E-mail a friendFebruary 18, 2008
Tavis revisits his conversations with the two Democratic Party presidential candidates: Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama.
Sen. Hillary Clinton
Sen. Hillary Clinton
Before tossing her hat into the ring for the presidential race, Sen. Hillary Clinton became the first U.S. First Lady elected to public office and the first woman elected statewide in New York. A Yale-trained attorney, she served on the Yale Law Review Board of Editors and, since, has balanced law and public service. She's authored several books and won a Grammy for the recording of her best seller, It Takes a Village. Clinton's Senate committee assignments include Armed Services and Environment and Public Works.
Sen. Barack Obama
Sen. Barack Obama
After months of speculation on whether he would run in '08, Illinois' junior senator Barack Obama announced his candidacy for the White House in February ‘07. He's proven to be a stellar fund-raiser and a popular candidate. The only African American in the U.S. Senate, Obama is a Harvard Law School grad—and the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review—a former civil rights lawyer and former state senator. His committee assignments include Foreign Relations, Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security.