[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Dear Michelle –

Word has it that recently you had trouble coming up with examples of things that have made you proud of our country; that, in fact, the only thing that has made you proud of your country in your adult life is your husband’s run for president, which certainly can’t be true. So, since you and I are about the same age (I’m 43, you’re 44), and even though I am a Hillary Clinton "partisan", I thought that I would let you know some of the things in our adulthood that have made me proud of my country (and my party) in hopes this might jog your memory.  Below is just a sampling.

1980: U.S. hockey team defeats the Soviet Union in the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid. "Do you believe in miracles?!"

1984: Geraldine Ferraro becomes the first female nominee for vice-president of a major party -- the Democratic party.

1989/1990: The Berlin Wall falls/the Soviet Union collapses. Yes, I do believe in miracles!

There's more...

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

By David Dayen
d-day

Every so often, you go to one of these events and see something special. I'm not talking about Maria Shriver, yet.

One of the first speakers was a woman named Susan, a 93 year-old Korean-American and veteran of the Navy in World War II. She talked about going to basic training in the deep South and seeing segregation up close for the first time. "We've come a long way," she said, and in an auditorium filled with people of all races and ethnicities, uniting around one candidate, it rang true.

by David Dayen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

Every so often, you go to one of these events and see something special.  I'm not talking about Maria Shriver, yet.

One of the first speakers was a woman named Susan, a 93 year-old Korean-American and veteran of the Navy in World War II.  She talked about going to basic training in the deep South and seeing segregation up close for the first time.  "We've come a long way," she said, and in an auditorium filled with people of all races and ethnicities, uniting around one candidate, it rang true.

Oh yeah, there was this too:

more on the flip...

by Julia Rosen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

Dave just called from the Michelle Obama, Opera Winfrey event.  Maria Shriver just took the stage and announced that she was endorsing Barack Obama.  Evidently she made up her mind just this morning.

I am sure the Obama advance team was more than happy to make room for a Kennedy on the stage.  From the way that she has been talking recently I expected that she would endorse Clinton if anyone at all.  Good late pickup for Obama in California.  Shriver is pretty respected and often credited with helping Arnold successfully make his move back to being a moderate after the 2005 special election.

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, and Caroline Kennedy will be at a rally today in Los Angeles in support of Senator Barack Obama. No bags or signs for security reasons. 

Pauley Pavilion
UCLA
301 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Doors Open: 11:30 a.m.