Obama on 60 Minutes this Sunday for first time as President-elect

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(CBS) President-elect Barack Obama has agreed to give his first post-election interview to 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft. The interview includes future first lady Michelle Obama and is to take place on Friday, Nov. 14, in Chicago.

The interview is scheduled to be broadcast on Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

60 Minutes has covered the campaign and the election closely. Most recently, Kroft and 60 Minutes cameras were with Obama’s top aides on election night for a segment broadcast on last Sunday’s 60 Minutes that drew 18.5 million viewers, ranking it America’s number-one program for the week.

Obama and Republican presidential candidate John McCain both appeared on 60 Minutes in separate exclusive interviews for a special one-hour broadcast of 60 Minutes on September 21. Kroft interviewed Obama and Scott Pelley spoke with McCain.

60 Minutes also did the first joint interview with Obama and his running mate, Vice President-elect Joseph Biden, with Kroft on the 60 Minutes broadcast of Aug. 31.

In addition, Obama and McCain also had separate exclusive interviews on 60 Minutes earlier this year in conjunction with the primary election, as did former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who was interviewed by Katie Couric.

Kroft also reported on the political battleground state of Ohio in a segment broadcast last March.

CHANGE IS HERE

Jimi Hendrix – The Star Spangled Banner (live at Woodstock)

If Presidential Candidates were Trains…

From Volumedia.com…

More MSM coverage for Senator Jim Webb… could this be a VP nod indication?

Looks like Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) is picking up more coverage lately. Could this be an indication he is being highly considered for Obama’s VP position? I like Jim Webb but he hasn’t been a senator for very long and this form of inexperience could come back in November and bite the democrats in the ass.. no pun intended.

But I guess if you seriously want change, you’ll have to accept that it may very well come in the form of inexperience.

08AMA!

Arming Obama:
Sen. Jim Webb — Vietnam Vet, ‘Redneck’ — Is Emerging As the Democrats’ Military Point Man; The ‘VP!’ Chant

By Monica Langley
Wall Street Journal Online – WSJ.com
June 21, 2008
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — With his two Purple Hearts, three tattoos and spoiling-for-a-fight attitude, Sen. Jim Webb is emerging as the Democrats’ point man on two of the most profound matters facing the electorate this November: national defense and the military.

A highly decorated war veteran who opposes the Iraq war, Sen. Webb is considered by many Democrats to be the best person to go into battle against another war hero, expected Republican nominee Sen. John McCain. The ex-Marine, who hails from the important swing state of Virginia, could also become Sen. Barack Obama’s go-to person on national security, where the Democratic presidential candidate’s résumé is weak compared with rival Sen. McCain’s.

His rising star has been enhanced by the expected passage of a GI bill he championed, which provides money for veterans to go to college, and which President Bush recently accepted despite his earlier veto threat. All that makes Sen. Webb one of the most talked-about possible vice-presidential contenders.

Yet, Sen. Webb, a politician for less than two years, could be a risky combatant for the Democratic party. The 62-year-old lawmaker and novelist has a zeal that sometimes defies political niceties: He didn’t shake President Bush’s hand when the president asked about his son’s deployment to Iraq. Some of his views aren’t politically correct. He contends that “poor whites” are an oppressed class, and defends Confederate soldiers for fighting for state sovereignty.

A spokeswoman says Sen. Webb “speaks artfully about complex issues that many politicians shy away from, and it’s his authenticity that is so compelling.”

The self-described “redneck” occasionally carries a concealed pistol, and is still suspect to some Democrats for having served as Secretary of the Navy in the Reagan administration. He speaks fluent Vietnamese with his third wife, a lawyer who fled Vietnam as a girl and whom he calls his “warrior queen.” He takes long walks in Arlington Cemetery, stopping recently to place a rock on the headstone of Sen. McCain’s father, a tradition that signals respect for the dead…

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Newsweek: Obama leads McCain by 15%

By Michael Hirsh
Newsweek.com
June 20, 2008
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Barack finally has his bounce. For weeks many political experts and pollsters have been wondering why the race between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain had stayed so tight, even after the Illinois senator wrested the nomination from Hillary Clinton. With numbers consistently showing rock-bottom approval ratings for President Bush and a large majority of Americans unhappy with the country’s direction, the opposing-party candidate should, in the normal course, have attracted more disaffected voters. Now it looks as if Obama is doing just that. A new NEWSWEEK Poll shows that he has a substantial double-digit lead, 51 percent to 36 percent, over McCain among registered voters nationwide…

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If Politicians Used Their Facebook Mini-Feeds

From GiantLists.com…

#01   Barack Obama has invited Hillary Clinton to use the Career Search application.

#02   John McCain just wrote on Cindy McCain’s wall: “Trashy make-up wearing c*nt.”

#03   Hillary Clinton has updated her status: “bored… lol…. just waiting by the phone…”

#04   Want to be the first to write on George W. Bush’s Wall?

#05   John McCain needs help updating his profile picture.

#06   Welcome, Barack! Hillary Clinton has poked you.

#07   John Edwards updated his status: “just back from the stylist and feeling sexxay!!”

#08   Bill Clinton is now single.

#09   Mitt Romney and Hillary Clinton are now friends. They found each other in the “VP Hopefuls” group.

#10   John McCain turns 102 today!

#11   Barack Obama terrorist fist-jabbed Michelle Obama.

Obama campaign forgets to register FightTheSmears.ORG… uh oh.

The site featuring the above information was taken down today. Supposedly the perpetrator is a real supporter of Obama, but maybe plans on turning it into an Anti-McCain site.

Obama plays 21st Century Politics by launching “FightTheSmears.com”

Recently the Obama campaign launched FightTheSmears.com, a digital war room aimed at preventing people from spreading false information about Obama and the campaign. Check it out: www.fightthesmears.com

Brutal anti-McCain video made by a very pissed off Ron Paul supporter

From JedReport.com

This anti-McCain video, put together in February by a Ron Paul supporter, is just brutal. Some of it is a little off the beaten track, but up to the 7 minute mark, it is devastating, especially starting at the 2:30 mark.

CNN Political Ticker: Jimmy Carter will officially endorse Barack Obama

By Candy Crowley
CNN Senior Political Correspondent
June 3, 2008
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Jimmy Carter, a superdelegate, has endorsed Obama .

(CNN) – Former President Jimmy Carter, in a widely expected move, will endorse Barack Obama’s presidential bid later Tuesday or early Wednesday.

Carter, a superdelegate who has frequently spoken favorably about Obama, told Britain’s Sky News last month that while he had not yet announced his decision publicly, after the last Democratic primary June 3, it would be time for Hillary Clinton to “give it up.”

He also said that Clinton “had a perfect right” to keep running – but that “a lot of the superdelegates will make a decision quite, announced quite rapidly, after the final primary on June 3.”

The former president also told an interviewer last month that he believes Hillary Clinton would accept the vice presidential spot on the ticket, but that he did not believe such an offer would be made by Obama “because I don’t see how it would help his ticket. I think he needs somebody like a [former Georgia Sen.] Sam Nunn, but I won’t name others.”

Nunn, the former Georgia senator, is known for his foreign policy and national security expertise.