New York Post, Feb. 2, by David K. Li
https://nypost.com/seven/02022008/news/nationalnews/wesley_snipes_is_now_tax_free_854921.htm
“Maybe the jury liked [Snipes], and somehow held him less culpable than his co-defendants,” said Eric Rakowski…. “Maybe they thought he was just along for the ride.”
San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 3, by Grande Lum
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/02/03/INI9UPPT1.DTL
“I wince when I hear conservative pundits shout about how discrimination no longer exists. As a country, we still have a long way to go. Yet when I consider Obama’s record and his unique talents, I do put aside my own sense of entitlement based on my racial identity and believe again in the American dream. I still feel strongly about my Asian-American identity and at the same time I am called to common ground with my fellow citizens.”
Daily Californian, Feb. 4, by Amy Brooks
http://www.dailycal.org/article/100200
“Barack Obama is the real deal. I didn’t decide to support him just because he got an A in my course,” he said during the rally.
Reuters, Feb. 4, by Diane Bartz and Eric Auchard
http://www.reuters.com/article/CMPTRS/idUSN0459471520080205?sp=true
Aaron Edlin … said Google could help Yahoo stay out of Microsoft’s grip with a carefully targeted buy like “an investment in stock, 10 or 20 percent, a non-controlling interest.”
New York Times, Feb. 4, by Jodi Kantor
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/us/politics/04family.html?sq=Edley&st=nyt&scp=1&pagewanted=all
“It’s not easy,” Ms. Echaveste, who is a paid consultant to Mrs. Clinton, said in a joint telephone interview with her husband, who advises Mr. Obama. “You’re having a discussion and your husband is basically saying that your candidate doesn’t have a moral compass.”
ABC News, Feb. 5, by Jake Tapper, Susan Rucci, and Cindy Smith
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=4242997
“He [Obama] operates from an inner framework of values, a moral compass that I think is absolutely critical in that job,” said Edley, who taught Obama in law school.
“I sort of bristle a little bit when Christopher talks about Obama’s centeredness and sense of values and there is an implied criticism that Hillary Clinton doesn’t know who she is and doesn’t have values,” Echaveste said.
Daily Californian, Feb. 5, by Stephanie M. Lee
http://www.dailycal.org/article/100235
“I’ve worked with now a half-dozen presidential candidates as well as two presidents, and (Obama) is one of the three or four most astonishing minds that I’ve encountered in public life,” said Edley.
“Because I’ve been the deputy chief of staff to the president for two-and-a-half years, where you see up and close what the job requires, I just concluded that as much as I liked Obama, she was more ready,” said Echaveste.
KQED-Forum with Michael Krasny, Feb. 5
http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R802050900
“We’ve learned that George Bush’s legacy to the U.S. is an exploding cigar. We’ve got a lot of things … in the budget that aren’t realistic, and it’s basically becoming a budget of defense spending, entitlements, and tax cuts and there’s very little left to spend on other programs.”
Sacramento Bee, Feb. 6, by Matt Weiser
http://www.sacbee.com/378/story/691079.html
“A number of folks feel, for whatever reason, they are reduced to pursuing litigation as the last available option to vindicate their interests,” said Richard Frank.
San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 7, by Peter Fimrite
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/02/07/BAD6UT9IE.DTL&type=printable
Kirk Boyd said the Seadrift Association promised not to interfere with his client’s right to sit or lie on the beach up to within 60 feet of the top of the rock seawall. The agreement was reached Jan. 28. “He did not seek money nor was he paid money,” said Boyd.
Los Angeles Times, Feb. 11, by Molly Selvin
http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-fi-milberg11feb11,0,6389527.story
“What you’re watching is a bit of a transition from a world in which class-action practice did have some disreputable aspects to a different model that’s much more responsible, publicly oriented and closely regulated,” said Stephen Bundy.
KGO-TV, Feb. 15, by Eric Thomas
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/national_world&id=5961493
“It is important to recognize that for certain neighborhoods in Medellin, Pablo Escobar was a policeman, he was the judge, he was the executioner, he was the bank, he was a social service provider,” said human rights attorney Roxanna Altholz…. “Pablo’s rise to power is a story about the weakness of the Colombian government.”