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Obama Draws a Crowd in Madison

By | 09.29.10 | 8:59 am

President Obama kicked off efforts to rally the Democratic base and, especially, young people last night with a speech at the University of Wisconsin. Following musical performances by Mama Digdown’s Brass Band, Ben Harper, and The National — as well as words from local pols like Sen. Russ Feingold More…

Obama Drops Another Music Video

By | 09.02.08 | 11:43 am

The rapper will.i.am was all over the Democratic National Convention last week. He was headlining a big concert in downtown Denver on the night of Obama’s speech, and hobnobbing with George Stephanopoulos at a private Huffington Post panel. He’s famous, at least among Democratic delegates, for the music video hit, More…