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Week of March 16, 2008 - March 22, 2008

The best of Obama radio


Caution: this is an unabashedly pro-Obama (but not anti-Clinton).

One of the great things about Sen. Obama is his ability to inspire.  We've all seen that one video.  But there have been plenty of other musicians--famous and unfamous--who have been inspired to put their talents out there for Obama.  And, in the same way that he inspires people of all races, he inspires music of all genres.  So I've collected some of the best Obama songs.  What's amazing is that they (for the most part) make their case for Obama with very specific references to his legislative history, politicla philosophy, and biography.  For example, this catchy hip hop song mentions nuclear proliferation, ethics reform, Darfur, higher fuel efficiency standards, the Illinois ban on racial profiling, and Alan Keyes.

In honor of St. Patrick's day: "There's no one as Irish as Barack Obama" and "O'bama boy"

For our Spanish speaking friends:
Cumbia de Obama
Reggaeton Obama

Viva Obama (Mariachi)
Si se Puede Cambiar

Lounge music for Obama
Surf Punk for Obama

Adorable kids for Obama
Texas country music icons for Obama
Carribean people for Barack the Magnificant
Hawaiian hip hop for Obama
Reggae for Obama
Austinite, Matt the Electrician, for Obama
Hip hop for Obama
Classic covers for Obama

Uhhhh
Barack Obollywood (ok this is a mashup)
Rythm and Blues for Obama
More hip hop for Obama
More Obama hip hop
Folk music for Obama
Classic rock for Obama
French music for Obama (I think, I don't speak French)
Girl power for Obama
White rappers for Obama
Alternative boy rock for Obama

And there are plenty mroe.  Feel free to add your own favorites.

Texas Dems to Hillary: No deal. Also: Put up or shut up.


I just got the following email from Boyd Ritchie, Texas Democratic Chairman.  It is clearly in response to Clinton's attempt to suppress the caucus results (emphasis mine):

Below is a statement by Texas Democratic Chairman Boyd Richie regarding the Delegate Selection Process:

The Texas Democratic Party and local Democratic Party organizations around our state are working to turn the enormous opportunity created by the record Democratic turnout experienced on March 4th into a positive outcome for Texas Democrats this fall and in 2010.  We are proud of both our Presidential candidates who helped create that turnout.  We ask now that the campaigns work with us rather than become an impediment to this extraordinary opportunity to build our party.

On March 4th, our Democratic precinct conventions experienced record turnout of roughly one million precinct convention attendees, a ten-fold increase from the previous high attendance mark.  As expected in any record turnout involving hundreds of thousands of people, there were reports of problems caused by long lines and crowded facilities.  These problems are not unique to Texas.  Similar problems, in proportionately similar numbers, occurred in pure caucus states like Iowa and Nevada.

The overwhelming majority of problems reported in Texas do not affect the legitimacy of delegate allocation.  It is important to remember that the precinct conventions are just the first of three steps where delegates and alternates are selected.  "Final results" will not be determined until June 6-7 at the Texas Democratic State convention.  And at each convention step, Texas Democratic Party rules provide a credentials process to address problems and provide an avenue to register complaints and make formal challenges

For that reason, the Texas Democratic Party will not do as suggested by one campaign and circumvent Party rules to set up an unnecessary, ad hoc "verification" process that could effectively disqualify delegates selected at their precinct conventions after the fact.  The Party has never stated any intention to set up a verification process of this nature because Party rules already provide for "verification" through our credentials process.  Candidates who wish to disqualify delegates must pursue formal challenges based on evidence filed appropriately in accordance with our party's rules.

The Texas Democratic Party plans to conduct our district and county conventions on March 29 and our June State Convention in accordance with procedures set forth in Texas law and party rules. Both campaigns have the opportunity and responsibility to do their jobs by documenting evidence, filing challenges if warranted, and turning out their delegates in a system that rewards such an effort when final delegate results are determined at the State Convention in June.

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