Barack Obama

Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Barack Obama, Sr. (born in Nyanza Province, Kenya) and Ann Dunham (born in Wichita, Kansas). Barack Hussein Obama (born August 4, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party.

Obama grew up in culturally diverse surroundings. He spent most of his childhood in the majority-minority U.S. state of Hawaii and lived for four years in Indonesia. Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention while still an Illinois state legislator. Since announcing his candidacy in February 2007, Obama has emphasized ending the Iraq War and implementing universal health care as campaign themes.

As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, Obama co-sponsored the enactment of conventional weapons control and transparency legislation, and made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Obama's parents separated when he was two years old and later divorced. His father went to Harvard University to pursue Ph.D. studies, then returned to Kenya, where he died in an auto accident when the younger Obama was twenty-one years old.

Bench Goes Bye-Bye for a Few Days

If it's okay with y'all, the Bench Conference is going to be on hiatus for a few days. If major legal news breaks out, I'll find a way to break back into my Movetable Type platform and weigh in. In the meantime, I leave you with this piece, in which the vice president of the United States declares that he is a "big fan" of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales. You just can't make this stuff up....

washingtonpost.com Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:11:02 EDT

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2007/07/31/BL2007073100479.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
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" Replying to an Associated Press survey of 2008 presidential candidates' personal tastes, he specified "architect" as his alternate career choice and "chili" as his favorite meal to cook. And they want that choice.

In the November 2004 general election, Obama received 70% of the vote to Keyes's 27%. In 2003, Obama began his run for the U.S. Senate open seat vacated by Peter Fitzgerald. Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention while still an Illinois state legislator.

Obama's candidacy was boosted by an advertising campaign featuring images of the late Chicago Mayor Harold Washington and the late U.S. President Bush signed the Secure Fence Act into law in October 2006, calling it "an important step toward immigration reform. presidential candidate has attracted conflicting analyses among commentators challenged to align him with traditional social categories. And they want that choice. In February 2007, standing before the Old State Capitol building in Springfield, Illinois, Obama announced his candidacy for the 2008 U.S. presidential election.