Now it’s a Hanuman murti* for Obama

Looks like you are new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!* Murti = idol in Hindi
Them Hindoos currently are nowhere close to being a dominant force when it comes to electorate size in the US [UD]. But that doesn’t stop from trying to influence the outcome of [...]

Obama claims victory in Democrats primary

After almost one full year of campaigning, Barack Obama claimed victory in the contest for Presidential nominee for the Democrats. [MSNBC]
Historical momentimg: vis MSNBC
A few quick notes:
-First African-Americanindividual of mixed race to run for the November elections
-Every state had to be counted in this primary
-Obama secured enough delegates to declare a victory
-Clinton has refused to [...]

Florida and Michigan delegates to count, with a slight twist

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has voted to seated Michigan and Florida at the DNC convention, but each delegate would only count for half a vote. In Michigan, Clinton got 69 and Obama 59 delegates and in Florida, gave Clinton 105 pledged delegates to 67 for Obama. The number needed to earn the Democratic presidential [...]

Obama Clinton split states, again

The ongoing primary duel between Obama and Clinton reminds me of a tennis match with Obama up 2 sets to 1, and on duece in the clinching game for Obama. Then the score goes Duece-Advantage Obama-Duece-Advantage Obama-and on and on. People are ready for the game to conclude and Obama to play the championship game [...]

Obama and Hillary split North Carolina and Indiana

Continuing with the ongoing trend, Barack Obama won with some room to spare in North Carolina and the Ganesh idol brought enough luck for Hillary Clinton to win Indiana by a narrow margin. [CNN]
The bylines to this story:
- Obama leads in delegate count and will most likely win the popular primary vote at this stage.
- [...]

Hillary wins PA, gets Ganesh idol

Hillary Clinton won the Pennsylvania primary on Tuesday and gets a Ganesh idol to show for it, courtesy Sant Singh Chatwal, chairman of the Hillary Clinton for President Exploratory Committee. [via Rediff] (tip Sai via email)
This is great opportunity for a caption. I’ll get started.
1. Hillary: “I won and all I have to show for [...]

Penn Masala rocks the vote during PA primaries

Remember Penn Masala from the movie “American Desi” and the hilarious parody song “Show me the meaning of being desi”? Members of this world’s first Hindi a capella group are working on the U. Penn campus to increase voter turnout during the Pennsylvania primary. [video via CNN-IBN]

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Clinton’s $109 million includes desi donor

By now you’ve probably heard of the $109 million earnings of the Clintons since they left office in 2001, which some pundits predict could put the final nail in the coffin of a struggling Hillary Clinton campaign.
One the major donors of the Clintons’ fortune is InfoUSA founder, Vinod Gupta.
From TOI
An Indian-American technology entrepreneur, whose connections [...]

Desi pitches for Obama on Oprah

Speaking of the desi love for Democrats, here’s a desi from Atlanta, GA, on Oprah’s show describing why she likes Barack Obama (tip Karthik via email). She even sings a catchy jingle “O….B….AMA, O….B….AMA”. Like Oprah says, she needs to work on the rhymes and lyrics, entertaining nonetheless. It’s catchy this “O….B….AMA, O….B….AMA”.

p.s. From the [...]

Is India Democrat territory?

Previous posts on Über Desi have discussed the predilection of South Asians in the US for Democrats (1,2). To sum it up, most young desis love Barack Obama, largely because of his charisma and ability to appeal to folks of all ethnicities and the older ones support Hillary Clinton, hoping for a return of the [...]

McCain picks Jindal as running mate

Earlier this year, was some speculation in Republican circles about McCain picking Jindal as a Vice Presidential candidate to offset Barack Obama’s popularity among minorities. That speculation has turned out to be true.
Breaking news from FU Times. [link]
GOP White House hopeful John McCain on Tuesday tapped Louisiana Governor, Piysuh “Bobby” Jindal, to be his running [...]

Jay-Z “pimps” Obama at concert

Remember the flap when Obama’s campaign played a Jay-Z number at his victory celebration. With lyrics like “I got 99 problem, but a ***** ain’t one”? Some Clinton supporters took it as a reference to their candidate. [link]
Couple of days back, at a concert here, in between numbers, Jay-Z cut the background music and went [...]

Turbans and a magical formula for veep

By now you’ve probably seen pictures of Barack Obama in a turban circulating the Internet. [link]
The target audience of the pictures of Obama in a turban is the bigoted section of the American population that views anyone in a turban in an unfavorable light. The Obama campaign alleges the pictures were sent by Hillary Clinton’s [...]

Kal Penn bats for Obama

With the race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama almost tied, Obama’s supporters are concentrating on the high school/college crowd to push them over the top and Kal Penn’s popularity in that demographic with flicks like “Harold and Kumar” is being touted as a selling point. [link]

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Political Compass: Are you similar to Hilter or Gandhi?

Ever watch the US Presidential debates and wonder why do these candidates all sound alike?? Politicalcompass.org has a breakdown and the findings will surprise you. Also find out where you stand politically in respect to these candidates and other former and current world leaders like Gandhi, Hitler and renowned economist, Milton Friedman.

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2008 US Presidential Elections: 101

As the battlelines are being drawn for the US Presidential Elections of 2008, we @ UberDesi will attempt to keep our readers updated with the significant happenings, soundbytes and, most importantly, desi-related issues and news associated with this event.
Who wants to be Amrikan President?
Actually we have a head-start with the Desi-crats post, the follow-up on [...]

Dumb, dumber and dumberer.

For now, I know that Rep. Tom Tancredo, one of the presidential candidates just sent out a memo to bury his campaign.
During an appearance in Iowa on Tuesday, Tancredo said his deterrence strategy would be to warn Islamic extremists.
Press TV quotes from Iowapolitics.com
If it is up to me, we are going to explain that [...]