America is ready for an Obama presidency.  I put together a very nice video on youtube compiling the numerous celebrity endorsements Obama has recieved to date.

The included endorsements on the video are from Oprah Winfrey, Matt Damon, Robert Deniro, Halle Berry, and George Clooney.  It is amazing to hear these guys firsthand account of Barack Obama's message.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQZL5BF71 5g

UPDATE: Please feel free to check out all my youtube videos. They are mostly pro-Obama videos covering his early debates with Alan Keyes and a few contrasting his positions with his democratic rival John Edwards. Just type lovingj1 in the youtube search window or just go here http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lovingj1.

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Brought to you by Jill Tubman of Jack and Jill Politics

This week, a controversial photo snapped at a blogger lunch in Harlem with Bill Clinton is under much discussion in the progressive blackosphere. You can follow the conversation here, here, here, and here And responses here and here. I know many of the bloggers in the photo -- including Chris Bowers and Matt Stoller of MyDD -- to be tireless workers against racism in America. I agree with Jeralyn Merritt at TalkLeft that:

There should have been a greater attempt made to include minority bloggers. But I think it was unintentional. I will bet that when there's another such event, and there will be, whether it's by President Clinton or another Democrat, there will be a greater effort to include a more diverse group of bloggers.

There's a problem with this photo and what it implies about how the power structure is changing -- and who might get left behind. Let's not deny that and make excuses. Instead, let's talk about how to fix it. The Republic of T has a great post on Blogging While Brown that offers a thoughtful commentary on the big picture here (pun intended).

What do you think? Jack and Jill Politics asks you to help us think about how to include more diverse voices from the blogs and beyond to the table of progressive politics so that pictures like this look different from now on.

More news in minorities and politics after the jump.

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