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My Candidate Statement for California Democratic State Central Committee

In 2010, California Democrats face two statewide contests that could require an unprecedented marshaling of resources: It is likely that the Republican gubernatorial nominee will be extremely wealthy and capable of self-funding their campaign. Rumors persist that Governor Schwarzenegger will mount a challenge Senator Boxer for her seat. On their own, either of ...

Governor Schwarzenegger’s Hit Christmas Family Movie (but not Jingle All the Way)

The good folks at Courage Campaign Issues Committee (disclosure: I've done a bit of work for them) are making spirits bright...at the Governor's expense. [youtube width="480" height="295"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWjg41_wFMI[/youtube] Robert in Monterey talks about the piece at Calitics: The Courage Campaign, in partnership with Donkey on the Edge and with the support of Cheri and ...

Advent Conspiracy, TOMS Project Holiday and the Spirit of Christmas

I usually say, "Videos = Votes" (but not today) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVqqj1v-ZBU[/youtube] There's a mantra I repeat, beating it like a drum (some would say a dead horse): Videos = Votes Tonight I'm singing a different tune...a Christmas Carol, no less. As we're being urged to shop our way out of a recession, the Advent ...

YouTube - Norma Torres for Assembly Volunteers Canvass

YouTube - Norma Torres for Assembly Volunteers Canvass.

YouTube - Lt. Governor Garamendi “Investment in our future”

YouTube - Lt. Governor Garamendi "Investment in our future".

YouTube - John Perez Launches His Campaign

YouTube - John Perez Launches His Campaign.

YouTube - Gavin Newsom on Prop 8 - The Fight Continues

YouTube - Gavin Newsom on Prop 8 - The Fight Continues.

YouTube - Inside the Transition: Energy & Environment Policy Team

YouTube - Inside the Transition: Energy & Environment Policy Team.

Watch This: GOOD Magazine Breaks Down Fundraising for the First Billion Dollar Race for the White House

Fundraising flunkies and compliance junkies: Check out this great motion piece breaking down the who's got the bucks and where the cash comes from in the first $1,000,000,000 campaign. Brought to you by the great folks at GOOD Magazine.

What the Frak is Going on in the 2008 Democratic Primary?

Somebody at Slate must be a Battlestar Galactica fan... This has all happened before, and it will all happen again.

Talking Shop: My Appearance on Wilshire & Washington’s BlogTalkRadio Show

Shameless self-promotion alert!!! Tonight I bellied up to the pundit bar and appeared as a guest on the BlogTalkRadio edition of the excellent blog Wilshire & Washington. Maegan Carberry, who I met on the Obama campaign invited suckered me into a rough Q&A by herself and Variety Editor-At-Large Ted Johnson. I don't know ...

Back With A Vengeance

I took a little while away to go work day-to-day on the Obama campaign in California. Now I'm back. The video above is the last piece I released, capturing the excitement from Barack's supporters outside his debate with Senator Clinton at the Kodak theater on January 31st.

A Stirring Coda - Will.I.am’s Yes We Can video

Though the contest will continue on all the way to Denver, we are just days from 22 states casting their votes and going to caucus. This contest has been elevated by great candidates, two of whom remain. However you vote, wherever you stand, watch the video above. Take a moment to think between ...

Gentlemen, behold! The Huckabeast!!!

McCain’s Daughter is Making Movies on the Road

John McCain's daughter, Meghan McCain, has been blogging his race for a while. Not content with the mere written word, she now is making movies on the campaign trail. The first two clips are above and below. Shannon Bae, who is credited with producing the pieces, has two really ...

Joe Trippi is Out of Ideas. Supporters to Make John Edwards Next Ad!

Enter your :30 second spot between December 28th and January 16th - just in time for the Nevada Caucuses! More details are available at JohnEdwards.com. No word if the winner gets the customary cut of the media buy.

Kumar Goes to Caucus…without Harold. Kal Penn and

It was a little chilly, but I drove around with the top down in L.A. this morning. Looking at this video, it doesn't appear that actors Kal Penn, Olivia Wilde and Megalyn Echikunwoke miss the California weather as they campaign for Barack Obama in Iowa.

Edwards Sending Resources to New Hampshire. What does it all mean?

With theories abounding that former North Carolina Senator John Edwards is quietly winning Iowa, his campaign released this video yesterday telling people to get their asses to New Hampshire. Even the candidate himself hit the streets in the Granite State: Just a week from the Caucus and the Edwards team is turning ...

Kid and Play were NOT in attendance, but Barack was on the phone.

Ah. The house party. Staple of organizing. What once was a time for community to draw together in discussion, is now a chance for neighbors to sit and listen to a conference call together. Because nothing forges neighborly bonds like deciding who gets to say their name before pressing pound. Press ...

What’s the Hottest Ticket in Town (Hint: It’s NOT Hanna Montana)

It's John Edwards, with Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne. Now, I've seen Raitt before. It actually was quite a night, as I got to meet blues legend John Lee Hooker before the show. But, Browne I have never seen. I've gone through three CD copies of Running On Empty, and ...

Here’s my thank you card, Senator Clinton…

At least it's not another damn sweater!

Another Good Supporter Action Video from Edwards

The Edwards team dropped another nice video showing supporters in action today.

Big Opening Week: Edwards Works for Box Office Gold in Iowa Caucus

Don't expect to see this before Sweeney Todd when you go catch it this weekend! John Edwards campaign put out a "Trailer" today for the Iowa Caucus. It's meant to draw attention to the Edwards Campaign Caucus Command Center. I like the piece a lot - especially because it draws on ...

Obama and Edwards - Winning Them Over

A pair of videos this morning show Barack Obama and John Edwards drawing support from two unexpected sources. Edwards continues the story of the two phonebanking stories he posted yesterday: Can you believe it? A Republican supporting Edwards. How's that for electability in the General? Obama's supporter comes from perhaps ...

Presidential Debates and the Special Olympics…

...What are places where everyone is the winner, Alex? Wait! Before you think Edwards ran away with the debate, here's a clip saying how great Obama was: And since everyone was the winner yesterday, here's a clip that the Clinton campaign has put out: So, in three clips from three campaigns - ...

John Edwards’ Campaign (and Parents) Reaching Out And Touching Republicans

Today, John Edwards released a trio of videos featuring voter contact work in New Hampshire. The second video sticks to the same formula. A phonebanker tells their story of talking with a Republican. It's a positive reaction, resulting in good feelings for the volunteer. Both of the clips ...

What was Hillary Clinton up to while Barack Obama was palling around with Oprah?

Why... Making an ad, of course! So, there you have it. Hillary Clinton's mom supports her. This ad is should put to rest all the doubters that Hillary is not human. She has a mom, and a kid. What could be more regular than that? And for those who'd ...

Even Rudy Giuliani’s “YouTube-Style” Video Is About Tall Buildings Being Terrorized

Still clearing out a number of videos I have wanted to post about. This one is Rudy Giuliani's "YouTube-style" clip from the GOP's CNN/YouTube Debate. It's got a nice mix of humor, information and attacks on Hillary Clinton. If I were a Republican, I'm guessing that'd be a web ...

Old People Talk to Themselves, Just Watch Mike Gravel.

Another very creative video from the Gravel camp. What is it about Gravel's supporters that gives them such a creative edge in the online video battle? Is it that the suspension of disbelief needed to go full-throttle for a candidate who will never win sets free supporter's creative juices?

Great Online Organizing. Poor choice of words. Ron Paul certainly has “seen it all.”

Maybe I'm being a bit puerile here... ...but... ...after dropping their tremendous "money bombs" on the political process, the Ron Paul campaign puts out an ad with the unfortunate coincidence of having their narrator use the script... "He's been doctor. He's seen it all." ...while showing him giving a female patient an ...

Obama “Green Gathering” Trailer

I've been going through old videos, looking at the campaigns' work with an eye toward a year-end wrap up. One that I just watched that I had missed before was this piece from the Obama camp. This video (like their Iowa J-J invitation piece, and others) shows the great creativity ...

Shooting Your Ads on the Road - Edwards “Together” Ad

One advantage to having cameras on the road is an abundance of footage. With cost barriers to high image quality cameras evaporating, you can roll Hi-Def tape day after day after day and - provided your cameraperson has a good eye - have what you need for better ...

Romney Delivers Speech on His Mormon Faith…I Think

Mitt Romney just wrapped up what may be the most important speech of his race for the GOP presidential nomination. At least that's what the media has been hyping for the last week or so. The speech addressed the fact that Romney seeks to be the first President who is ...

Kotecki Kommandeers the ‘Tube

In honor of today's GOP CNN/YouTube Debate, Jimmy James Kotecki of Politico.com fame is serving as guest editor of YouTube's front page.

InfoMania on Presidential Vids

InfoMania - a series of "pods" on Current_ - takes a look at campaign videos in this segment that I saw on thre tube a day or two ago. As the year - and primary season - head down the stretch, I expect a lot of these video roundups. I may even ...

YouTube - Hillary at the Iowa JJ Dinner

Playing catch up a bit here, but there were a number of great videos revolving around the Iowa J-J Dinner. Barack Obama put out amazing video work around the J-J. Not to be left behind, the Clinton video put out a nice piece after the event in their usual speech/testimonial ...

PWNED! What Gravel was up to during the Vegas debate

Former Senator Mike Gravel was excluded from last week's debate in Las Vegas. The video above shows how he handled the situation - by holding an event where he yells at the television. Thanks to Tivo, you don't even have to miss any of the debate while he ...

Reelpolitik LIVE at the Democratic Debate in Las Vegas

Elizabeth Kucinich Follows My Lead

When I was young, and still living in Denver, I spent many school nights kicking around in downtown coffee houses. Paris on the Platte was a favorite. The Market in LoDo and St. Mark's (around the corner) were habitual haunts of my friends and I. Whenever the ...

Writers’ Workshop - Members of the WGA put on an advocacy vlogging clinic as part of their strike

Let us get the following out in the open: I am extremely partial to the Writers Guild of America in their strike against the AMPTP. After all, at one point I fancied myself a future member. Now, members of the Guild are inspiring me once again, as they provide a ...

Edwards Hammers Away at Clinton (and in New Orleans)

Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards launched his campaign from the 9th Ward of New Orleans. From time to time over the course of the campaign he has returned there to work in the community with supporters from One Corps - the citizen activism off-shoot of his campaign. ...

Watch This: Freedom

"Freedom is a word I rarely use without thinking of the times when I was low"

Watch This: Bradley Whitford on the Dirty Tricks Initiative (So-Called “Electoral College Reform”)

This is actually the second video with Whitford that the Courage Campaign has released on this topic. Here's the first installment of Whitford taking on the Dirty Tricks Initiative:

Five Candidate Pile-Up: Hillary Clinton’s “Politics of Pile On” Video

Following up on last nights Democratic debate in Philadelphia, Senator Hillary Clinton's campaign released this video where a bunch of mean male Senators gang up on her. Not included in the video: the portion of the debate where the near-perfectly disciplined Clinton got banged around a little on the ...

The Ancient History “Gotcha!”

Gotcha videos don't have to be as fresh as "Macaca" to make their way out there. If anyone should know this, it's Mitt Romney. Romney has been pecked at throughout the race by videos of him saying all kinds of un-2008-Romney things when running for Governor and Senator in Massachusetts. Now ...

The Ultimate First Rule: Never, ever, allow video cameras into fundraisers!

It may have made it to this blog before, but my maxim when shooting on the campaign trail is "film them everywhere but the bathroom and fundraisers." These are two places where folks really shouldn't see their leaders. We all know they have to go both places. But ...

John Edwards, Barack Obama and Bill Richardson are Making Sense

Last week videos from the Edwards, Obama and Richardson campaigns showed some of the different looks you can turn to when making a video for the same purpose - in this case, seeking an endorsement. John Edwards' take on sensible priorities: Barack Obama's take on sensible priorities: Bill Richardson's take on sensible priorities: All ...

Remember the last five years. Now, imagine them if Paul Wellstone were still with us…

If This Race Were About Hair, We’d Elect Jonathan Antin President

The 2008 Democratic Primaries have often seemed as devoted to the hair on top of candidates' heads as the ideas inside. In the Chris Dodd ad above, he re-enlists his white mane for humor - citing it as evidence of decades of fighting the good fight in the Senate. ...

Not Just About Decorating and Dinners: Potential U.S. First Ladies sit down with Mrs. Governator

At her huge annual Women's Conference, California First Lady Maria Shriver hosts a discussion with Elizabeth Edwards, Michelle Obama, Cindy McCain, Ann Romney, and Jeri Thompson. It's a long piece, but - at least if you believe Shriver - it's the first time anything like this has ever happened. ...

Your Words, Your Supporters’ Mouths

After my frivolous post with the "Cooter" video, I felt I should pay respects to the great video work of the Edwards campaign by posting the clip you see above, instead of just being silly (and a little stir crazy). Edwards folks have long done an excellent job of integrating real ...

“Cooter” for Edwards

The Edwards campaign dropped a handful of videos from an October 16th stop in Iowa. Posting this one allows me to type the word "Cooter" - which just feels good. No insight here. Just me. Typing "Cooter" over and over. Cooter.

Get To The Ask

With Hillary Clinton gaining a slight cash-on-hand advantage over his own campaign, Senator Barack Obama made an usually direct fundraising ask in an email and video that went out yesterday. To everything (even hard-ask grassroots fundraising) there is a season, I guess. For Barack Obama, That season is here. Now is ...

Their Change and Mine: Getting OffTheBus with Obama Canvassers

As part of their groundbreaking crowdsourced-coverage program, OffTheBus, the good folks at Huffington Post put out a call for coverage of the Obama campaign's Canvass for Change over the past weekend. Here's my contribution to their effort. I've loved shooting the grassroots in this election cycle; at Edwards and Clinton ...

Rob Reiner appears in Clinton video…but does her campaign “Go to eleven?”

I'd meant to post this before, as any appearance by Meathead deserves an upload. File it under better late than never. If you haven't watched this yet, check it out! In it, Hollywood impresario Rob Reiner directs Clinton supporters in how to convey their outreach. A friend connected ...

Getting Personal With Mike Gravel About His Past Bankruptcy

Former Senator Mike Gravel's campaign released this video a week back, and I thought it worth posting here. It will get nowhere near the attention of the Rock or Fire videos. That's a shame because there is something much more important going on in this piece than there ...

Even Joe Biden had a montage

So... It's a montage of preparations for the Harkin Steak-Fry from the Biden campaign. No big deal - Right? Wrong. Listen to that song. Recognize it? It's "Montage" from Team America: World Police. The wonderment of puppetry where marionette action heroes battle Kim Jung Il over...something. For those who didn't ...

Watch This: Obama NYC Rally Trailer

Dems Captive to Bloggers? Richardson Says: So What?

Thinking back, Ned Lamont - in his primary challenge to Joe Lieberman - ran an add in which Markos of DailyKos made an appearance. Today, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson releases a long-form ad focused on his Iraq plan - a plan centered on leaving no forces (combat or otherwise) in ...

Watch This: ObamaGirl is a One-Woman U.S.O. Show

Perhaps when the "Crush on Obama" video dropped, you thought ObamaGirl - Amber Lee Ettinger - would quickly disappear. Perhaps after the "Obama Girl vs. Giuliani Girl" video came along, you hoped she would quickly disappear. Now, with the help of some beefcake (in the form of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of ...

Watch This: John Edwards Response to President Bush’s National Address on Iraq

Watch This: Barack Obama “Trailer” for Harkin Steak Fry

God bless the mid-west, land of my birth, for their lasting love of red meat.

Warner is Retired, Long Live Warner

Watch This: The REAL Rudy: Mistakes in 30 seconds

See more at The Real Rudy.

Barack Obama Impersonates Phil Hartman Impersonating Bill Clinton

While the mainstream press reports that Hillary Clinton is attempting to horn in on Barack Obama's narrative of change, this Obama visit to Caesario's Pizza in Manchester, NH shows that the Senator from Illinois is stealing a few Clintonian moves himself... Stealing Bubba's moves, and those nice young ladies' fries. ...

Watch This: Americans Against Escalation in Iraq - National TAKE A STAND Day

Watch This: Mike Gravel Young Men and Women

“The Office” Politics

Despite rumors of Ricky Gervais backlash, his broadcast spawn is made its way across the pond, onto NBC, and now into the lexicon of political video parodies. You have a stake in how we talk about the '08 Senate campaigns. Help us pick the bumper sticker slogan that sums up what ...

Upstaging Blanchett, Russ Feingold Also Plays Bob Dylan

In the wake of recent news that British chameleon Cate Blanchett will be one of three actors to portray Bob Dylan in a new picture by Todd Haynes, Senator Russ Feingold gets in on the action with his take on the famous pre-video for "Subterranean Homesick Blues" - often knocked ...

Zennie was a Friend of Mine: Obama supporter covers the California HillStars program

Okay. I lied. Zennie is not a friend of mine. I haven't even met the guy. I'm guessing after this video, he'll be no friend of the Clinton campaign (including my old pal Mike Trujillo, their California Field Director). With all of this, it still pales in comparison to the hundreds ...

It’s the same YouTube you know and love…only with ads!

In a bizarre turn of events, the good folks at google have decided that they'll try and make a little money off of YouTube, after paying almost $2 Billion for it a while back. Imagine that. No. Wait. You don't have to: For now, Google will place the ads ...

Watch This: NJDC’s Democratic Dazzling Dames

My Dinner With Andre…actually, Barack

Last quarter the Obama campaign went through stories sent in by their grassroots contributors to form a quartet that would sit down with the Senator over dinner to discuss the race and our nation. I sometimes want to doubt these things - that it may have been part gimmick, part list-building ...

Max Blumenthal Strikes Again, Reveals New Generation of Hypocrisy

Last time we checked in on the documentary filmmaking of Max Blumenthal, he was cruising Take Back America, looking for Obama Girl. Instead of lovely young ladies in "booty shorts," Blumenthal is chatting up College Republicans at their conference in DC: In conversations with at least twenty College Republicans about the ...

You Say Tomato, I Say Tomato: Edwards Supporter Provides Context for the Michelman Clip on HillaryHub.com

An oft-cited benefit of internet (and YouTube) politics is the ability for John and Jane Public to fact check what is coming from the campaigns. Yesterday, HillaryHub.com (from the Clinton campaign) posted video of Kate Michelman talking about the importance of Hillary being in the race: Nice things to say all around, ...

While Michael Moore Breaks the Cuba Ebargo, Patrick Ruffini Breaks The Clinton YouTube Embargo (UPDATED)

UPDATE: OKAY, OKAY, OKAY!!! I TAKE IT ALL BACK...AT LEAST THE PART ABOUT HOARDING HILLCAM TO THEIR SITE. THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN POSTED THE HILLCAM STOPS ON THEIR YOUTUBE ACCOUNT. YOU CAN FIND THEM HERE, HERE, AND HERE. Following up on this morning's piece on the HillCam, I thought ...

Thanks to HillCam, You can know the Clintons so much better

Earlier this week - impatient person that I am - I complained about the lack of releases from the Clinton campaign's HillCam. It was no sooner than I had hit "Publish" that they started dropping clips, which you see in the playlist above. I was so caught up watching the ...

The Clinton Campaign’s HillCam Head Fake

After seeing the enticing trailer above, I waited with anticipation all weekend to see what secrets the HillCam would reveal. On the heels of their big Sopranos splash, where will things go next/ The Clinton campaign is offering supporters an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the Clintons' 4th of July trip ...

T&A at TBD: Looking for Obama Girl with Max Blumenthal at Take Back America

You may have seen Max Blumenthal's words at The Nation or HuffPo. Or, if you were at this week's Take Back America conference, you might have seen him conducting interesting interviews of such folks as Mike Gravel, Rev. Al Sharpton or "Obama Girl" Amber Lee Ettinger. Actually, he never found ...

Spike Jonze + YouTube = Al Gore is President? (or How the Wooden VP Became a Real Boy)

Going through unlabeled tracks in my iTunes library, I came across "What's Up Fatlip?" by Fatlip (formerly of The Pharcyde). It got me thinking of the song's excellent video - directed by Spike Jonze (see below). Around the same time he was making videos and documentaries with Fatip, Jonze created ...

Clintons = Sopranos? How long until this clip breaks 1,000,000 views?

Due to the amount of candidate emails I get...I have to admit I often don't read them. So, I guess I'm a little behind the times to post the Clinton campaign's spoof of the last episode of the Sopranos. As for her "winner" of the song contest... The Greatest Singer in ...

Edwards “Demand and Be Heard” Eventful.com Contest Video Reappears!

Yesterday, as a case for using systems other than YouTube as your primary web video outlet (post to all of them), I posted a disappearing video from the Edwards campaign about their contest on Eventful.com, called Demand and Be Heard. The video has been revived, and is posted above. ...

Obama & Edwards: Fathers and Sons

I work campaigns. I have two sons - and a third on the way. These two things are sometimes hard to reconcile. As I'm currently talking to various campaigns about what ship to set sail on next, I can hardly imagine what it's like to be a candidate with two young ...

Disappearing Edwards Videos - One Case for Brightcove

On Technology Evangelist, Benjamin J. Higginbotham... ...which reminds me of a story - my only known encounter with the CIA!... ...but anyway... Higginbotham writes on the value of using Brightcove as opposed to YouTube for your campaign's primary video outlet. While rightly suggesting the use ofall of the social video sites (including ...

Biden on a Roll - YouTube Response Videos

A moment ago, I posted a nice clip from the Biden campaign on the importance of the Iowa Caucuses that defies their M.O. of posting clips from news shows and debate performances. Now, they follow up with a quartet of video responses through YouTube. I've pulled them into the playlist below. ...

Biden Iowa Video

No one can say that Senator Joe Biden's campaign has failed to be prolific in their posting to YouTube. Hitting the 100 videos mark on their YouTube account today, the Biden campaign has relied far too much - for my liking - on television news and debate clips. There is ...

Walk for Change: San Fernando Valley

Here's a little piece (the first of two) from the San Fernando Valley "Walk for Change" canvassing event for the Obama'08 campaign. For other pieces from the Walk for Change, check out PrezVid or BarackTV.

The New Hampshire Debate - Hitting the Angle Button

At the Democratic debate on Tuesday night, the CNN/WMUR crews weren't the only ones toting video gear. In the midst of the YouTube primary, the campaigns were sporting crews of their own. Throughout the day, the Dodd campaign was rolling tape in their signature cinéma vérité style. As a ...

Supporting the Troops (Edwards “Care Packages” videos)

In the last few days, the Edwards for President campaign release a pair of videos showing the candidate (in Iowa) and the campaign staff (in North Carolina) making Memorial Day care packages for our men and women serving overseas. These videos are exactly the sort of thing I think of when ...

Dodd in Syndication Follow-Up…the Stream

Dodd in Syndication

Because I like this idea, and because he gave me a few minutes of his time at the California Convention, I'm going to go ahead and reprint an email I just received from the Chris Dodd campaign. In a few minutes they'll be doing a live stream from Iowa, ...

Democratic Party of Orange County: Orange to Blue

Programus Interruptus

Apologies all around for both the unfortunate title of this post, and for the last two Pillars of online video campaigning being late. Last week we covered Frequency, Interactivity and Exclusivity...and were staring Continuity right in the face. Then came the California Democratic Convention, which sent me into the bunker ...

This Never-Before-Seen Footage…

The Third Pillar: Exclusivity In the First Pillar: Frequency, I discussed the need to shoot a lot and release a lot – providing you with the two things that make your program work: footage and viewers. In the Second Pillar: Interactivity, I tackled what to put into your pieces – namely, two-way ...

Missed Connections

The Second Pillar: Interactivity You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talking... you talking to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who the fuck do you think you're talking to? (Travis Bickle, Taxi Driver) Yesterday, we talked about ...

What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?

The First Pillar: Frequency The first of the five pillars holds its own benefits, while providing a foundation for the others. Frequency refers not only to releasing often, but also to shooting often. An effective web video program requires a lot of footage. Shooting all the time allows you to build a ...

A week late, and seven dollars short!

Like never before, the media war of the 2008 Presidential campaign is unfolding online. Yet, for all the work of the campaigns, the one piece that broke through – at least to bloggers and the media…who knows about real people? – had its genesis in the wild, rather than ...

The Week Ahead

I've resolved to do more around here - or at least as much as I can, with a lot of work ahead of me on the upcoming California Democratic Party Convention. Starting next week, I'll be taking a look at a few principles I'd like to see as the baseline in ...

All Star Weekend II: Barack Obama in Las Vegas

As I posted before, NBA All Star Weekend also featured appearances by Senators John Edwards and Barack Obama. Here is the second of the pieces I shot of those events, featuring Senator Barack Obama.