STREISAND SUPPORTS HILLARY CLINTON

STREISAND SUPPORTS HILLARY CLINTON

(AGI) - New York, 29 Nov. - Barbra Streisand has spoken publicly about her support for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. The singer confirmed her commitment the day after appearing on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Last month Streisand gave an endowment to all three of the main candidates for the American elections - Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards - but has said that her support is solely for the wife of the former US president. "Hillary Clinton has already proved to a generation of women that there are no limits to success.
She is an important voice for change in America, and we find ourselves at a crossroads. Under her leadership our country will regain the respect of the international community."

I think it is great that the candidates are getting support for other celebrities. Anything to get to more votes is awesome. POWER TO THE CELEBRITIES!

Oprah to campaign for Obama

Oprah to campaign for Obama

The Obama campaign has announced that the talk-show host and media icon will campaign with the presidential hopeful in the all important primary elections in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina next month.

But while increasing the sales of a book might be easy, the verdict is not out on whether Oprah's magic touch extends to politics. ''It is not going to affect my vote. I love Oprah but it is not going to affect my vote,'' says a resident of the Lower East Side in Manhattan. However, other New Yorkers disagree.

According to a resident of Queens ''A lot of people listen to Oprah and they listen to her opinions so it is very possibly that she could sway women voters away from Hillary''.

The media mogul has twice topped Forbes's annual most powerful celebrity list. The Oprah Winfrey Show reaches almost 9 million Americans everyday and is syndicated to 135 foreign countries. Then there's O, her magazine, her website and her philanthropy that has made her one of the few persons in America who is recogonised by just one name.

In September, Oprah hosted a star-studded fundraiser for Obama, which raised about $3 million for the White House hopeful.

According to a poll by the Pew research centre taken shortly after, 69 per cent of respondents said they would not be influenced by Winfrey's endorsement of a political candidate but 60 per cent believed her support would help Senator Obama.

I think that is is great the Oprah is helping Barack Obama in his presidential campaign. I also think it is a great idea to get votes to.

Edwards Offers Heating Plan

Edwards Offers Heating Plan

Former Senator John Edwards outlined a proposal yesterday in New Hampshire to lower the cost of heating oil, increase regulation of oil companies and promote energy efficiency.

Speaking at a town hall-style campaign event in Meredith, N.H., Mr. Edwards said home heating oil in the state had risen sharply to about $3 a gallon, nearly triple the cost in 2000.

To ease the financial burden for low-income families, Mr. Edwards, a Democrat from North Carolina, said Congress should tap into its heating and oil reserves and increase subsidies to the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which he said President Bush had unfairly scaled back. In February, Mr. Bush proposed an 18 percent cut in the program, which provides $2.2 billion this year to help people pay heating bills.

He proposed increasing financial assistance for a program to winterize homes, putting it on a $500 million annual budget, and supporting emergency loans for families to pay heating bills.

John Edwards