Book for the beach

I picked up a copy of Justin Webb’s “Have a Nice Day” at the weekend, which lays out a forceful and intense case for what can be considered positives about the modern USA.

President Obama on Top Form as the Stand-up Comedian-in-Chief

Obama has them rolling around in laughter at last weekend’s Washington Correspondant’s Dinner. His speech was on the 10-day anniversary of his first hundred days

Part two includes some bold claims about what he hopes to achieve in the second hundred days, including a target of getting the second hundred days completed 28 days early!

Colin Powell endoses Barack Obama

In a potentially significant development, former Republican Secretary of State Colin Powell has gone public with his endorsement of Barack Obama for President....

Panorama: US elections

A heads up on the Panorama programme covering the American presidential election on BBC1, Monday 13th October at 8.30pm.  From the BBC website:

‘Our reporter travels to two very different Americas - Obama’s political home in South Chicago, and the crucial battleground state of Ohio - to see how the different versions of America offered by the Obama-Biden team and the McCain-Palin team are playing out.

He examines the astonishing trajectory of Mr Obama’s political career, which has seen him go from his first public office to presidential candidate in just 12 years.

And he tries to find out who the real Barack Obama is:

Is he, as some in the programme say, a neophyte, with nothing on his CV which qualifies him for the role as president?

Is he a scheming careerist, whose choices of friends, mentors and even which church to attend all come down to climbing the political ladder?

Or is he the real deal and America’s best hope in a troubled time?

The programme also examines the way in which Mr Obama and his supporters have broken the political mould, recruiting new voters from parts of the electorate previously thought unreachable and smashing all fund-raising records.’

Obama loses over $3

CNN’s Money Market is a fun way to follow the US elections

Texas showdown

The big news this morning is that Hillary has made a dramatic comeback by winning in three of four primaries

Hillary’s Alamo

Hillary and Obama face a showdown in Texas.  I can’t remember the last time I was this excited about an election campaign.  For the very latest, and best in-depth coverage visit the Washington Post website.