Sunday, September 21, 2008

This Week With "The Democratic Nominee", Barack Obama, September 14-20, 2008


Women for Obama rally at Bank United Center in Coral Gables, Florida

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Polls

The Bergen Record New Jersey; Suffolk University Ohio; Siena College New York; Elway Washington State; SUSA Virginia; Deseret News Utah; SUSA Ohio; Rasmussen CO, FL, OH, PA, VA; Quinnipiac New Jersey; Economist/YouGov National; ARG National; PPP Ohio; Monmouth University New Jersey; George Washington University National; Rasmussen New York; Zogby/Reuters National; ARG 25 Statewide Surveys; PPP Virginia; Field Poll California; Ipsos/McClatchy National; CNN/Time Battleground FL, IN, NC, OH, WI; Christopher Newport University VA; Rasmussen Oregon; Rasmussen Wisconsin; Rasmussen Rhode Island; CBS News/New York Times National; SUSA New Mexico; Indianapolis Star-WTHR Indiana; SUSA Georgia; ARG FL, NH, NE, SC; Rasmussen Vermont; Allstate/National Journal CO, FL, NM, OH, VA; SUSA Florida; Big Ten/University of Wisconsin Madison Battleground States; Pew Research National; Portland Tribune Oregon; Public Opinion Georgia; Rasmussen CT, GA, NJ; Insider Advantage CO, GA, VA; Daily Kos/R2000 Alaska; SUSA Alabama; Strategic Vision Washington State, New Jersey; ARG IN, ND, OK, WA; Marist Michigan; Marist Ohio; Marist Pennsylvania; Rasmussen Indiana; Daily Kos/R2000 Kentucky; SUSA Iowa; Elon University North Carolina; Rasmussen Maine; Daily Kos/R2000 North Dakota; Detroit News/EPIC/MRA Michigan; Rasmussen South Carolina; ARG CT, MD, MI, TN; Rasmussen IL, SC; St Louis Post-Dispatch/R2000 Missouri; PPP North Carolina; University of Cincinnati Ohio; Florida Times-Union/South Florida Sun-Sentinel/R2000 Florida; St Petersburg Times/Miami Herald Florida

Fox's Megyn Kelly Works Over McCain Flack
Palin on Economics: Worse Than C+ Augustus
Palin Offers An Idea That Obama Has Already Done
Jewish Voters Report Anti-Obama Poll
Crowds jam Obama rally at Fairgrounds
U.S. Considers Bringing Fannie, Freddie on to Budget
McCain, Obama trade heated jabs over the economy
Voter Suppression Wiki
Obama rips into 'panicked' McCain as Wall St crisis mounts



Billboard of Barack at one of London's Train Stations

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John McCain has 13 cars. Barack Obama has 1.
Lehman Files for Bankruptcy; Merrill Is Sold
Obama mocks McCain promise to bring change
Obama Campaign Organizers Trying To Win Election Instead of Get You Yard Signs
Blue-collar vote, one gaffe at a time
Connect with your neighbors for Barack
No One in the Paint, Obama has the Ball
Obama gets big welcome in Republican Country
Seattle Times Endorses Barack Obama for President


Panel ABCs 'This Week' Tears Into John McCain, h/t jedreport

The Urgency of Registering to Vote and Getting People to the Polls

I wrote a diary earlier this week that went viral, and THANK GOD IT DID. The Motherlode of All Voter Registration Information That You Need.

This diary has ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED to register to vote in all 50 states. It also contains information on absentee ballot per state, a website to request an absentee ballot for your state, early voting information per state, felon information per state, national voter registration form applicable for all 50 states, the Obama Campaign website for registering to vote, and all the download and online voting per state you need.

This is vital and important. The first date when voter registration ends is October 4, 2008. The way we win is getting people registered to vote and getting them to the polls.

There is NO EXCUSE for anyone not registering to vote, period.

My request is to pass my diary link along to 5 people and ask those 5 people to pass it along. Make the request urgent for folks to register to vote. People can print the voter registration request off at work, at home, at Kinko’s, or wherever. If you know someone that cannot get the application printed, PRINT IT FOR THEM and have them to fill it out and mail in to their county registrar/clerks office. Or drop the application off at the county office.

I am reeling about this because I found out today that Florida has 900,000 AAs between the ages of 18-24 that turned 18 in 2004. That’s votes folks. Indiana has registered over 500,000 new voters this year, that‘s votes folks. Virginia registration is off the chain and surpassing republican registration, that’s votes folks.

We win this by the VOTES, not the poll numbers. Again, your mission, if you accept, is to send my diary link around, talk to folks and find out if they are registered to vote, if not HELP THEM ALONG. See those teenagers on skate boards, ask them if they are 18 by November 4th, if so, guide them to a voter registration form.

We must smash the voter registration through the ceiling in all 50 states for Obama to win in November. Then our next mission is getting folks to early vote and to the polls on election day, but that is another write up.

All I am stating is this, elections are won, per state, by the MOST VOTES. Nothing more nothing less. Let's get busy, the clock is ticking away.


Blueprint for Change: The Economy

Audio/Video

Meet Jill Biden; Wisconsin Officials Fight Over Voter Registrations; Many Voters In Northern Va. Remain Undecided; In Norfolk, Va., College Students Struggle To Vote; Obama Speech in Charlotte, NC; Obama Ad, "Promises"; Thank You John McCain; Obama Speech for 'Women for Obama' in Coral Gables, FL; Obama Ad, "Need Education featuring Lilly Ledbetter"; Obama Speech in Espanola, NM; Obama Ad, "Who Advises"; Obama Speech, Las Vegas, NV; Obama Speech, Elko, NV; Obama Ad, "Sold Us Out"; Obama Spanish Language TV Ad, "Dos Caras"; Obama on McCain Taking on the "Old Boys Network"; Obama Speech in Golden, Colorado; Obama Ad, "Fundamentals"; Joe Biden Speech in St. Claire, Michigan; Obama Ad, "Equal Pay for Women"; Obama Ad, "Honor"; Health Care And The Campaigns: A Discussion; Republican Mailing Leaves Florida Voters Confused; How Wall Street Is Shaping The Election; Economy Factors Into New Poll Numbers; Obama Radio Ad in Colorado

Well that didn't take long
Authentic Journalism at Work: Michigan Vote-Cagers on the Run
Barack Obama raises millions in Beverly Hills
Barack-Seat Drivers
Obama mocks McCain's call to fire SEC
The Dead, Allmans To Rock For Obama
Michigan's the prize that Obama, McCain covet
Obama Sets Up Debate Camp in the Sunshine State
New CD featuring Kanye and more to benefit Obama, CD AVAILABLE NOW


Barack in Las Vegas, Nevada

Photo Blogs

The Photos McCain Doesn't Want You to See oldbookguy; Countdown to Nov 4: On the ground in NE Philly casperr; Yippie-Kay-Yay M...effers -- MASSIVE Crowds in Colorado !!! by Al Rodgers; Joe Biden Energizes Media Pa (Tuesday) with Pics by KevinQ; A must see photo and video by Carnacki; Campaign Blog: In Nevada; Campaign Blog: In Ohio; Obama Ads Carpet Bomb McSame - "He's Sold You Out"!!! by Al Rodgers; Campaign Blog: In Virginia; Fiesta de Obama en Nuevo Mexico (pictorial) by Land of Enchantment; Campaign Blog: In New Mexico; NJ State Obama Office Opens! by speck tater; 25,000 to 30,000 Show Up For Obama in Charlotte Today! by DJShay; PHOTOS: Obama In Charlotte, N.C. by JackieandFritz

McCain, Obama call for closer US-China cooperation
Barack Obama's Democrats accuse John McCain campaign of telling lies
Despite record month, Obama needs more cash
The Republicans play dirty
Colorado 'ground zero' for Obama campaign
Obama supports U.S. economic recovery efforts
Bush's Overseas Policies Begin Resembling Obama's
Fundamentally, McCain Has Something to Worry About
McCain Praised Banking Deregulation Earlier This Month
The Death of Republican Philosophy by bonddad
Chuck Hagel, "Palin Experience is Insulting the American Citizen" by icebergslim

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icebergslim’s last word: what goes around, comes around

The John McCain Campaign decided before Obama went to Europe that they would run a “personality” campaign. They attacked Obama while in the Middle East and Europe. The created the celebrity ads to make the public believe that he was a walking “empty suit”. And along the way decided they would lie, distort the truth, make shit up, rinse and repeat until the public would believe what they said as TRUE.

It was working. The polls were showing it. Obama took a hit on the “celebrity ads” and the negativity from the McCain Campaign was daily, as in ads daily. He picked Sarah “empty skirt/dress” Palin to challenge the women vote and shore up his base for GOTV. Hell, things were POPPIN’ at the McCain Camp.

Then reality set in, smack dab in the middle, after Labor Day, when the kids are back in school, PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION, the stock market and banks are about to go under!!

Politics of Personality, off the front page, and the economy is everyone’s concern. Can’t lie your way around or out of this one, it is real. Not trumped up or made up, but folks are LIVING IT. It makes issues and the responsibility of the press important now. Handing Wall Street and these banks a safety net of up to 1 Trillion Dollars without strict regulations and guidelines, do not sit well with the public. We have handed Bush/Cheney our dollars and look what happened? We don’t have anything to show for it. In fact, this country is far worse off than 8 years ago.

So, the trick bags of the McCain Campaign must be set aside. He must now face up to his record of siding with deregulation, which got us in the mess we are in today. He must face up to wanting to put social security in the free market. He must face up to wanting to manage our health care crisis like Wall Street. And so far, folks don’t like it.

The reality is that the Republican Party has been in charge these past 8 years and they ruined this country. Simple as that. Now that the Politics of Issues are front and center in Americans minds, McCain don’t have a pot to piss in.

See what happens when you do wrong? Comes right back TO YOU.

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Obama Ad, "Plan for Change"

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cross-posted @ Daily Kos

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