Chip Jones
Barack Works the House
By Chip Jones | 5/8/2008 | News Politics

In the great hunt for superdelegates, there’s no better place to look than the floor of the House, and Senator Barack Obama dove right into a sea of them on Thursday morning, shaking hands, clapping backs, doling out hugs and even doing a little curtsy before Representative John M. Spratt Jr. of South Carolina, the chairman of the Budget Committee.

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Charles (Chip) Jones joined The Bergman Group as editor of new media in September 2007 after more than 25 years at Virginia newspapers and magazines, including the Richmond Times-Dispatch and Virginia Business. Working with Bergman’s talented staff, Jones has helped develop Richmonleaders.com and serves as editor. His interest in leadership stems from his professional experiences as a reporter and author, as well as his personal life growing up around dynamic decision-makers and leaders. Jones is currently writing his second book-Red, White or Yellow? The Military and Media at War in Iraq-about news coverage of the war. He spent two weeks last summer with the Marines at Camp Fallujah, Iraq, and visited the U.S. command in Baghdad. The book will be published in September, 2008 by Stackpole Books.

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