That's right, he gave US the campaign a long time ago. We are the foot soldiers that will get this election won through Volunteering to help GOTV. By VOTING EARLY. We can send prayers and we must send POSITIVE thoughts. We are all praying (or hoping if praying isn't your thing) that his Grandmother gets better soon, and you can send her postcards and well wishes to this address:
Mrs. Madelyn Dunham
In care of: Obama for America
Honolulu Headquarters
1050 Ala Moana Blvd Ste D2690
Honolulu, HI 96814
(from krwlngwthyou's diary)
So unless we are ALL going to Hawaii, this campaign is not suspended in ANY way, besides Obama is taking off ONE AND A HALF DAYS!
Some of the people who own this campaign:
And Obama and Hillary Clinton ROCKED Orlando last night in front of 50,000 people!
Photos:
Video of Hillary:
And Jon Steward RIPPED Palin, Bachman, and Pfen-whatever last night, it was awesome!
Pfreind or Pfoe?:
Are you a "real" American? Well take this quiz!:
And Jason Jones did some good investigative work on Wasilla here:
Yeah, I'd say Jon is NOT a fan of the Palin/McCain ticket.
To get back to my original point, Obama has been giving 110% on the campaign trail, I'm sure he can go visit his sick Grandmother without the campaign falling apart. So go volunteer! Make extra phonecalls! Help someone get out to vote EARLY! Do something! :o) and if you haven't voted early and you CAN, GO VOTE!
You can knock on doors (canvass) or Phonebank from home. You can even go to your local Obama office and volunteer (and take them some food). There's LOTS to do and not a lot of time to do it in!
In other good news, according to the NYT/CBS poll shows that Obama has HISTORICALLY high favorables:
Barack Obama's favorability "is the highest for a presidential candidate running for a first term in the last 28 years" of New York Times/CBS polls.
Meanwhile, the Times reports, Sarah Palin's "negative rating is the highest for a vice-presidential candidate as measured by The Times and CBS News. Even Dan Quayle, with whom Mrs. Palin is often compared because of her age and inexperience on the national scene, was not viewed as negatively in the 1988 campaign."
As voters have gotten to know Senator Barack Obama, they have warmed up to him, with more than half, 53 percent, now saying they have a favorable impression of him and 33 percent saying they have an unfavorable view. But as voters have gotten to know Senator John McCain, they have not warmed, with only 36 percent of voters saying they view him favorably while 45 percent view him unfavorably.
Honestly, what's not to love about Obama as a person? He's a great guy!
That's all I have for now, tips recs and comments are welcome!
Oh, and Jon also addressed his comments from this weekend, HILARIOUS:
UPDATE: The first JOINT interview with Barack and Hillary can be seen here.
UPDATE #2: 26 papers that endorsed BUSH in '04, now endorse OBAMA!!!
BARACK OBAMA (26)
CALIFORNIA
Long Beach Press Telegram (B): 85,595
Pasadena Star-News (B): 27,894
San Gabriel Valley Tribune (B): 40,051
The (Stockton) Record (B): 57,486
San Bernardino Sun (B): 54,315
Tri-Valley Herald (B): 29,759
COLORADO
The Denver Post (B): 225,193
CONNECTICUT
New Haven Register (B): 72,613
FLORIDA
Naples Daily-News (B): 66,272
ILLINOIS
Chicago Tribune (B): 541,663
INDIANA
Palladium-Item (Richmond) (B): 15,453
IOWA
Mason City Globe Gazette (B): 17,666
NEW JERSEY
Asbury Park Press (Neptune) (B): 140,882
NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces Sun-News (B): 21,341
NEW YORK
Daily News (B): 703,137
OHIO
Hamilton Journal-News (B): 19,432
The Repository (Canton) (B): 65,789
The Times-Reporter (New Philadelphia) (B): 22,428
OREGON
Yamhill Valley News-Register (McMinnville) (B): 10,921
PENNSYLVANIA
The Express-Times (Easton) (B): 44,561
TEXAS
Austin American-Statesman (B): 170,309
Houston Chronicle (B): 494,131
UTAH
The Salt Lake Tribune (B): 121,699
WASHINGTON
The Columbian (B): 44,623
Yakima Herald-Republic (B): 38,077
WISCONSIN
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison) (B): 87,930
UPDATE #3: Obama is live in Florida today, watch live here or on cnn.com/live:
UPDATE #4 [11:58 AM ET]: The summit is STILL on, but the BO feed cut off, you can still watch at cnn.com/live. They are really talking about some interesting stuff, you should check it out! Loved what Richardson had to say about education.
UPDATE #5: Michelle live in Pensacola! You can watch on cnn.com/live, I don't think they'll show it on the BO feed. How about it just flipped to Michelle's event from Baracks on the CNN feed (which I still had running). LMAO!
UPDATE #6 [1:22 PM ET]: If you aren't watching Michelle right now, you should! She's doing great and the crowd sounds/looks HUGE. She asked them if anyone had to work in Pensacola ~lol~ And right after the rally they are all going to march to an early voting location and vote. I hope there are some pictures of that, it should be AMAZING.
UPDATE #7 There must be some haters at CNN because they just cut Michelle's feed off for no reason :o( Oh well, all of those people are STILL going to go vote! But I did find an article:
Michelle Obama announced this afternoon she will lead a march to the Escambia County Supervisor of Elections office to get people to vote.
Obama, wife for Democratic nominee Barack Obama, made the surprise announcement moments ago during a "get-out-the-vote" rally at the Pensacola Civic Center.
The Civic Center was closed last this morning because of an overflow crowd.
No one else is being allowed into the building to attend the rally highlighted by Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen Barack Obama.
They started showing up just before dawn. Many arrived by 6 a.m., even though the Civic Center doors didn’t open until 10:30 a.m. Obama is scheduled to speak around 11:45 a.m.
"This is history,’’ said Lakesha McQueen, 32, of Milton, who showed up at the Civic Center at 6:45 a.m. "He’s the first black candidate that’s made it this far. It’s a very big deal.’’
McQueen said she took off work without pay — she works for a utility company — to attend the event.
"I’m losing money,’’ she said. "But it’s worth it.’’
[snip]
Some said Obama’s candidacy raises hopes among young black Americans that the future is unwritten and their potential unlimited.
"I never thought I would see this in my day,’’ said longtime civil rights activist Georgia Blackmon, 67, of Pensacola, who arrived at the Civic Center with her grandson and nephew, both teens. "It gives them an opportunity and shows them they can achieve anything if they work hard for it.’’
Just wow, the article also talks about a couple of lame protesters, but overall it was peaceful, hopefully I'll be able to find some pics :o)
Go Michelle!
Getting pics of Obama's summit now :o)
UPDATE #8: Hillary is campaigning in Omaha, Biden is in Colorado, watch on cnn.com/live (Biden's feed isn't up yet@ 3:04PM ET).
UPDATE #9: Hillary's event is over, still waiting for Biden
UPDATE #10: Can you say "backlash"?
A longtime Republican State Senator in Wisconsin history announced on Tuesday that she would be supporting Barack Obama, in part because of the negative tone of the McCain-Palin campaign and, specifically, the use of "dishonorable" anti-Obama robocalls.
"All of us should be extremely wary of the half truths and outright untruths that have been spread by the recent negative campaigning and shameful automated phone calls," said Barbara Lorman of Fort Atkinson. "While my admiration for Senator Obama has grown with his positive approach to addressing the challenges facing our nation, my disappointment with the McCain campaigned has deepened. The negative tactics are inappropriate, downright dishonorable and have no place in the State of Wisconsin."
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Also, I ran out of options in the poll, if you voted in a different state, REP YOUR STATE in the comments! Hell even if you voted in one that's in the poll, REP YOUR STATE! Let's GOTV!
My apologies to voters in (in no particular order):
Georgia
Vermont
Utah
Arkansas
Nebraska
Wyoming
Oregon
South Dakota
Michigan
Montana
Maine
Iowa
Oklahoma
Washington (state)
Connecticut
Kentucky
Indiana
New Hampshire
Living Overseas, voted absentee
California
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
Kansas
The state links to someone you can tip if you voted in that state
If I STILL missed your state, yell at me in the comments :o)