Posts tagged “2008 election”

Colin Powell's endorsement of Obama is powerful throughout, but his story of Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan, a Muslim American soldier killed in Iraq at 20, is the most moving moment of the entire two-year campaign. It reframes the Muslim smear not just as false, but as fundamentally un-American.

Couldn't easily find the 2008 presidential debate schedule, so I'm posting it here for my own reference: three presidential debates in September and October, plus one VP debate on October 2nd moderated by Gwen Ifill.

Obama's the nominee. McCain's campaign is a shambles and his speeches are painful. Hillary's hanging around to pay off her debt. But Obama? I genuinely believe in him, without cynicism, for the first time in my life. For once, the good guy won. It feels wonderful.

Here are the remaining Democratic primary dates, from Pennsylvania on April 22nd through Montana and South Dakota on June 3rd. Obama's too far ahead to lose, but millions of Democrats still get to vote.

Marc Andreessen spent 90 minutes with Obama and wrote something you need to read. Obama is post-boomer, post-culture-war, and thinking about the world as it actually is today. Marc thinks he's one of the smartest people in political life. So do I. Read it.