New York Times
COLUMBIA, S.C. — It was a staggering sight. Upwards of 29,000 people at a political rally. And the Democratic primary in South Carolina is not until Jan. 26.
Chicago Tribune
Laura Williams, a 54-year-old with gray-flecked hair, woke up at 3:30 am this morning from the anticipation and arrived with not one but two cameras to record Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey's sole rally in South Carolina. "It's going to make history," said Williams, a disabled hospital worker from just across the border in Grovetown, Ga., who said she could now see the possibility of a black man elected to the White House and hoped to share the photos of the moment with her children and grandchildren when they reached her age...
Laura Williams, a 54-year-old with gray-flecked hair, woke up at 3:30 am this morning from the anticipation and arrived with not one but two cameras to record Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey's sole rally in South Carolina.
"It's going to make history," said Williams, a disabled hospital worker from just across the border in Grovetown, Ga., who said she could now see the possibility of a black man elected to the White House and hoped to share the photos of the moment with her children and grandchildren when they reached her age...
Associated Press
"South Carolina _ January 26th is your moment," Winfrey said, referring to the state Democratic primary date during a campaign stop alongside the Illinois senator. "It's your time to seize the opportunity to support a man who, as the Bible says, loves mercy and does justly."..."There are those who say it's not his time, that he should wait his turn. Think about where you'd be in your life if you'd waited when people told you to," she said. "I'm sick of politics as usual," Winfrey said. "We need Barack Obama."
"South Carolina _ January 26th is your moment," Winfrey said, referring to the state Democratic primary date during a campaign stop alongside the Illinois senator. "It's your time to seize the opportunity to support a man who, as the Bible says, loves mercy and does justly."
..."There are those who say it's not his time, that he should wait his turn. Think about where you'd be in your life if you'd waited when people told you to," she said.
"I'm sick of politics as usual," Winfrey said. "We need Barack Obama."
The State
...“Dr. King dreamed the dream, but we don’t have to dream the dream anymore,” Oprah told the crowd. “We get to vote that dream into office.” ...“It was like they were speaking to us like family,” McMillan said. “It felt natural.”Ella Davis of Columbia said the speech sold her on Obama.“I am ready to go. I loved every word he said. I’m looking for the change he can bring on,” Davis said. “It’s time that we address these problems.”
...“Dr. King dreamed the dream, but we don’t have to dream the dream anymore,” Oprah told the crowd. “We get to vote that dream into office.”
...“It was like they were speaking to us like family,” McMillan said. “It felt natural.”
Ella Davis of Columbia said the speech sold her on Obama.
“I am ready to go. I loved every word he said. I’m looking for the change he can bring on,” Davis said. “It’s time that we address these problems.”
Concord Monitor
...In front of an audience of 8,500 at the Verizon Wireless Arena, Winfrey extolled the Illinois senator as "a politician with an ear for eloquence and tongue for the unvarnished truth." The cheering crowd greeted Obama, his wife, Michelle Obama, and Winfrey with a sea of blue Obama '08 signs......Even New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch, whose wife, Susan Lynch, endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton, got into the spirit, calling Winfrey an inspiration and praising Obama for his service. "I admire so much the fact that after college he went back to Chicago and dedicated himself to helping others," Lynch told the crowd. "I admire that after law school, when he could have gone to Wall Street, he dedicated his life to making a positive difference.
...In front of an audience of 8,500 at the Verizon Wireless Arena, Winfrey extolled the Illinois senator as "a politician with an ear for eloquence and tongue for the unvarnished truth." The cheering crowd greeted Obama, his wife, Michelle Obama, and Winfrey with a sea of blue Obama '08 signs...
...Even New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch, whose wife, Susan Lynch, endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton, got into the spirit, calling Winfrey an inspiration and praising Obama for his service.
"I admire so much the fact that after college he went back to Chicago and dedicated himself to helping others," Lynch told the crowd. "I admire that after law school, when he could have gone to Wall Street, he dedicated his life to making a positive difference.
New Hampshire Union Leader
Winfrey said Obama would lead with compassion and conviction. She said his heritage as a black man and his longtime community service would break the cycle of politics as usual. "He understands that he can bring us all together as one United States of America," Winfrey said. "Not the red states and the blue states and the left and the right, but the United States of America."...She said her political coming-out party was inspired by the need for leadership. "For the first time in my life I stepped out of my box, stepped out of that TV box and supported a candidate for president," she said.
Winfrey said Obama would lead with compassion and conviction. She said his heritage as a black man and his longtime community service would break the cycle of politics as usual.
"He understands that he can bring us all together as one United States of America," Winfrey said. "Not the red states and the blue states and the left and the right, but the United States of America."
...She said her political coming-out party was inspired by the need for leadership.
"For the first time in my life I stepped out of my box, stepped out of that TV box and supported a candidate for president," she said.
I asked Senator Barack Obama if he’s tough enough for a dangerous world...“Yes, I’m tough enough,” he responded during a half-hour conversation. “What I’ve always found is people who talk about how tough they are aren’t the tough ones. I’m less interested in beating my chest and rattling my saber and more in making decisions that build a safer and more secure world.”...Obama, speaking less than a month before the Iowa caucus on Jan. 3, continued: “We can and should lead the world, but we have to apply wisdom and judgment. Part of our capacity to lead is linked to our capacity to show restraint.”That was striking: an enduring belief in U.S. leadership coupled with a commitment to, as he also put it, acting “with a sense of humility.”...It is precisely the gulf between high principle — not least habeas corpus — and unprincipled actions that has done the most damage to America’s image in recent years. Once again, Obama appears to bridge and reconcile.“We can’t entirely remake the world,” he told me. “What we can do is lead by example.”
I asked Senator Barack Obama if he’s tough enough for a dangerous world...
“Yes, I’m tough enough,” he responded during a half-hour conversation. “What I’ve always found is people who talk about how tough they are aren’t the tough ones. I’m less interested in beating my chest and rattling my saber and more in making decisions that build a safer and more secure world.”
...Obama, speaking less than a month before the Iowa caucus on Jan. 3, continued: “We can and should lead the world, but we have to apply wisdom and judgment. Part of our capacity to lead is linked to our capacity to show restraint.”
...It is precisely the gulf between high principle — not least habeas corpus — and unprincipled actions that has done the most damage to America’s image in recent years. Once again, Obama appears to bridge and reconcile.
“We can’t entirely remake the world,” he told me. “What we can do is lead by example.”
Christian Post
Senator Barack Obama's campaign unveiled this past week a new committee featuring top African American religious leaders supporting the presidential contender’s bid for the Democratic nomination.The African American Leadership Committee, announced Tuesday, is composed of denominational heads, civil rights leaders, as well as prominent female faith leaders who believe that Obama is living out his faith and values in his public life. The committee members, both at the national and statewide levels, meet on regular conference calls to support the Illinois senator.“This is an unprecedented group for an unprecedented candidate,” said National African American Religious Committee Co-chair the Rev. Otis Moss, Jr., a civil rights legend and former chairman of the Morehouse College Board of Trustees. “As a lifelong advocate for the less fortunate and the forgotten, Senator Obama lives his faith everyday. He continues to talk about a faith that works to unite and not divide people.”
Senator Barack Obama's campaign unveiled this past week a new committee featuring top African American religious leaders supporting the presidential contender’s bid for the Democratic nomination.
The African American Leadership Committee, announced Tuesday, is composed of denominational heads, civil rights leaders, as well as prominent female faith leaders who believe that Obama is living out his faith and values in his public life. The committee members, both at the national and statewide levels, meet on regular conference calls to support the Illinois senator.
“This is an unprecedented group for an unprecedented candidate,” said National African American Religious Committee Co-chair the Rev. Otis Moss, Jr., a civil rights legend and former chairman of the Morehouse College Board of Trustees. “As a lifelong advocate for the less fortunate and the forgotten, Senator Obama lives his faith everyday. He continues to talk about a faith that works to unite and not divide people.”
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