www.observer.com — Barack Obama needs to convince voters that he understands them and leave the dirty work to his surrogates, says Representative Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, who's also chairman of the DCCC. Before Obama accepted the Democratic nomination in Denver last night, I asked Emanuel, a famously bulldoggish  More ...

www.mediabistro.com — Huffpo had this. Keith Olbermann got his dander up over what the Associated Press ran about the Barack Obama speech. On the other side, there are reports of reporters cheering during Obama's speech at the DNC. New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in More ...

www.observer.com — For Barack Obama 's acceptance speech in Denver last night, Michelle Obama wore a dress by Thakoon Panichgul . [ WWD ] Karl Lagerfeld will help out with two Coco Chanel films currently in the works. He will work with the costumer for Chanel et Stravinsky and supervise the re-creation of More ...

www.observer.com — The Obama campaign is not giving an inch when it comes to John McCain choosing Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. In a statement released a few minutes ago, there was no warm language about the first female Republican vice presidential nominee, just a straightforward hit. From Obama  More ...

www.observer.com — On June 17, Anna Wintour co-hosted a fund-raiser for Barack Obama with Andre Leon Talley , Calvin Klein and Michelle Obama followed by an $10,000-per-head dinner at Mr. Klein's home. Now, with New York Fashion Week approaching, Ms. Wintour has roped in Sarah Jessica Parker to help with a More ...

www.feministing.com — Here it is! After the fabulous Feministing happy hour - where we got to talk to activists, readers and regular commenters like TheSoyMilkConspiracy and Thomas - we headed over to NARAL NY's watch party. It was amazing to get...

www.observer.com — Barack Obama in his acceptance speech last night mentioned infrastructure, sort of: Ours is a promise that says government cannot solve all our problems, but what it should do is that which we cannot do for ourselves – protect us from harm and provide every child a decent education; keep o More ...

mixedraceamerica.blogspot.com — I've been glued to C-SPAN and the commentaries on CNN and MSNBC all week. I've been blogging all week about the Democratic National Convention in Denver. I've been anxious about the speeches and how things would unfold with Hillary Clinton and her supporters, Bill Clinton's remarks, the roll ca More ...

feeds.businessgreen.com — Tom Young, BusinessGreen , Friday 29 August 2008 at 11:35:00 Democrat candidate for US presidency promises to end US addiction to oil Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama yesterday vowed to end the US " addiction" to Middle East oil, and invest $150bn in renewables if he becomes More ...

secondinnocence.blogspot.com — I don't believe Obama was indicating a move to the right on abortion, he's simply using language that will appeal to a wider audience. A piece was just written by a major political blogger, I'm sorry but right now I can't remember who it was, that said that there are many voters who agree that abor More ...