Political Notes 02.02.08
This weekend, Sen. Barack Obama is unleashing a secret weapon in the final push to win Tuesday’s California primary: Oprah Winfrey. The goal? Closing the gap with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in California before Tuesday’s primary. The target? Women voters.
Eleanor Clift for Newsweek reports on Thursday night’s debate in Los Angeles between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and mentions that the exchange was so congenial, one online questioner in the audience asked about the possibility of a “dream ticket”: Obama-Clinton or Clinton-Obama.
Rudolph W. Giuliani teamed up with Senator John McCain in a chummy joint appearance on Jay Leno’s “Tonight Show’’ on Thursday and quickly deflected questions about whether he would ever consider accepting an offer for the vice presidential spot on the Republican ticket.
With Barack Obama’s candidacy, some Americans — and more than a few journalists — have posed the question: “Is America ready for a black president?” Voters are about to answer that question, but Hollywood weighed in long ago according to NPR who put the question to Todd Boyd, professor of critical studies at the USC School of Cinematic Arts
