Snapshot from Barack Obama’s MTV/Myspace forum yesterday in Iowa, where, according to a recent poll, he’s in a statistical dead heat with Hillary Clinton:

Asked via an IM question if he’d be willing to run on a ticket with Clinton and if he’d bring Republicans into his cabinet, Obama answered the second part first, saying, yes, he would absolutely consider having some Republicans in his Cabinet, noting that “Democrats don’t have a monopoly on wisdom.” As for the Clinton question, Obama said forcefully that it’s too early to say who he might pick as his vice president, but stressed that “I am not running for vice president.” What if the position was offered, Cillizza wondered? “No,” said Obama. “Because, as I said, I’m not running for vice president, I’m running for president of the United States.” Coming more than 20 minutes into the forum, the latter received the first sustained applause of the afternoon.

• What was the point of Stereohyped again? According to scientists, black people aren’t really into that high-tech internets thing G.W.’s always going on about. The news isn’t all bad, though. Apparently, our numbers in the web-surfing world are growing, turning what was once a digital divide into a “.” Right. Anyway, these scientists obviously didn’t factor Myspace into their research.
• If you live in Staten Island, are black, and have cancer, you’re more likely to die than a white person with the same stats. Unfortunately, this is true wherever you live in the continental United States. It’s all likely due to a lower rate of preventative screening in the black community.
• Or maybe it’s .
• Chances that premature, low-birth weight babies will survive are not increasing with time and medical advances, and the at-risk babies are more likely to be born to black, inner city mothers. Prenatal care is not a joke, girls!

• Current rappers glorify the ghetto, says the RZA, while Wu Tang made you want to run in the opposite direction. []
• The Dreamgirl no one paid attention to gets shine as Disney’s 1920’s black princess. [E!]
• Nas’s Myspace page was hacked. That makes him at least as famous as Lindsay Lohan. [AllHipHop]
• He’s got 99 problems. Having nothing in common with Beyonce is one. [Jossip]
• Snoop’s son dressed as Slick Rick for Halloween.
  [TMZ]