In a lengthy piece about the influences that shape the thinking of Barack Obama, David Axelrod, a senior White House advisor, says that the President reads “magazines like crazy,” including The New Yorker, The Economist, Sports Illustrated and Rolling Stone. The Washington Post Jan. 25, 2010
An announcement is expected Tuesday, November 18th. Min (Nov. 17, 2008)
Oprah Winfrey is not expected to introduce Barack Obama or take any other leading role, at this month’s Democratic National Convention in Denver, either because she doesn’t want to steal the spotlight (the idea advanced by Oprah associate Gayle King) or because her TV ratings suffered from her very public support of Obama in the primaries [...]
Henry Louis Gates Jr., Harvard professor and editor-in-chief of e-zine TheRoot.com, said the election of Barack Obama to president of the United States would be historic. But Gates won’t reveal his own political preferences, citing the need to maintain journalistic impartiality. The Boston Globe Magazine (May 18, 2008)