This is too funny,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKsoXHYIC qU

politicalwire summed it up,

Crush on Obama
ABC News: "An amusing, risqué music video, featuring a nubile young woman breathlessly singing her love for presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) appeared on the Web this week. Entitled 'I Got a Crush on Obama,' the song and video took the Obama campaign by surprise and further demonstrated how the democratic nature of the Internet specifically Internet video on sites such as YouTube is affecting politics in unpredictable ways."

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http://www.nysun.com/article/56417?page_ no=1
Hillary Clinton has again shown her maturity and class today.

On a day when her campaign was touting the endorsement of a prominent Hispanic senator, making a new appeal for cash, and rallying support among women of color, Mrs. Clinton downplayed the potential impact of an Obama victory in the next round of fund raising.

"It would mean nothing to my campaign. Nothing at all," Mrs. Clinton declared to reporters yesterday after announcing the endorsement of Senator Menendez of New Jersey. The former first lady had started to leave the event, but she stepped back to the microphone to answer a question about Mr. Obama's fund raising.

She said she was out-raised "two to one" in her first Senate campaign in 2000, a race in which she defeated Rick Lazio after Mayor Giuliani dropped out. That was an apparent reference to the combined fund-raising of Messrs. Lazio and Giuliani.

"I hope other Democrats do well, because that shows the appetite for change," Mrs. Clinton said. "But for me, all I care about is that we're going to have the resources we need to run a winning campaign, and we do."

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This diary is completely non-political. I am wondering how many of you are figure skating fans and how many of you follow this sport?

Anyway, I'd like to introduce you a 14-year-old sensation - Caroline Zhang. She is exceptional and has been touted as the next Michelle Kwan!

Here are a couple of her video clips I scoured from youtube. Enjoy!!!

Caroline Zhang 2007 Marshalls Showcase- You raise me up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdrR01JJm QY

2007 World Junior world championships (gold medalist)

Short program -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVIZDrxjJ xc

Long program -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd4M_bFeK 6s

BTW, Michelle Kwan is not a liberal. Caroline Zhang for Hillary Clinton!!

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070611/ap_o n_el_pr/obama_donor

Rezko contributed thousands of dollars and raised thousands more as Obama ran for the Illinois legislature, the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate. He was even involved in Obama's purchase of a family home.

But now Rezko faces federal charges as the central figure in an Illinois corruption scandal, and Obama -- whose Democratic presidential campaign emphasizes a squeaky-clean image -- is scrambling to distance himself from his old supporter

Last week, Obama's campaign said it was donating $23,000 to charity -- the total of three contributions from Rezko business associates. Last year, it donated $11,500 to purge itself of money Rezko donated.

Democratic strategist Stephanie Cutter, who is not affiliated with any presidential candidate, said the situation "may leave voters with the impression Senator Barack Obama is and was indeed a politician, but I'm not sure that's earth-shattering."

Campaign consultant Chris Lehane, who worked in the Clinton White House and for        Al Gore in 2000, said it shows voters that Obama "puts his pants on the same way as any other politician" -- something that "undermines the core Obama brand, that he is a different kind of leader."

Their relationship came into the spotlight last October, the same month Rezko was indicted on federal charges, with the disclosure that Rezko had played a role in the senator's purchase of a home.

Obama bought a house and lot. Rezko's wife bought an undeveloped property next door. The two parcels had once been a single tract of land.

Obama paid $1.65 million for the house and lot while Rezko paid $625,000 for the undeveloped lot. Six months later, Rezko sold a strip of his property to Obama, who wanted to increase the size of his side yard. Obama paid Rezko $104,500, which he says was the market rate.

While Obama has said that the transaction was handled ethically, he has conceded the perception of favor-trading it created was a "boneheaded" mistake.

Rezko is charged with plotting to shake down money management firms hoping to do business with the Illinois Teachers Retirement System, a $39 billion state pension fund, for kickbacks.

He also is charged with swindling the General Electric Capitol Corp. out of $10 million in a deal involving the purchase of pizza restaurants.

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A new NH poll was just released by CNN:
http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2007/images/06/11 /top3dem.pdf

June March/April February(with Al Gore)

Clinton 36% 27% 35%
Obama   22% 20% 21%
Edwards 12% 21% 16%
Gore    12% 11% 8%
Richardson 10% 4% 1%
Biden     4% 2% 3%
Kucinich  1% 1% 1%
Dodd      * 1% *
Gravel * * 0
Someone else 2% * 0
No opinion 1% 12% 14%

Without Al Gore(no trend line)
IF GORE WERE NOT IN THE RACE
June, 2007
Clinton 39%
Obama 24%
Edwards 14%
Richardson 11%
Biden 5%
Kucinich 2%
Dodd *
Gravel *
Someone else 3%
No opinion 2%

The poll was conducted from June 6 to June 10.

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