1. President-elect Barack Obama
One can easily argue that the 2008 presidential election was not won by ideology, policy, or get-out-the-vote efforts nearly as much as by Obama's oratory skills. Those talents were on display time and again, whether he was discussing his mixed race heritage or taking the stage in Denver to accept
his party's nomination.
2. AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka
Trumka made an impassioned plea to union members to not let racism factor into their decision on who ...