Barack Obama Town Hall Meeting at YearlyKos 2007
This is the first time that I see Barack Obama in a Town Hall setting. Wow! He really knows how to turn on the charm. Is this is a prerequisite for all Democratic candidates?
Baratunde got to ask a question to Obama! He asked about his position on coal and renewable energy and,quite frankly, I am more impressed by Baratunde's framing of the question than Barack's answer.
I have to my left Carla from Loded Orygun. She is seriously liveblogging this so I suggest to mozie on down to her blog. She's doing a better job than I am 
Obama believes the new attorney general has to review all the decisions and policies but into place by the Bush Administration. So many have been put into place by executive fiat that only the new president can get rid of them.
So I am thinking what question to ask. Should I ask about Roe v. Wade? Should I ask about digital civil rights? Or should I ask about the ongoing militarization of immigration?
OBAMAISMS
"If someone attacks you, you hit back swiftly, you hit back decisevely, you hit back truthfully."
"The Attorney General is not the President's lawyer. The Attorney General is the people's lawyer."
"This is a starting point : I believe in science. I believe in evidence. I believe in facts. I think it is a good starting point for where our science policies should be."
"MIke Gravel sometimes get a little cranky, but he said something today that is truth ... that most politicians will have an eye toward getting re-elected."
People in Washington in Media call me a "hopemonger".
"The campaign is not about me. It is about you. We wont just win an election. We will transform the country in the process."
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Elections | 2007 Presidential Elections | Barack Obama | Liveblogging
Good report on Obama's legal mind You say:
Submitted by Margaret Bassett on 7 August 2007 - 10:32pm.
"Obama believes the new attorney general has to review all the decisions and policies but into place by the Bush Administration. So many have been put into place by executive fiat that only the new president can get rid of them."
So let's find out from him what he thinks about the idea of impeaching Bush and Cheney, thus getting rid of signing letters. It goes without saying if Gonzales doesn't get the message, we citizens will have to order him out too.
I ask, why wait? It's like signing the deed to a new house without checking out whether the former owner left the place in disrepair.
I sure was anxious for you to get back in the kitchen, Liza.
Pretty damned good quotes
As I have said ad nauseum, Richardson, Edwards and Obama all excite me. Richardson, sadly, has yet to show that he can CAMPAIGN effectively. I am SURE he could govern excellently. But his ability to campaign is weak so far.
Edwards and Obama are the ones who can really connect with voters. They each have their defect. Edwards, though son of a steelworker and focused on a new war on poverty, comes off too slick for some. And Obama will be swarmed with racial motivated attacks that he and the ENTIRE Democratic Party, from bottom to top, had better be well prepared to confront for the racist crap that it will be or he will lose for all the wrong reasons.
Thanks for the great quotes. I am impressed by some of them.