Clinton to Drop Presidential Bid

Literally, not a moment too soon.

Reports from the Clinton campaign announce that she will concede her party’s nomination Saturday and endorse Senator Obama. A conference call to senior Democrats was among the turning points in her stance. She still has yet to publicly admit she lost the contest. However, Read more

Ain’t THIS Some S@#!

So I get home late today and turn on CNN and what did I see? John “Ulysses” Edwards, the south’s first son dappin’ up Señor Obama. Now I can’t say that this scene came as a complete surprise to me as Edwards has been hinting towards this moment over the past few days. But compared to where they two stood four months ago, it’s actually kind of shocking. Read more

Afrothought Salutes: Barack Obama

Had to wait for the primaries…

And then i had to wait for the spin consensus. I mean you got to give this brother props on patience alone. Every other week something is trying to get in his way. Somebody is trying to talk down on him. And SOMEBODY is trying to act like she is the better candidate, knowing good and well she fell off.

This week though, he is the democratic party’s “likely presidential nominee” according to the dude who was all set to be Vice President in 2004. He has also taken the Super-Delegate endorsement lead; not to mention holding the pledged delegate lead and primary lead. All he needs now is for his nomination rival to make some disastrous blunder than even her most secret of ‘arm-twisters’ can’t clean up. But that wouldn’t be as much fun as making people admit that he just plain won, rather than she lost.

Badass Theme Song: James Brown – Superbad

Now Why You Wanna Go and Do That?

So yeh, Obama’s been gracefully dodging every bullet and obstacle, including the kitchen sink, that has been hurled his way. It was only a matter of time before one of these bullets lodged itself right into his ass. Read more