America to Elect a Black President?

I know that this isn't "gossip", but it's news that I think everyone should know. Barack Obama is considering a presidential run in 2008 and I think he has a FAR better chance than Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton ever had. I'm ready to put on my campaign button!

Hil better watch her Barack!

Obama sez Prez run a 'possibility'

BY HELEN KENNEDY
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, a Democratic Party star, says on NBC's 'Meet the Press' yesterday that a 2008 presidential run is something he will 'sit down and consider.'
As Sen. Hillary Clinton debated her GOP rival John Spencer on ABC yesterday morning, a far greater threat to her political ambitions was looming over on NBC.
That's where Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was saying he may run for President in 2008.

"I don't want to be corny about this. Given the response I've been getting the last several months, I have thought about the possibility," he said on "Meet the Press."

"After Nov. 7, I'll sit down and consider it."

Asked if he were abandoning his 2004 pledge to serve out a full six-year Senate term, Obama said, "That's how I was thinking at the time."

A genuine political phenomenon whose star power already rivals Clinton's, Obama would be a formidable threat in the Democratic primaries, despite - or possibly because of - his lack of government experience.

Obama, 45, is riding a wave of glowing publicity from his current book tour and is being met everywhere by adoring crowds. Oprah Winfrey urged him to run for the White House, and last week's Time magazine cover had his face next to the words "The Next President."...
Source:NY Daily News