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Black US senator not ruling out White House run - Barack Obama
AFP on Yahoo ^ | 10/15/06 | AFP

Posted on 10/15/2006 8:52:00 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Senator Barack Obama, a rising political star who generates extensive media coverage, is reportedly leaving the door open to a 2008 presidential run.

The Democratic lawmaker appears on Time magazine's cover, coinciding with the release of his latest book, "The Audacity of Hope," which sets out his political views.

Asked if he will enter the race for the White House once November's midterm legislative elections are out of the way, Obama, 45, avoids offering a definitive answer, but appears to be more seriously weighing the idea.

"When the election is over and my book tour is done, I will think about how I can be most useful to the country and how I can reconcile that with being a good dad and a good husband," he is quoted as saying by Time.

"I haven't completely decided or unraveled that puzzle yet," said Obama, the only African-American currently serving in the US Senate.

Obama generates strong enthusiasm among Democratic party activists but some pundits have warned that a presidential run in 2008 might be too much too soon for the young and inexperienced senator. Others believe that the United States may not be quite ready for a black president.

In an excerpt from his new book, Obama argued that progressives should not shy away from referring to religion and faith in political discussions.

"Over the long haul, I think we make a mistake when we fail to acknowledge the power of faith in the lives of the American people, and so avoid joining a serious debate about how to reconcile faith with our modern, pluralistic democracy," Obama writes in the passage of his book carried in Time.

Such an approach is "bad politics" and cedes ground to partisans on the right, he said.

"When we abandon the field of religious discourse -- when we ignore the debate about what it means to be a good Christian or Muslim or Jew; when we discuss religion only in the negative sense of where or how it should not be practiced ... others will fill the vacuum," he said.


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: barackobama; emptysuit; muslim; obama; osama; ruling; sleeper; whitehouse
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To: DB
I don't >

Same traits required for a hollyweird actor, ergo the loony press loves him.

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21 posted on 10/15/2006 9:13:54 PM PDT by Westbrook (Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it!)
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans
1) hes not white 2) hes not a republican

And the most important reason....

3) He does good in the polls.

Somewhere.

22 posted on 10/15/2006 9:14:33 PM PDT by LasVegasMac (Islam........not fit for human consumption.)
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To: bnelson44

Hillary needs Hispanic votes - the african american vote is locked up by the Dems already. its Richardson for VP.


23 posted on 10/15/2006 9:14:37 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: NormsRevenge; DB

24 posted on 10/15/2006 9:14:37 PM PDT by Howlin (Why Won't Nancy Pelosi Let Louis Freeh Investigate the Page Scandal?)
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To: NormsRevenge


He's an empty suit with exactly what accomplishments in the US Senate?


25 posted on 10/15/2006 9:14:59 PM PDT by onyx (We have two political parties: the American Party and the Anti-American Party.)
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To: NormsRevenge

I will be the bad guy, and rule out his Presidential run for him : )


26 posted on 10/15/2006 9:15:11 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Our troops will send all of the worlds terrorists to hell in a handbasket with no virgins!)
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To: paulat

those voters are already Dems.


27 posted on 10/15/2006 9:15:37 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: NormsRevenge

Osama is black? In the old days, he is what we (black or white) would have referred to as "high yellow."


28 posted on 10/15/2006 9:15:42 PM PDT by Clemenza (Lets Go Mets!!!)
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To: Clintonfatigued
The Lamestream Media is building him up to be the next John F. Kennedy.

So he'd be out of the White House by 2011, then.

29 posted on 10/15/2006 9:16:06 PM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: paulat

And those things have what to do with leading a country of 300 million in a time of war?


30 posted on 10/15/2006 9:16:16 PM PDT by DB (©)
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To: onyx

"He's young.

He's attractive.

He's a communist

He's a real Namma Jamma : )


31 posted on 10/15/2006 9:16:22 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Our troops will send all of the worlds terrorists to hell in a handbasket with no virgins!)
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To: NormsRevenge

I wonder if Obama will have the same luck as the other Black Democratic aspirants for president?


32 posted on 10/15/2006 9:16:24 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Those that do not heed the warnings of history....)
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To: stephenjohnbanker


Namma Jamma? Is that anything similar to a macca? You're on a slippery slope...lol.


33 posted on 10/15/2006 9:18:04 PM PDT by onyx (We have two political parties: the American Party and the Anti-American Party.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Run Osama, run. Err..I mean Obama.


34 posted on 10/15/2006 9:18:20 PM PDT by HarmlessLovableFuzzball
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To: oceanview
those voters are already Dems.

Granted...but Obama is the kind of guy who lights up Oprah...I think she looks at him as a "JFK Jr." for the African-American set. He does have sparkle....

35 posted on 10/15/2006 9:18:21 PM PDT by paulat
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To: onyx

Just having a bit of fun : )


36 posted on 10/15/2006 9:19:28 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Our troops will send all of the worlds terrorists to hell in a handbasket with no virgins!)
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To: Clemenza

Love your home page.

It's too late at night for eye-candy for me.


37 posted on 10/15/2006 9:20:32 PM PDT by Sundog (In a world without Walls or Fences, who needs Windows or Gates?)
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To: NormsRevenge

Is he Muslim?


38 posted on 10/15/2006 9:21:20 PM PDT by right way right
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Think he's waiting to be selected as their VP?


39 posted on 10/15/2006 9:21:31 PM PDT by onyx (We have two political parties: the American Party and the Anti-American Party.)
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To: cardinal4
Enough already with the Obama love! He is a friggin junior senator for cripes sake!

YOU'VE GOT THAT RIGHT, ENOUGH ALREADY!

40 posted on 10/15/2006 9:22:11 PM PDT by blondee123 (Politicians are like diapers, need to be changed often & for the same reason!)
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