ok, so didja know that senator barack obama won a grammy last night?.....here is the chicago tribune's tribute.... U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) won a Grammy award Wednesday evening in a category rarely made for a politician: the best spoken word.
As the awards were announced at the ceremony in downtown Los Angeles, Obama was finishing his work day in Washington. He accepted the honor with humility and humor.
"While it is rare for a politician to speak for hours on end and be given an actual award, it is very flattering to win a Grammy," Obama said in a statement. "But, I can assure you I'm not thinking about quitting my day job."
Obama painstakingly recorded his autobiography, "Dreams From My Father," over a combined stretch of about 15 hours in the sound booth.
Hours before he won the award Wednesday, Obama was focused on the business of the Senate and modestly predicted he would not win the Grammy.
"I'm going after some tough competition," Obama said. "You've got George Carlin, Garrison Keillor and Sean Penn reading Bob Dylan's biography {ndash} that's the favorite right there. I'm the dark horse."
Obama beat out other nominees, including: Keillor for "The Adventures of Guy Noir," Al Franken for "The Al Franken Show Party Album," Sean Penn for "Chronicles--Volume One (Bob Dylan)," and George Carlin for "When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?"
Obama is following in the footsteps of Sen. Everett Dirksen of Illinois, who won a Grammy in the best spoken word category in 1967 for "Gallant Men."
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