WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Barack Obama today took the initial step in a presidential bid that could make him the nation's first black to occupy the White House, filing papers creating a presidential exploratory committee.
An MSNBC article about Obama and his record in the Senate is here.
The video of his announcement is available on his website here.
Note: In other 2008 news, Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) is getting into the race for the Republican nomination.
[IMO, Tancredo makes JD Hayworth look like a voice of enlightened moderation. I don't think he expects to win, but he wants to be a player with the national Republican Party, not just Congressional Republican caucus]
Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) has also announced that he's running.
Many ask "Christopher who??"; even his home state's leading daily, The Hartford Courant, thinks he doesn't have a snowball's chance in Phoenix.
...The strike by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 933 against Raytheon in Tucson has ended with the membership's approval of the latest contract offer, 766 - 186, 347 not voting.
The Business Journal of Phoenix has a brief article here.
The AZ Daily Star has a longer article here.
...Tonight's meeting of the Scottsdale City Council should be interesting - pay raises for the highest-ranking city employees are on the agenda (a topic that generates controversy in *any* city, as is a discussion of the report concerning the "study" of the effects of photo radar on Loop 101.
Executive session at 4 p.m. to discuss the effects of Prop 207; regular meeting at 5 p.m. at City Hall.
Later!
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