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African
Press Hopeful, Cautious, Realistic about Obama
August 19 2008 By Donald Brown MShale
The African press has embraced
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama as one of their own and as a
politician who can bring hope to the world. Amid this acclaim, however, are
voices warning against unrealistic expectations.
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Barack Obama widens lead over John McCain in polls following world tour
July 28 2008 New Your Daily
Barack Obama's world tour scored big
points back home. The presumptive Democratic nominee jumped to a significant
9-point lead over GOP rival John McCain - his largest lead since the Gallup Poll
began tracking the general election horse race in March. Obama tops McCain, 49%
to 40%, among registered voters nationwide, Gallup's daily tracking poll
conducted from Thursday to Saturday revealed.
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Obama in UK after Paris visit
July 26 2008 Al-Jazeera
Barack Obama, the US presidential
hopeful, is to meet Gordon Brown, the British prime minister, in London on
Saturday, with the focus on key foreign policy issues facing both countries. The
Democratic Party White House nominee was due at the British leader's official 10
Downing Street residence after an earlier meeting with Brown's predecessor, Tony
Blair, now the international community's Middle East envoy.
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Enthusiasm
greets Obama in France
July 25 2008 Houston Chronicle
Sen. Barack Obama and French
President Nicolas Sarkozy staged a joint news conference Friday that was more
like a romantic comedy, with Sarkozy's enthusiasm for the Democratic
presidential candidate starkly evident amid many amusing moments. The two men
see eye to eye on most pressing global problems, Obama said, reiterating points
he has stressed earlier this week that Iran should freeze its nuclear program
and the West must win the war in Afghanistan.
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Obama Addresses Over 200,000 In Berlin
July 25 2008 US News
Crowd May Have Been Even Larger
The Washington Times says
"officials estimated that the crowd was one of the largest in Berlin's history;
the range was from 200,000 from the campaign to as many as a half-million from
the German Embassy in the United States." The campaign "carefully crafted the
event, which was helped by perfect weather, and said the footage might be seen
in a political ad."
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Obama launches day of meetings in Israel
July 25 2008 AP
Democratic presidential contender
Barack Obama held a breakfast meeting Wednesday with Israeli Defense Minister
Ehud Barak, the first event in a day packed with meetings and travel across
Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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Obama visits Jordan for talks
July 22 2008 Al-Jazeera
Barack Obama, the US Democratic presidential candidate, has arrived in Amman,
the Jordanian capital, on the latest leg of his Middle East tour. Obama, who
will hold talks with King Abdullah of Jordan later on Tuesday, flew in from Iraq
where he had spent two days in talks with Iraqi politicians and US military
figures.
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Barack Obama Visits
Iraq
July 21 2008 Sofia News
US Democratic presidential hopeful
Barack Obama has arrived in Iraq on the second stage of a major foreign tour for
talks with Iraqi officials and US commanders over a 5-year-old war he has
pledged to end. Obama, who is visiting as part of a congressional
delegation, is expected to meet Gen. David Petraeus and Iraqi Prime Minister
Nuri al-Maliki during the visit, CNN reported.
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Barack Obama Visits Afghanistan
July 19 2008 RTT News
U.S. Democratic presidential
contender Barack Obama reached in Afghanistan as part of a high profile world
tour intended to smoothen his foreign policy credentials. Obama started his tour
on Friday from the U.S. and stopped first in Kuwait, where he visited troops.
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Jesse Jackson, embroiled in a new furor, has been here before
July 8 2008 LA Times | Blog
A "storm" of protest hasn't yet
greeted the revelation that Jackson -- ostensibly a
Barack Obama supporter -- used crude
language a few days ago as he waited to appear on Fox News Channel and, in a
whispered aside to another guest, expressed his view that the presumptive
Democratic presidential nominee has been "talking down to black people."
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Barack Obama...Soccer Dad?
July 2 2008 ABC News
WATCH VIDEO ABCNews
Carrying a folding "Sports Authority" lawn
chair slung over his shoulder, Sen. Obama, D-Ill., arrived at the soccer field
on the Chicago campus of the University of Illlinois with his family to watch
his older daughter's soccer game.
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Obama
and Clinton Hold First Post-Primary Event
June 28 2008 NYT
“Unity is not only a beautiful place, as we can see, it’s a wonderful feeling,
isn’t it?” Mrs. Clinton said while Mr. Obama sat on a stool, nodding in
agreement.
Emmanuel Dunand/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
A few minutes later, Mr. Obama said of his
vanquished rival, “I know firsthand how good she is, how tough she is, how
passionate she is, how committed she is.”
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Obama and Clinton headed toward
'Unity'
June 27 2008 CTV
Cleveland Debate /
Associated Press
"She's really going to go out
there and campaign hard for Barack."..."A lot of the individuals who supported
Hillary throughout the primary season are now making the distinction between
Barack and McCain, and they're finding out that Barack is their man."
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Barack Obama
buzz sweeps through the BET Awards
June 25 2008
myway
Rihanna
AP Photo/Hector Mata
 "If
we all register and vote, we will have the first black president in the history
of America," Sean "Diddy" Combs told the crowd Tuesday at the Shrine Auditorium
before chanting "Obama or Die" - a declarative remix of his neutral "Vote or
Die" motto from the 2004 presidential election, when he attempted to boost the
youth vote.
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Increased Black Voter Turnout Could Help Tip Fla. to
Obama
June 23 2008 The Ledger
"I
can't remember there being anywhere near the kind of grass-roots enthusiasm
that there is now for this candidate," Republican Edythe Abdullah, president
of the downtown Florida Community College, said on the way into a fundraising
reception for Obama Friday in Jacksonville.
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Obama criticizes McCain on floods
June 22 2008
Boston.com
Alex Brandon/Associated
Press
"I know that Senator McCain felt as
strongly as I did," Obama said, "feeling enormous sympathy for the victims of
the recent flooding. "I'm sure they appreciated the sentiment, but they
probably would have appreciated it even more if Senator McCain hadn't opposed
legislation to fund levees and flood control programs, which he considers
pork."
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The Great Seal of Obamaland?
June 21 2008
NYT
The audacity of hope candidate,
on Friday unveiled a new campaign seal that his critics say is simply
audacious -- not to mention presumptuous.
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