I was asked by a bunch of people to make this a diary, so here goes... The steps to an Obama victory...
Kitchen table. Sit at the kitchen table of a worker in southern Virginia with his family. Have Obama's kids play with their kids. Get out a few beers. Roll-up your sleeves. Spread out the family bills and go through each one. Show what Obama's plans will do for them specifically. Write it all out. Then ask the wife what would happen to the bills if one of the children got sick. Show how Obama's healthcare plan would help that family specifically. "The Obama/Johnston family barbeque."
How many wars do you want to start, John? Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Georgia? Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran. "There are going to be other wars." McCain's advisor was paid to lobby for Georgia. John will have to create a draft like Vietnam to start these wars. Turn "Vietnam experience" into the draft. John has an explosive temper and cannot deal with world leaders. Generals have said so. His bluster will lead to more wars and a draft of American children. How many wars do you want to start, John?
Brand your plans. The Republicans called a tax on really, really rich people the "Death Tax." Obama's plans have no names. Give emotive names to everything. "The SOS tax credit." "The Amazing Grace plan."
Offshore drilling means more oil to China. People have no idea of the fact that "American oil" will be sold to China and India, thus won't help American drivers. John McCain voted against forcing American oil to stay in America. AMERICAN OIL IN CHINESE CARS. American gas prices stay high. Wind farms can't be shipped to China and the jobs stay in America. Democrats have been fighting for decades to get us off oil, and Republicans have always lied about and/or attacked new energies. John voted against alternative energies. He will do nothing about it in office. John's advisors created the Enron loophole. Gas is four dollars a gallon because of that loophole.
Democrats are for innovation. They created NASA and the Internet. They pushed for medical research. And they will bring us wind and solar farms. Our energy future is founded in technology. Homeland security is based on technology. McCain doesn't even know how to run a computer. How is he going to make crucial, fast-paced decisions when he doesn't understand technology? How can McCain understand Internet piracy, or cyber attacks, or money transfers by terrorists, or the future of energy, or the future of medicine when he doesn't even understand how a computer works?
Stress Houses. But not just houses; planes, manmade ponds, golf carts, etc etc... The Phil Graham "whiners" line. John doesn't even know the type of car he drives. He almost failed out of the school his Daddy got him into. When did he learn about the economy? What were his grades in economics? Biden's net worth is $150,000. He had to take out a second mortgage. Obama just paid off his student loans. McCain voted against minimum wage increases close to twenty times.
Build. Obama needs to build something with his hands. Help build a house. Lots of video of him visiting disaster areas to help physically work, and leading Obama supporters to help. Show his strength in brawn. Stop the elitist charges with sweat.
Fight Muslim rumors with Christianity. Those spreading Muslim rumors must be forcefully told they are false witnessing a man's religion against the teachings of Jesus Christ. They must be shamed into stopping. Why isn't every Christian leader being asked the question, "Is it anti-Christian to call a devout Christian a Muslim for politics?"
Attack Fox news as a right wing machine. Any Democrat going on Fox news calling it "fair and balanced" ought to be grounds for being kicked out of the party. People like Ferraro are way out of line. We need a "Hammer" to keep people on message. Lieberman should not be coddled. Get on message or your career will suffer. That's how the Republicans do it, and they stay on message. This "news" source needs to be labeled what it is... radical. And every Democrat needs to echo this.
LIES and INSANITY. Those are the key words. They lied to you about WMD. They lied about "compassionate conservative." McCain said the oil from offshore drilling will get to people in months. That was a lie. Pittsburgh Steelers. Supported the GI bill. Lie, lie, lie. Stop candy coating it. And his policies are MADNESS. They aren't "misguided." Get a Texas rancher to say it with a little "straight talk."
One voice. "One Voice" was the greatest commercial the Obama campaign ever produced (and perhaps one of the greatest, political commercials ever). GET BACK TO THAT MESSAGE. Anti-pundit and pro-individual freedom is the message that gets rural America.
Runner-up to Miss Alaska ready to lead? Sarah is one heartbeat away from the Presidency. One heartbeat way, and her experience is being mayor of nowhere Alaska. Obama has proven during this race that he is ready. While Sarah Palin was a pageant model, Obama was making history as the first African American President of the Harvard Law Review (the highest student position at the hardest law school in the world, and a post that usually leads to the Supreme Court). A Constitutional law professor versus a pageant model. It is offensive to say they are the same. And that's "conservative values"? That's "women's rights"? Trophy wives, beauty pageants and back alley abortions?
Stop calling John McCain honorable. Stop even saying his name. My Republican opponent.
There's my list of things I have yet to see, that I believe would win the election. Just my two cents.