This Canadian For Barack Obama

pPresident-elect Barack Obama left Chicago and arrived in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, sixteen days before he will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. quot;I choked up a little bit,quot; a href=”http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-washington5-2009jan05,0,4968218.story”he admitted to reporters/a, as he left behind the city that he first arrived at in 1985 as a young […]

pA message from Obama for America:/pblockquotepa href=”https://donate.pic2009.org/tickettohistory7?source=HQBlog”img src=”http://www.barackobama.com/images/email/09/your_ticket_jrb.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”Your ticket to history” width=”250″ height=”367″ align=”right” //aThanks to you, President-elect Obama and Vice President-elect Biden will take their oaths of office in just 17 days.br /br /You helped shape history, and now you can be a part of it.br /br /Ten supporters and their guests […]

pOne year ago tonight:/pobject width=”425″ height=”344″param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/XB-sNaaaJRUamp;hl=enamp;fs=1″/paramparam name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”/paramparam name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”/paramembed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/XB-sNaaaJRUamp;hl=enamp;fs=1″ width=”425″ height=”344″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowscriptaccess=”always”/embed/objectblockquotepMy journey began on the streets of Chicago doing what so many of you have done for this campaign and all the campaigns here in Iowa: Organizing and working and fighting to make people’s lives just a little bit […]

pToday, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter a href=”http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2008/12/29/daily34.html”announced/a that he had selected Denver Public Schools Superintendent Michael Bennet to fill Colorado’s vacant seat in the U.S. Senate. Following the Governor’s announcement, President-elect Obama released the following statement commending the selection of Bennet:/pblockquotepFilling Ken Salazar’s boots in the US Senate is a tall order. But in selecting […]

pa href=”http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/american_recovery_and_reinvestment/”In today’s weekly address to the nation/a, President-elect Barack Obama discussed the need for an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan aimed at creating three million new American jobs and making the long-term investments needed to build a 21st century economy. /ppHe stressed that the problems we face are neither Democratic nor Republican problems, and […]

p align=”center”img src=”http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3086/3159201253_a3ce75de81.jpg” alt=”” //ppPreparations in Washington D.C. continue for the January 20th inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden. This promises to be one of the most open and accessible presidential inaugurations in history, with the entire length of the National Mall opened to the public.nbsp;/ppOn Tuesday, David Plouffe a href=”http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/stateupdates/gGxKds”announced […]

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Original post by Christopher Hass and software by Elliott Back

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Original post by Christopher Hass and software by Elliott Back

blockquotepNow more than ever, we must rededicate ourselves to the notion that we share a common destiny as Americans ndash; that I am my brotherrsquo;s keeper, I am my sisterrsquo;s keeper. — President-elect Barack Obama /p/blockquotepOn the morning of Christmas Eve, a href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy6aBVdOCg8″President-elect Obama encouraged Americans/a to use this season of giving as quot;a time […]

pAnother look back, this time with Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Joe Biden and their families at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver: /pobject width=”425″ height=”344″param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/eCeNPAaGVVYhl=enfs=1″/paramparam name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”/paramparam name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”/paramembed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/eCeNPAaGVVYhl=enfs=1″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”425″ height=”344″/embed/object
Original post by Christopher Hass and software by Elliott Back