Founder, Generation Obama Los Angeles
Founder and co-chair of Generation Obama Los Angeles, a grassroots campaign that puts on affordable art, film and music events to raise money and awareness among the youth vote for the campaign
PROFILE
Haroon Saleem
Guest
FROM Haroon Saleem
To the Point
Has the Convention Produced 'The Message?' The massive security presence outside the Pepsi Center just vanished overnight, as the Democrats have moved on to Invesco Field. That's the football stadium where Barack Obama will address the convention delegates tonight plus tens of thousands of people who bought tickets. Did Bill Clinton's fiery endorsement finally bring the party together? Did he and Joe Biden define the themes of Obama's campaign? What are the challenges facing the first African-American nominee of a major political party?
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