Obama-mania...

Barack Obama is a political superstar, but he's also a lot of other things. To his colleagues, he is the Junior Senator from Illinois. To his family, he is a son and father. He is an African-American - the only one in the United States Senate. To a lot of us, he is a commanding public speaker. And soon, many hope, he will become a candidate for President of the United States.

There hasn't been this much groundswell around a potential presidential candidate in a long time. So, I've started this blog to track Obama-mania from now to wherever it may end. I plan to collect news stories from around the web so fellow consumers of politics can keep up with the maneuverings of the Senator.

So to start things off, here is an article from CNN in which they did some polling about race and gender in the White House. Turns out, most of the country would not have a problem with an African American in the White House.

An article from MSNBC entitled, "Obama seeks to settle racial divide."

And per the Boston Globe, a group encouraging the Senator to run for President will begin running ads in New Hampshire soon.

In case you missed it (which is okay because not a lot of people knew the Senator back then), here is Barack Obama's keynote address from the 2004 Democratic National Convention. It's worth the watch. Part 1 and Part 2

So if you have a news story related to Barack Obama, send it in or mention it in a comment. As the campaign season ramps up, lets make this your place to stop in and check in on what great things the Senator from Illinois is doing.