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Stories popping up in many places.
Like this one ---
Obama, Running
posted by Ben Smith
Fri, 01/12/2007 - 11:52am
If I was writing for a newspaper this week, I'd probably be sticking this in there -- but in any case: Barack Obama has spent the last few days calling friends, select elected officials, and likely major donors to tell them he's running for president, according to a Democratic source.
He's also begun an Internet advertising campaign to build interest in his candidacy -- another sign that, at this point, his deliberation isn't much more than a pose. Looks like it'll be a fun year.
http://www.r8ny.com/blog/ben_smith/obama_running.htmlAnd this one ---
Dean Obama 4 America
FILE UNDER: 2008
Among the numerous unofficial "draft" Barack Obama websites that have been popping up lately, one struck me as particularly professional looking: Obama4America.com (
http://obama4america.com/).
The company that created the website, it turns out, is registered to Joel Berman, whose email address is for a California-based company called Catapult Strategies. That's the company co-founded by Howard Dean's former campaign manager Joe Trippi, who now works there "on a project-by-project basis," according to his bio.
I called Berman to ask whether the website was part of some potentially more involved relationship with Obama, but after I introduced myself, he hurried me off the phone. (He said he was going into a meeting and would call me back.)
On a related note, Ben reported earlier today that Obama has been reaching out to his inner circle indicating he was indeed going to run for president, and Obama blog ads are up and running.
-- Azi Paybarah
http://thepoliticker.observer.com/2007/01/dean-obama-4-america.htmlAnd this one ---
Barack Obama Likely to Run for President
Special from the OpinionJournal.com's Political Diary
By John Fund, 1/12/2007 8:29:52 AM
It looks as if Barack Obama is likely to run for president. Given the choice between backing their junior senator and Hillary Clinton, who grew up in suburban Chicago, Illinois Democratic pols are clearly lining up behind Mr. Obama -- and are even trying to change the date of the state's primary to help him.
http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?c66e242f-6a43-4566-94d4-eafcf3506b6a