“Change has come,” President-elect Barack Obama told a massive crowd of supporters as he delivered his victory speech in Chicago early Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Introducing PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA!!!

The Senator from Illinois just made history after being elected the first Black President of the United States of America.

The new First Family, which includes the President-Elect, his wife of 16 years, Michelle Obama, and their two daughters, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, will move into The White House on Inauguration Day January 20.

I really don’t have words right now. This is a very emotional moment….one I didn’t think I’d see in my lifetime. It is a moment that proves that no barrier, not even race, can hold you back if you don’t allow it to.

Beyonce is throwing her support behind the Democratic presidential ticket this Election Day.

“I feel like we have grown so much as a nation and we will continue to grow because of Mr. Obama,” the singer, who will be releasing her new album I Am… Sasha Fierce on November 18 says in a new interview with PopEater.

Bey’s other half, Jay-Z, has already been a strong supporter of the campaign, even performing at benefits and rallies across the country in support of the Illinois senator.

“I have had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Obama, his wife and his children, and they are the American dream,” she says. “They are so elegant, so classy, so intelligent and everything that I want to be. They make me really proud of my country.”

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Senator Barack Obama’s grandmother has died at 86.

Madelyn Dunham passed away in Hawaii on Sunday following a long battle with cancer, the Democratic presidential candidate and his half-sister have announced.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama says he is “heartbroken” over the double homicide that claimed the lives of Jennifer Hudson’s mother and older brother in Chicago Friday.

“Michelle and I were absolutely heartbroken to learn about this unimaginable tragedy and we want Jennifer to know that she is in our thoughts and prayers during this very difficult time,” the Illinois senator said in a statement Saturday. “We also pray for the swift and safe return of her young nephew.”

Last August, Jennifer, who won an Oscar for her role in the 2006 film Dreamgirls, performed the National Anthem during the Democratic National Convention at the request of the Obama campaign.

Former Secretary of State General Colin Powell, a Republican, broke with the GOP and endorsed Democrat Barack Obama’s campaign for president on Meet The Press Sunday.

The Gulf War hero also criticized the tone of Republican senator John McCain’s campaign.

In his latest YouTube vlog, Diddy rips into Republican presidential hopeful John McCain for referring to Senator Barack Obama as “that one” during their presidential debate in Nashville on Tuesday.

“I’m not soft on Barack. I put myself in the position of a voter and I tell him …, ‘If I don’t believe you, I’m not voting for you, buddy. You’ve got to win me over,’” Michelle Obama, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, October 8.
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First Lady hopeful Michelle Obama championed the importance of voting–among other things–during an appearance on CNN’s Larry King Live on Wednesday night.. Read the rest of this entry »

Jay-Z left thousands of fans disappointed after the hip-hop mogul cancelled a Barack Obama fundraiser concert at Miami’s Bayfront Park Amphitheatre on Monday. Read the rest of this entry »