New Sarah Palin book for only $4.95?

ok…full disclosure…I happily voted for Obama…and I totally agreed with Colin Powell when he announced his support for him on Meet the Press a few weeks before the election:
“She’s a very distinguished woman, and she’s to be admired. But at the same time, now that we have had a chance to watch her for some [...]

Congressman Steve Israel: The Health Care Reform Act

Even before Obama was elected I was confused about the health care reform act…what it means to the country and most importantly what it means to me and my family. I have been searching for answers for month and came up with all sorts of campaign rhetoric, partisan opinion and pages and pages of documents [...]

$3.3 Billion in Political Ad Spending Predicted

From TVB: Television Broadcast
NEW YORK: Political ad spending could buck a trend this year and rise 11 percent on the power of hot-button issues. Most TV stations have expected fourth-quarter political ad spending to be down from last year’s traditional windfall from a presidential election. Wells Fargo analysts say spending in the segment could $3.3 [...]

The Obama Girl Meets the Baracklyn Cyclones…and then what?

Ok…so here’s the deal…
About a week or two before our “Building a Brand in Digital Media…” breakfast (that included Amber Lee Ettinger a/k/a “The Obama Girl”) I had remembered that the Brooklyn Cyclones were honoring the 44th President  of the United States with a game where they would rename the team “The Barackln Cyclones” and [...]

Obama picks Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court

from Newsday.com
U.S. Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama’s pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 2003 photo provided by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York. (AP / May 26, 2009)
President Barack Obama tapped U.S. Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court on Tuesday, officials said, making her [...]

Social Media and The White House

May 2 (Bloomberg) — The White House began using services from Facebook Inc., News Corp.’s MySpace and Twitter Inc. to connect directly with the millions of Americans on social- networking sites.
President Barack Obama’s administration has created pages on Facebook and MySpace, the most popular social-networking sites, along with Twitter, where users post short text messages, [...]

Eric Schmidt’s new boss: Barack Obama

Google’s Schmidt Joins Obama’s Tech Team
Alexei Oreskovic/REUTERS
Google CEO is back at work for Obama.
The White House announced on Monday that Schmidt has been appointed to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

“Of The People, By The People, For The People!”

“On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.”
LINK TO OBAMA’S INAUGURATION SPEECH
(thanks to Les Blatt)
Check out the new whitehouse.gov

What can I say…Thanks Mr. President-Elect

Obama pushes ahead with plan to rejuvenate black-Jewish alliance

By Ron Kampeas
JTA (The Global News Service of the Jewish People)
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Barack Obama’s pledge to use his presidency to revive the black-Jewish alliance starts on Day (minus) One — the day before he becomes president.
The president-elect’s inaugural committee has asked Jewish groups to make black-Jewish dialogue and joint outreach to the poor a [...]

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