Webb will be joining Obama in Virginia today in Bristow Virginia.  I have a feeling that he will formally endorse Obama as well.  Earlier in the day at Bristol, Virginia, Obama will be joined by Mark Warner and Tim Kaine.

All 3 of these Virginia boys are considered by the media to be potential VP choices for Obama.  Now that the Obama campaign has tried to bat away notions of Hillary being the Vice President with that WSJ article, Obama will feel less pressure to take Hillary.  As a result, the media will once again go back into "find the VP" mode.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/...

Well let the buzz of the Virginia boys BEGIN.

Well we can all strike Strickland OFF the list for a possible Vice Presidential candidate.  I thought that Strickland would be a great choice for he would help bridge the Hillary and Obama camps for the Fall and he would help to win Ohio for the Fall.

Well he has now refused the VP offer whether it is Hillary or Obama.  

http://dispatch.com/...

As we all know, Clinton and McCain have been attacking Obama on his character (with the help of the MSM and Wright).  If one compared Obama's policy positions vs McCain there would be NO CONTEST.  Obama would win this contest hands down.  McCain knows that and the GOP knows that so instead they will be going after Obama the person rather than his policies.  (They do this at EVERY election that is why Dems lose even if our policies are better).

Hillary, on the other hand, is also going after Obama the person.  Besides her bogus gas tax holiday, there isn't much difference between Hillary and Obama in terms of policy.  We all know that Hillary's character is...well we all know what it is so she herself is trying to attack Obama's character to bring him down to her level.

How does Obama respond? His campaign will be focusing on his "American Family Man" persona.

http://www.politico.com/...

Rasmussen's first Oregon poll just came out today.  Good news for Obama!

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/...

We need some fun around here!!!!

Well Obama is going to be on David Letterman tonight and will be giving his Top 10 list!

Check it out below!

I never thought there would come a day when I was looking forward to an Obama interview on FOX news.  I HATE Fox news and I never wanted any Dem to legitimize it by going on the show but after reading what Chris Wallace said about Obama's 30 minute interview that it was a very friendly interview in which moderates and conservatives would be very interested in hearing what Obama had to say, than I know Obama did well in the interview.  The fact that the ONLY headline that FOX got out of the interview was that Obama decided on no more debates tells me that there wasn't any major gaffes that occurred in that interview or else we would have heard about it 24/7 by now on cable news channels. Sounds like Obama did well.

Well, I just read an article in NEWSWEEK written by Karl Rove in which he gives advice to Obama.  Well, I have to say that I actually agree with him on many things.  SHOCKER!  Never did I think that there would come a day in which I am looking forward to Obama's interview on FOX and that I would actually agree with Karl Rove.  Pigs must be flying...LOL!

http://www.newsweek.com/...

As an African-American, I have to say that Clyburn has been our voice in the media the past few days.  What he has been saying  to the media (NYT, WaPo, Reuters, FOX, MSNBC, CNN, etc) is what African-Americans feel which is that Hillary is trying to damage Obama so he loses to McCain so she can win in 2012, Blacks are ANGRY at the Clintons for what we perceive as racial coding, and we feel that we are being taken for granted in the Democratic party.

Check out what Clyburn said the the WaPo.  We DO matter!

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/...

There is an incredible article in today's WaPo about McCain's bad temper.  It chronicles McNasty's nastiest moments starting as a toddler until his current status as a U.S. Senator including a huge fight with a fellow Republican senator that almost came to blows.

Americans BEWARE!  You were warned!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/...

As we all know, Maureen Dowd whacked Obama in her last column as being an egghead elitist.  Although she still thinks he is, today's column she gave Obama some love...LOL!  Although she still chided him a little on what she considered his lackluster debate performance and his apparent nonchalant attitude of the possibility of being swiftboated with the Weather Underground guilt by association GOP smear, she basically said that Obama is "cool" and his learning from his mistakes.

Check it out!

http://www.nytimes.com/...

(Update:  I had to delete my previous diary for I can't get the correct video for the elitist response)

I always thought this discussion of whether Obama was patriotic or not because he doesn't wear a flag pin was REALLY RIDICULOUS.  However, I always that Obama could take that stupid talking point away from the GOP if he did decide to wear a flag pin.  Well apparently Obama is!

Well here is the pic!  

http://www.politico.com/...

I was wondering when Obama was going to put out a more succinct statement on whether or not to boycott the opening ceremonies of olympics in China.  Hillary came out on Monday to boycott the opening ceremonies (I have my own personal theories on why she did that that particular day but I will keep that to myself for I do applaud her on making a decision on this).

Well Obama has made a formal decision as well

http://blogs.abcnews.com/...

Well McCain has done something that I am shocked by.  He said in the FOX News interview today when asked if Obama is "qualified" to be president, he answered that Obama is "absolutely" qualified to be president, should the voters elect him.

Well McCain just got rid of one of the GOP Fall talking points and even went against Hillary's claim that Obama isn't.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/...

I just watched Morning Joe just now and Joe was interviewing Elizabeth Edwards.  He asked her point blank that there was a NY magazine article that talked about why John Edwards hasn't endorsed Barack Obama.  In that article it said that one of the reasons was that Obama got in an argument with Elizabeth Edwards over health care and was "condescending".

Well she just said that that article is false and that Obama was really charming in discussing a variety of things including health care. She said that people should just be careful what you read for many things aren't true.

Team Hillary may think that she is going to take this nomination to Denver but Team Pelosi just stated last night that that will NOT be happening.  She along with Reid and Dean have made it very clear that there will not be a fight for the Dem nomination on the convention floor in August.  Instead this baby is going to be shut down in JUNE folks.

http://abclocal.go.com/...

I just watched some of the press conference that Obama and Casey did that was shown on CNN.  I must say this, Obama and Casey really look good together.  They have such chemistry together and if Casey wasn't a new Senator from a swing state in the mid-west, had military experience, and wasn't a little boring, I think they would be good together on a ticket.  They just gel.  However, there are better VP considerations.

But that isn't the purpose of this diary.  Obama was asked today in a news conference whether Hillary should drop out.  His response was nope. "She should be able to compete, and her supporters should be able to support her as long as they are willing or able."  Good answer.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/...

This headline made me smile.  This shows how much of an impact that Obama's speech may have on our country.  Apparently many churches across the nations are weaving in his message about racism and bigotry and how we can rise above it is reaching the pulpit on Easter.

Bravo!

http://www.nytimes.com/...

Obama will be giving a MAJOR SPEECH on race on Tuesday at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/...

I personally expect that Obama's poll numbers to have a good size dip after the media blitzed of Pastor Wright's comments on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.  I expect his poll numbers to dip in the low 40's and possibly high 30's over the next week and then slowly increase over time.

However, it appears that Obama's numbers are not going into free wall right now.

It will be interesting to see what happens to them as Obama goes on his own media blitz this week to counteract these charges as well as go full court press with transparency.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/...