Barack Obama Chronicles

The Moderate Voice - Domestic and international news analysis, irreverent comments, original reporting, and popular culture features from across the political spectrum. added an interesting post today on Audio: BBC speaks w/TMV blogger re: impact of Samantha Power incident
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Audio: BBC speaks w/TMV blogger re: impact of Samantha Power incident March 7th, […]

Christopher placed an observative post today on Obama walks "the hero's journey" . . .
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Obama’s myth is a tried-and-true one. The late folklorist Joseph Campbell called it “the hero’s journey,” and it’s found in every culture, from Moses, David and Odysseus to Luke Skywalker, Frodo and Harry Potter. …

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Bring It On! National News placed an interesting blog post on Unemployed with NO Insurance
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The vast great economy of George W. Bush finally tapped yours truly on the shoulder on Thursday March 6th. I was laid off by my employer and for the first time in my entire working […]

Betsy Newmark created an interesting post today on Barack Obama's Illinois career - not quite the magic man
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The Houston Press has an interesting, albeit long, story by a reporter who knew Barack Obama from his early days in Illinois politics. And it is quite revealing as the writer, Todd Spivak , recalls […]

Bring It On! National News placed an observative post today on Theocracy in America
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A few weeks ago, a concerned, “unaligned but not conservative” friend sent me an email expressing his absolute concern and conviction that Mike Huckabee would create, hot on the heels of George W. Bush, an actual theocracy […]

Writes Like She Talks by Jill Miller Zimon placed an interesting blog post on JMZ on the BBC: Samantha Power incident and its impact on the campaigns
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Listen here if you’re interested in knowing what the BBC wanted to know about how I feel and how I feel about the Samantha Power […]

Writes Like She Talks by Jill Miller Zimon put an intriguing blog post on Gary Hart: Hillary Thinks the Democrats Deserve to Lose Unless She is the Nominee
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From HuffPo: By saying that only she and John McCain are qualified to lead the country, particularly in times of crisis, Hillary […]

Jeet Heer added an interesting post on Did you hear the one about Hillary Clinton and the Pope?
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With the bickering and back-and-forth between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama growing more and more intense every day, a little political humor may be just what the doctor ordered. Enjoy… […]

Rowsey Blog placed an observative post today on Obama Campaign Misteps
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According to an article on The Politico, the Obama campaign has not had a very good week. © admin for Rowsey Blog, 2008. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us digg Who’s […]

Blatant Reality placed an observative post today on Democratic Dune
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Democratic Dune Posted by Jonathan Williams on Mar 7th, 2008 2008 Mar 7 Well, this has forever ruined Frank Herbert’s Dune series for me. If you like Dune and want to keep it that way, […]