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POLITICS: Resources for 2008 Presidential Race

The 2008 U.S. Presidential Race & South Asians / South Asia

For the 2008 presidential race, the South Asian population (approx. three million voters, non-voters, etc) will play a disproportionate role (multiple roles, actually). Watch for stories about efforts to woo the community and its money. Of course, there's no such thing as a single South Asian community, so watching this all play out is going to be fascinating.

On this page, we will track all the SAJAforum items having to do with the race, along with links to the campaigns' outreach efforts and more. Send items to saja[at]columbia.edu.
We are also looking for experts (partisan and non-partisan) on U.S. politics.

* Listen to SAJA Briefing with senior Clinton & Obama supporters, Feb. 28, 2008

 

South Asian Campaign Sites & Contacts (whatever we could find):
  • HILLARY CLINTON
    South Asians for Hillary

    Rajen Anand, former Bill Clinton administration official: ranand2[at]csulb.edu
    Reshma Saujani, working on South Asian outreach
  • BARACK OBAMA
    South Asians For Obama

    Hrishi Karthikeyan, PR contact:
    hrishi1[at]gmail.com
    Preeta Bansal, former Solicitor General of New York State; classmate of Obama; a past lawyer in the Clinton White House and a member of several Obama national policyc ommittees and outreach teams: pbansal[at]skadden.com
    Ahalya Nava, volunteer, AhalyaNM[at]hotmail
    Indian Americans for Obama
    Dr. Kumar Narayanan: ksn[at]comcast.net
    Shankar A. Iyer: sairam[at]cox.net
  • JOHN McCAIN
    Kishan Putta, helping with outreach efforts
    kishanputta[at]gmail.com
  • John Edwards
    Asian Americans for John Edwards

      Lutfi Hassan, traveled with Edwards to India in 2005: lutfi[at]apexgroupofcompanies.com
Experts on the political process:
SAJA members closely covering the campaigns:
  • Aziz Haniffa, Washington editor, India Abroad (closely follows the political process from an Indian-American perspective)
  • Aswini Anburajan, campaign reporter for NBC News/National Journal
  • K.P. Nayar, U.S. correspondent for Kolkata's Telegraph newspaper
  • Rekha Basu, columnist for the Des Moines Register (wrote a column about Obama + others)
  • Adi Raval, senior Washington producer for the BBC, overseeing campaign coverage
  • Sonia Moghe, reporter, KGAN-TV in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (closely following the caucuses and campaign)
  • Seema Mehta, reporter, LA Times, covering various campaigns
  • Kiran Chetry, CNN anchor, covering the campaign regularly
  • Ali Velshi, CNN business anchor, following biz aspects of the race.
  • Chidanand Rajghatta, Washington correspondent, Delhi's Indian Express
  • Ravi Baichwal, anchor at Chicago's WLS-TV, has been on the road with the Obama and McCain campaigns
  • See SAJA's list of freelancers in more than a dozen cities around the U.S.

    This is just a start - let us know of others! E-mail saja[at]columbia.edu
We are also looking for names of any South Asians who are delegates this year or have been in previous elections.
All items in SAJAforum Presidential Politics Category (in reverse order; *** = must-read): Selected blog & news coverage (in reverse order)

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Hey All,

I wanted to let you know about www.usinpac2008.com it is a Presidential Portal Dedicated to connecting the Indian American community with the upcoming presidential elections. It focuses on the issues and looks to getting you engaged!

Find out more!

Thanks,

Varun

This is for: Adi Raval
To The Editor:

I am a Middlebury College graduate, class of 1962, and an investigative news reporter for over 40 years. I am inspired to read about the journalistic experiences of a far younger Middlebury graduate, Adi Raval, the BBC Bureau Chief, who covered some amazing and tragic history in Iraq.
The well written story of Mr. Raval's reporting in Iraq by Megan James deserves high praise. She captured what appears to be the essence of Mr. Raval's experiences and more importantly what he learned about the incredibly sad U.S. foreign policy decimating the Iraqi people with family deaths and wartime sicknesses and yes, brutality by U.S. troops.
“When you are an American in Iraq you see the best in (what) our country (has done), but you also see some of our country’s darkest moments,” Mr. Raval said. Well, many US troops have behaved heroically and have brought much affection and professional assistance to the Iraqi people. But it seems the ones who have raked havoc, including US contractors like Blackwater and Vice President Dick Cheney's former employer, Halliburton, have never been properly investigated and punished for some incredibly evil conduct.
And, as time goes on, it becomes apparent that the US Congress and the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush presidential administrations during several wars have done relatively little to care for hundreds of thousands of perpetually sick US soldiers and perhaps even a larger population of Iraqi and afghan citizens suffering deadly illnesses as well.
Sincerely,
Dennie Williams
PO Box 511, Litchfield, Ct. 06759 telephone 860-567-0280

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