There was protest when Teddy Roosevelt invited Booker T. Washington to dine at the White House, and there is protest, 108 years later, when Notre Dame's president invited President Barack Obama, to deliver Notre Dame's commencement address.

Speaking about Miss USA Carrie Prejean, judge Perez Hilton, said, “If that girl would have won Miss USA, I would have gone up on stage, I shit you not, (and) snatched that tiara off her head."

When Perez Hilton cheerily asked Miss California to tell him if all of the states should follow Vermont's lead by making same sex marriage legal, he was posturing a patriarchal power play, that foiled, badly.

Today, a young woman in a California audience, stood up and told President Obama that she is mixed-race, and glad that the president is someone she can relate to. Does that mean she cannot relate to her father, or her mother?

19-year-old college student, Julio Osegueda, shocked and awed the presidential audience at Fort Myers, Florida, with a level of enthusiasm, appreciation and sheer goodwill, seldom displayed.

Is there something about Roland Burris that Dick Durbin doesn't like? If so, he'd better get over it fast, because Roland Burris is the only other Senator representing his home state, Illinois.

The Court said that the Illinois Secretary of State Is not required to sign and affix his seal to Roland Burris' appointment; Nevertheless, Burris' appointment is legal and binding; And Burris can get a seal by other means.

If Governor Blagojevich had wanted to hurt the Democrats, he could have appointed a Republican, and sat back laughing while the Republicans forced the Democrats to honor the appointment.

An Iowa man, allowed his children to walk toward their mother's house on Christmas Eve, after his car got stuck in the snow. One child died of hypothermia, and the father was charged with murder.

If Hillary Clinton can carpetbag her way into a New York Senate seat, claiming her husband's resume as her own; then Caroline Kennedy, a life time New Yorker, can claim membership in a family that spans four generations of public service, as a qualifier.

I'm sick and tired of public officials who adjust what they do, and edit what they say, to conform to the party line. Rod Blagojevich is the governor, as such he is empowered to fill a vacated Senate seat. He did that. So deal with it!

Leo Donofrio, a retired lawyer, has convinced Supreme Court Justice, Clarence Thomas, to ask his peers to consider if Barack Obama is a natural born Citizen," within the meaning of Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution.

Father Jay Scott Newman told his South Carolina congregation that they should not take communion if they voted for president elect Barack Obama, because he is pro-choice. But he did not tell them that when the pro-choice candidates were white.

Children of abuse are often tough and defiant, because they cannot count on their parents. African Americans are the children of a motherland that has abused and rejected them, but on November 4, 2008 America said, "I can change."

Colin Powell crossed party lines to endorse Barack Obama, calling him a "transformational figure." Perhaps he sensed what only a poet could say, "What our country desperately needs is a leader who loves us . . .

John McCain's Advice ad stirs up racial sentiments, as the context in which the question of, whether or not Barack Obama is an appropriate person to be president, is raised. Undisturbed, these sentiments would compel a negative answer.

Karl Rove revealed his identity obliterating skill when, in an open letter to Barack Obama, he advised Barack to "find a way to gently belittle" Hillary Clinton.

Sarah and Todd Palin are the ultimate conjugal administration. Todd has access to the governor's e-mail, directs employees, attends meetings and utilizes government resources — which may be a security concern.

General Wesley Kanne Clark's website has the theme, "Securing America's Future" and, on Wednesday, August 27, the vice presidential nominee will give an acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, to the theme, "Securing America's Future."

On August 21, 2008, via e-mail and text message, Barack Obama will announce Kathleen Sebelius as his running mate. On the same day, in Des Moines, Iowa, he will introduce her to the nation, before an audience of women.