Change for Prince Georges

Barack Obama

• Born August 4, 1961 in Oahu, Hawaii – now 47 years old

• Father from Kenya, and mother from Kansas

• Raised by his mother and his grandparents (maternal)

• Married to Michelle, 2 daughters (7 and 10 years old)

• B.A. in political science, Columbia University (New York)

• 1985, Director of Developing Communities Project, Chicago

• 1991, graduated Harvard Law School

• 1996, elected to the Illinois State Senate

• 2000, ran for but lost U.S. House seat

• 2004, keynote speaker at Democratic National Convention

• 2004 elected to the U.S. Senate (Illinois)

Joseph R. Biden

• Born 1943, Scranton, Pennsylvania, oldest of 4 children

• Mother – homemaker; father – car salesman

• Catholic

• Married to Jill (2^nd wife), 3 children

• 1965, graduated University of Delaware

• 1968, graduated Syracuse University Law School

• 1970, elected to New Castle, DE County Council

• 1972, elected to the U.S. Senate (Delaware) – in 6^th term

• Senate Foreign Relations Committee

  • Member since 1975 & Chairman, 2001-2003, 2007-present

• Senate Judiciary Committee

  • Member since 1977; Chairman, 1987-1995

• Iraq

  • 2003, originally opposed military action but voted for Final Senate Resolution

  • 8 later trips to Iraq; co-authored plan to federalize Iraq

• Abortion

  • Repeatedly voted against “partial-birth abortion”

  • Opposes public funding of abortion

• Darfur – called on Pres. Bush to protect UN peacekeepers

• Taxes – wants to rescind Bush’s tax cuts for wealthiest Americans