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Lynn Sweet: Chicagoans To Tell Obama's Story At Convention

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 08.19.2008 | Chicago

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When Alexi Giannoulias was an undergraduate at the University of Chicago in the mid-1990s, one of the guys he would play pick-up basketball games with...

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Spinning Our Wheels - Chicago Area Obama Platform Meetings

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 08.06.2008 | Home

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I signed up for two of Obama's "Listening to America" platform events. The first one was advertised as "Talk about Health Care." I drove 30-odd miles ...

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An Insider's Response To The New Yorker's Obama Cover

236.com | 23/6: The News, But Funnier | Posted 07.15.2008 | Media

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In light of the controversy surrounding this week's New Yorker cover, we wanted get some insight from an insider at the notoriously tight-lipped publi...

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Obama Reacts To New Yorker Cover (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.14.2008 | Media

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Barack Obama was asked if he had a response to the very controversial New Yorker cover that combines every rumor and smear about him and his wife Mich...

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Reading The Pictures: The "What" Of What's Wrong With Barack Osama TNY Cover

Michael Shaw | Posted 07.14.2008 | Media

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2008-07-14-newyorkerobama.jpgI'm sure you've already seen analysis as to why it's so bad. Here is the actual "what" of what's wrong.

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David Remnick On That New Yorker Cover: It's Satire, Meant To Target "Distortions And Misconceptions And Prejudices" About Obama

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.13.2008 | Media

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This week's New Yorker cover shows Barack and Michelle Obama as Muslim terrorists burning a flag in the Oval Office. Why would they publish such a thing? We asked New Yorker editor David Remnick. Here's what he said.

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New Yorker Cover Shows Muslim, Flag-Burning, Osama-Loving, Fist-Bumping Obama

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.13.2008 | Media

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Who knows if they'll get this in Dubuque, but they sure aren't going to like it in Chicago: This week's New Yorker cover features an image of Michell...

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Yikes! Controversial New Yorker Cover Shows Muslim, Flag-Burning, Osama-Loving, Fist-Bumping Obama

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.13.2008 | Media

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Presumably the readership is sophisticated enough to get the joke, but this going to upset a lot of people -- probably for the same reason it's going to delight a lot of others on the right.

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Barack Obama: Forensics on the Southside

Markus Ziener | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

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For the first time in a long time, we have a presidential contender who knows the hardships of the simple life -- and the tricks to stay afloat in a city like Chicago.

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Obama Left Community Organizing To Make "Large Scale Change"

NY Times | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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The year was 1985 and Gerald Kellman, a community organizer, was interviewing an applicant named Barack Obama to work in the demoralized landscape of ...

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NYT's Front Page Obama Profile: "The Ultimate Pragmatist"

New York Times | Posted 05.11.2008 | Politics

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In August 1999, Barack Obama strolled amid the floats and bands making their way down Martin Luther King Drive on Chicago's South Side. Billed as the ...

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Obama Once Visited '60s Radicals

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics

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In 1995, State Senator Alice Palmer introduced her chosen successor, Barack Obama, to a few of the district's influential liberals at the home of two ...

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