Rahm Emanuel, Obama's New Chief-of Staff

One day after he was elected president, Obama has announced the names of the members of his transition team, which was mostly formed of ex- advisers of former president Bill Clinton.

He has also made a proposal to be his chief of staff to Rahm Emanuel, ex- adviser of Bill Clinton, and close friend to Obama.Yesterday, Democrat Rahm Emanuel has officially accepted President-elect Obama’s proposal and is therefore his new Chief-of-Staff.

In a press release Obama has announced the names of his transition team supervisors: John D. Podesta, former chief of staff for Clinton, Valerie Jarret, one of Obama’s loyal and long time advisers, and Pete Rouse, former chief of staff of Obama’s Senate team.

The team also includes Carol Browner, for environment issues, William Daley, former Secretary of Commerce, Christopher Edley, Michael Froman and Julius Genachowski, Donal Gips, Governor Janet Napolitano, Federico Pena, Susan Rice and Sonal Shah, from Google.org.

This week Obamas’s team will launch their official website, www.change.gov, which will keep us up to date with the new president’s actions.

Obama and Bush Shaking Hands

Early next week President Bush is scheduled to meet with America’s 44th elected president, Barack Obama.

They will discuss matters of national security, international politics, the Iraq war, the global financial crisis and all other issues that will be passed on from the old president to the new one on the 20th of January.President Bush also wants to express his congratulations to President-elect Obama for his great campaign, and for his resounding victory.

He declared that, since Mr Obama is still choosing the members of his team, his advisors will be more than happy to give them a briefing on all important ongoing national projects, laws, as well as on economy and on foreign policies.

Bush also said that he will do all he can to ensure that, within approximately 75 days, Mr Obama and his team are more than prepared to take over the White House and the presidency of the United States, without even noticing they have only started their activity.

President -elect Obama and the members of his transition team are already being treated as such; they have been given security clearance for the White House, and some of them even receive updates on cases containing classified information.

Charles Mathias, Latest Republican to Endorse Obama

As the world’s most discussed presidential campaign is close to ending, American politicians start expressing their preferences.

The Republicans, for example, seem to go in favour of Senator Barack Obama. Following the example of Colin Powell (the former Secretary of State), are William Weld (former Massachusetts Governor), Scott McClellan (former Bush press secretary) and the latest, Charles Mathias (former Senator of Maryland).

The above mentioned politicians have different reasons for endorsing Obama; some dislike the thought of having Sarah Palin as vice-president, others mention America’s economy, and the true American spirit, which seems to have been lost during Bush’s mandate.

Polls done since this campaign has started show that so many Americans have not considered economy and financial issues as extremely important in the election since 1996, and that Republicans focused their attention on terrorism and moral values issues.

On the other side of the barricade is McCain who flashes a list with the names of his Republican supporters and the 200 retired Army generals.

These endorsements do well for their campaigns, but they do not guarantee their success; it all depends on the American citizens who will attend the voting stations on the 4th of November.

Barack Obama and his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham

Senator Obama shows once again his human side and emphasizes the importance of family ties. After finding out his grandmother is gravely ill, he has canceled the campaign events that were scheduled to take place on Thursday and Friday.

Obama has flown to Honolulu to be with his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, who was released from the hospital a few days ago.

The 85 year old woman has supposedly broken a hip, but no official statement has yet been made. Madelyn Dunham is the mother of Stanley Ann Dunham, Obama’s mother, and ever since the latter’s death in 1995 she has been the maternal figure in his life. He has always cared deeply about her and has many times mentioned her in his public speeches.

Obama’s concern is yet greater due to the woman’s advanced age and this summer he has declared that he will try to spend as much time as possible with her.

The senator’s wife will not be traveling with him to Hawaii, but she will attend some campaign events with him in Indianapolis on Thursday and then alone in Ohio, on Friday.

Colin Powell, Former Secretary of State

Senator Obama seems to become more and more appreciated by great names of politics. The latest to offer him his support was former Secretary of State Colin Powell. Yesterday, he told the press he will vote for Obama, because he sees him as a man of many qualities.

Also, he disagrees with John McCain’s attempts to create a bad image of Obama through all types of unfair techniques.

Colin Powell appreciates the way Obama has dealt with delicate subjects, such as the financial crisis, the Iraq war and international politics in general. At Obama’s campaign event which took place on Sunday, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Powell gave a very convincing speech about the senator’s character and attitude towards this campaign and the United States’ presidency.

Still, Powell declared he does not have anything against Senator McCain; on the contrary, he sees him as a good candidate. It is just that when it came to choosing, Senator Obama scored more points according to his standards.

McCain is also endorsed by former Secretaries of State such as Henry Kissinger, James Baker, Lawrence Eagleburger, and Alexander Haig.

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Martin Chalfie, 2008 Nobel Prize Laureate

As of yesterday, it has become official that all three 2008 US Nobel Prize Laureates want Obama as president, and encourage people to vote for him on National Election Day, on the 4th of November.

The initiators of the Nobel Prize Laureates support group are Martin Chalfie, Roger Tsien – who won the prize in Chemistry – and Yoichiro Nambu, who was rewarded with the Nobel Prize in Physics.
An open letter has been sent yesterday to all media, on behalf of 65 North American Nobel Prize Laureates, which states the reasons for which Obama gets the endorsement of some of the greatest scientific minds in America.

They all see in Obama the man of vision that the country needs, the leader who will ensure the continuous development of science and technology and with whom they would be happy to work in finding solutions to some of the country’s greatest issues: environment, security, economy.

The scientists also make known in the paper their opinion on the Bush government and on the chaos he has turned America into.