[Red Steel]

“I am beginning to think we are witnessing the rise of the Great Leader, a cult of the personality.”

The Chicago Tribune fawning over Obama: “The candidate’s stomping grounds”

Here is Obama chowing down.

Here is Obama pumping iron.

Here is Obama’s first kiss.

Here is Obama getting a trim.

Here is Obama meeting Michelle.

Here is Obama shooting hoops.

Here is Obama meeting over Big Macs

Here is Obama walking and talking.

Here is Obama’s summer job.

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-obama-chicago-htmlstory,0,734093.htmlstory

[Son House]

Clinton, Obama vote ‘no’ on Senate Iraq bill
Other presidential candidates: Dodd joins in ‘no’ vote; Biden votes ‘yes’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18862112/

Courting the anti-war constituency, Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama both voted against legislation that pays for the Iraq war but lacks a timeline for troop withdrawal.

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“Enough is enough,” Obama, an Illinois senator, declared, adding that President Bush should not get “a blank check to continue down this same, disastrous path.”

Their votes Thursday night continued a shift in position for the two presidential hopefuls, both of whom began the year shunning a deadline for a troop withdrawal.

On a vote of 80-14, the Senate cleared the measure and sent it to Bush.