Obamamania

Sen. Obama, you’re unelectable (and an illegitimate candidate) Michael Powell, Obama Addresses Critics on ‘Centrist’ Moves, The Caucus/New York Times, July 8, 2008. iamOnly1, Obama’s Flawed Race Strategy: Why the Black Vote Won’t Be Enough, No Quarter, July 8, 2008. Michael Williams, Obama’s Losing Youth Support - Hope Out the Window. Or, “Flip-Flops Can Kill”, The CR Voice, July 8, 2008. Ed Morrissey, Are they blue? Well, they’re seeing red now, Hot Air, July 8, 2008. Richard... Read Full Story

Seth Gitell asked July 8, 2008, in the New York Sun whether Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is a “Cog in the Chicago Machine?” The reality is that without Mr. Daley’s backing, Mr. Obama would be running a very different kind of campaign. Part of the tactical genius for Mr. Obama’s campaign has been provided by his campaign consultant, David Axelrod, who also is a longtime operative in Mr. Daley’s operation. A columnist with the Chicago Tribune, John Kass, explained the arrangement in an interview... Read Full Story

It has been assumed that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) had no prior relationship with Northern Trust until it became his mortgage banker for the June 2005 purchase of his Hyde Park townhouse. It has been suggested that it was convicted political fixer Antoin “Tony” Rezko, Obama’s political patron and personal real estate fairy, who led him to Northern Trust. Recently, it was pointed out that one of his early political backers, Lester Crown (photo), a board member at Northern Trust, may have... Read Full Story

The Boston Globe’s Binyamin Appelbaum wrote June 27, 2008, that presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) “has campaigned on a promise to create an Affordable Housing Trust Fund that could give developers an estimated $500 million a year.” Appelbaum commented that this was a “[g]rim proving ground for Obama’s housing policy.” Sen. Obama “endorsed subsidies for private entrepreneurs to build low-income units. But, while he garnered support from developers, many projects in his former... Read Full Story

Screenshot of Marxists/Socialists/Communists for Obama, 06/30/08 In his June 30, 2008, World Net Daily article about the My.BarackObama community Marxists/Socialists/Communists for Obama on Sen. Barack Obama’s official website, Jerusalem bureau chief Aaron Klein wrote “Marxists, socialists, and communists have created a safe space online to congregate, exchange ideas—including a stated revolution against the U.S. ‘oppressive’ regime—and support their favored presidential candidate,” Barack... Read Full Story