Obama on local TV news last night -- in *Hawai'i*!

[KamaAina]

Turns out the junior Senator from Illinois is actually a local boy, born here and educated at Punahou, our old-line prep school that is almost on par with Andover (and does not, as far as I am aware, have male cheerleaders :-) ) Alas, like many of our best young people, he succumbed to the "brain drain" and ended up in Illinois. Boy, could we ever have used him during that '02 governor's race...

http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/politics/3530992/detail.html

HONOLULU -- Punahou graduate Barack Obama will deliver the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Boston later this month....

Obama's mother and father met at the University of Hawaii. His father is African, from Kenya, and his mother is white. When Obama was 2 years old, his father left the family and returned to Kenya.

Obama was born in Hawaii and attended Punahou School. He played on the state champion Punahou basketball team in 1979....

Obama returns to Hawaii each December. His grandmother and sister live in the islands.

So, after all is said and done, in effect, we'll have three Dem Senators!! :bounce:

And in case you're wondering, Sen. Obama is only 42, so he was born in the State (rather than the Territory) of Hawai'i; thus, no potential barrier to his becoming the first black President (except maybe Harold Ford Jr. :-) )