Monday, January 1, 2007

20 things to look for in `07 (Barack obama)

In our second annual round of predictions for the coming year, reporters whose beats encompass everything from O'Hare to Obama, from biz to blogs, stick their necks out 1. Amazing race
Who could have seen this coming? The Red Sox paid $51 million just for the right to speak to a pitching prospect. A book in which O.J. Simpson "hypothesized" how he would have killed Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman nearly hit store shelves.
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama will soon be back from his vacation in Hawaii and is expected to give the nation his decision on whether he will run for president in 2008.
ALBANY The Sheriff of Wall Street, the defender of the little guy, the reformer, Mr. Clean. After 12 years of Republican rule, Eliot Spitzer reclaimed the governor's mansion as a Democrat.
TODAY: (Updated 10:27 a.m.) DES MOINES A group that wants to see U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., join the 2008 presidential race has purchased TV advertising time in Iowa on New Years Day.