be good. I wouln't be surprised if this isn't one of "60 Minutes" biggest nights.

I can't wait to see Obama's face when Minnesota came in over 2 to 1 for him. I spent two hours talking to an old friend, and another hour putting together an email full of links to get them to reconsider their vote. In the end, they voted for Obama, and they called me back and thanked me. It felt so good to say to myself that I had something to do with that one vote.

I was surprised they didn't know about him, and this made me realize, the only thing standing in Obama's way is people getting to know him. I hope somebody puts together an in depth documentary on his life.

This story at Vanity Fair told me a bunch of stuff I didn't know, and there's some really great pictures of him and his parents when he was a kid. If you are interested, here's the link:

Raising Obama

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/03/obama200803

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And I believe him. He will not be swiftboated. Something is strong and special about this young man. I cannot even say it is the same toughness of some strong american blacks, especially the older generations.. It's different and it is real.

I am in stunned disbelief at the level of out right ignorance, bigotry, and fear mongering that is being posted on this article in the guise of political discourse between an adult electorate. Senator Obama, a Christian American, of African American heritage, is being told in 2008, that he should resign from his campaign because of fear of an unknown and as yet unleashed attack on his character due to his ethnicity, heritage, lineage, name, or previously disclosed drug experience? This is utter nonsense, Senator Obama has been vetted by the Clinton campaign which is one of the most effective political operations in the history of this nation. And, the Clinton political operation has the same resources and propensities as their Republican counterparts - Mr. Obama is not afraid because he has no reason to be afraid - he vetted himself in writing a long time ago - his detractors and opponents can repeat, raise their voices, post misinformation on the internet, and refuse to accept the facts but Senator Obama (like Senator Clinton and Senator McCain) will serve this nation well wether or not s/he is elected President in 2008.

Ah, good! I'm hoping for Steve gives Obama the famous "Mike Wallace bump."

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Another Idiot, Swiftboaters are not interested in the truth. Their going to lie.

and use fear

and race

and money



And these dumb Americans who bought your bullshit story Obama will believe all of it.


Say hell-o president John McCain

How will Obama know if he is being swift boated - all of those folks speak in tongues - you never know what they are saying.
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http://thefiresidepost.com/2008/02/08/limbaugh-speaks-in-tongues-with-copeland/

I think it's hilarious when I read posts where someone says they KNOW what's going to happen. Then they go into these conveluted theories supported by faulty reasoning and extremely weak evidence. From bandwagon appeal and name calling, to glittering genralitites and unreleated testimonials, the reasoning here is truly faulty.

I don't know what's going to happen this November, but I do know it's going to be very different from any election we've ever had. Ever. So, spectulate away you super-theorists, it's highly entertaining.

Read Vancouver Sun

The Clinton campaign was fairly nasty in SC, but that rebounded.

They could be MUCH nastier. Overstating your opponents' dirty tricks is a preemptive strike, preventing them from doing it. Bill Clinton did it in 92 - when the Gennifer Flowers story broke, he basically laid it at the feet of the Bush campaign even though they had nothing to do with it.

The press understood Bush wasn't the source, but from that point on it innoculated him from any dirty tricks the Bush campaign MIGHT pull.

I think both Obama and Clinton are in sort of funny positions where they're prevented from going negative against each other. Obama can't do it because a man aggressively attacking a woman, even in 2008, provokes sympathy from almost everyone. By the same token Hillary Clinton can't do it because their campaign has such a reputation for sleaze that they have virtually no wiggle room.

The best they could do was have surrogates nip at Obama early in the campaign, but once people figured out the pattern there, they had to stop it because it was making them look bad.

>> Why am I not a top media commentator? I kid you not and I'll swear on a stack of bibles -- I said over 3 years ago that Rush and other conservative shills would be trying to get Hillary elected in 2008.

Why did I know this more than 3 years ago? Because Hillary met with Rupert Murdoch and some other NeoCons. And the fact that the NeoCons have run Republican credibility into the ground -- it's time to run their scams with someone on another team.

This has NOTHING to do with McCain. I think Hillary is brilliant, and she and Obama "sound great" in the debates. However, Rove has been busy making sure that real threats to fascism like Kucinich and Edwards wouldn't make it. And I'm sure the caging going on in California and New York were meant to guarantee the correct Democrat won.

If nothing else, these NeoCons and Bush Crime Family members need to make sure there are no investigations. Bill Clinton before Hillary, chose not to investigate the Reagan/Bush crime spree. So, they need someone who can stay bought.

I'm no fan of McCain, and I'm not sure of Obama as a person who will push for investigations -- but, as usual, I'm going to vote for the person I least distrust.

But really, McCain may not be a Supply-side Republican nutball, but this MOCK outrage from Coulter and Rush -- you explain that. Hillery was the spawn of Satan a few years back, now McCain is somehow worse? How many spawns of Satan can you get from Universal Healthcare? Well, this from the same people who have found a dozen #2 members of Al Qaeda -- who's counting, eh?

the repukes will swiftboat either of them ,there is skeletons in Obamas past just like there is in Clintons past,this will be sites like this for fluffing up Obama without vetting the negatives of Obama ,huffpoo just all feel good and fluff about Obama will backfire if Obama is the candidate in November, cause the dems didn't and media didn't do their job of vetting the good and the bad of Obama ,they sure did with Clinton,your going to need a lot more then hope and courage to save America going to need action and FAST ACTION at that,that the repukes will go to town on him with all the negative that are being hidden by the media but believe me the repukes will dig them up big time,as for Clinton they been at the wolfs den before so Clinton swiftboating her will be nothing we haven't already heard 10 million times already ,

That's good Barack. But it's the repubs four years later. Swift-boating is old news. They've developed and tested a whole new batch of ways to deceive, manipulate, abuse and denigrate you. Count on it. And be more than ready for it.

I'm sure others have made the same comment but am not going through the thread tonight. Yes, Obama will withstand any swift-boating by the Republicans because he has already withstood The Clintons.

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He'll just whine like he did when he thought Bill was picking on him, only this time, it won't do him any good. Hillary has taken all of the hits that Repblicans could throw at her, and she's still standing. That's why Republicans hate her. She's too strong for them and they know it. The Republicans (with the help of the main stream media) are promoting Obama because they know they can crush him in the general election, and if he thinks they are going to tip toe around him because of his race, he better think again. They will dig up any kind of dirt they can find and make some up on top of it. Hillary is our only real chance of taking back the White House and getting this country back on track after the mess Bush has made. Please wake up people!