Operation of the Century: January 2008

On the eve of the utmost critical South Carolina primary, I thought it would be illuminating to post a list of well known Americans donating exclusively to the Barack Obama for President campaign, compiled from the excellent site newsmeat.com. The following people have contributed the maximum amount $2300:

Jennifer Aniston
Tyra Banks
Halle Berry
Zach Braff
Richard A Clarke
George Clooney
Harry Connick Jr
Cindy Crawford
Babyface
Michael Eisner
Jamie Foxx
Morgan Freeman
Cuba Gooding Jr
Grant Hill
Bruce Hornsby
Ron Howard
Phil Jackson
Samuel Jackson
Michael Jordan
Cedric Entertainer
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Seth MacFarlane
Natalie Maines
Stephon Marbury
Branford Marsalis
Judge Mathis
Eddie Murphy
Craig Newmark (Craigslist)
Leonard Nimoy
Ed Norton
Adrian Pasdar
Tyler Perry
Sidney Poitier
Maury Povich
Phylicia Rashad
Paul Reiser
Chris Rock
Brooke Shields
Emmitt Smith
Jada Pinkett Smith
Will Smith
George Soros
Isaiah Washington
Forest Whitaker
Gene Wilder
Oprah Winfrey
Jeffrey Wright
George Zimmer (Mens Wearhouse)

There is increasing sentiment in the media that Senator Barack Obama's many policy proposals veer to the right, especially in comparison to that of his two main Democratic opponents. Added to that is the significant appeal he possesses outside of the Democratic party, which propelled his triumph in Iowa on January 3rd. This falls in line with the speeches Obama has given over the years, most prominently his keynote address at the DNC in July of 2004, in which he excitedly promulgated the insightful notion that "there is not a liberal America or a conservative America, there is the United States of America." Barack Obama truly believes that we can bridge the gap that has polarized the political masses, a rift that has been swollen by our last two administrations, who have provided us seemingly endless scandals in their 4 terms. Obama's main rival in his quest for the nomination is undeniably an heir to the factional governing that's made conciliatory politics an archaic practice. The divide and conquer technique has become full blown in recent days, leading to a bizarre accusation that Obama is the playing a race card in defending attacks based on racial arguments, both implicitly and historically. Unfortunately, these methods have a disturbingly inevitable way of benefiting its proprietor, in this case the Clinton group, which has firm residence in the Democratic party command center. Barring a much needed awakening in the voting public to the underhanded Clinton strategy, it will succeed in taking the nomination. It is then that a new alliance can be built, a formidable entry that can carry itself to the White House in January 2009. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has began canvassing the country for a national run. He has the financial resources to promote his candidacy, but lacks the ground swell that pushes every winner to the finish line. That's where Senator Obama completes the blueprint. America will be strengthened with leadership that will not be concerned about winning the next election, rather one that seeks pragmatic solutions that benefits the majority of the people, those grouped in the center of the political gathering. I heartily endorse an independent ticket of Barack Obama and Michael Bloomberg, and believe this is not only a winning choice, but one that will give us the most sound, appealing administration we've had for a long time.