Where to begin?

So much McCain craziness, I don't know where to begin.

How about http://therealmccain.com/pac

I'd write a letter to the editor of the Sac Bee, except I had a letter on another topic published today:

Next step: Menu calorie labeling

I am pleased Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made California the first state to ban trans fats in restaurants and other retail establishments ("Eateries soon will be trans fat free"; page A1, July 26). As Dr. Diane Sobkowicz pointed out in the article, it's difficult to know which restaurant foods are healthful. While removing trans fats will help reduce cardiovascular disease, banning trans fats is only part of the equation.

French fries, cake and muffins still have the same number of calories, even without trans fats. The governor now needs to support Senate Bill 1420, which will require chain restaurants to put calorie information on menus and menu boards.

Menu labeling helps people make healthier food choices by giving them the tools they need, where they need them, when they can use them. As someone who recently tried unsuccessfully to find calorie information at two restaurants, I know the restaurant industry's current strategies (e.g., brochures, Web pages) are not sufficient.

Menu labeling is an important obesity-prevention strategy. Many of these same chains have already added calorie content to their menus in New York City, thus demonstrating the bill's viability.

– Michelle J., Sacramento

There's my plug for SB 1420, as requested by my friend, Amanda, who is shepherding this valuable bill through the legislature. The bill passed last year, but the governor vetoed it, so she's back at it. Feel free to contact your representatives and the governor and let them know that this is a great bill that deserves to become lawy!

Who does the media really like best?

Okay, so McCain has been whining this week about how the media likes Barack Obama better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-242UHHczY

Well, let's talk about what the "biased media" is saying (or not saying) about John McCain...

CBS edited out an incorrect statement John McCain made about the surge:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/22/mccain-gets-history-of-th_n_114419.html

Maybe he's complaining to keep the media from mentioning his other errors...
McCain keeps mentioning a country that hasn't existed since 1993, a border that doesn't exist, etc.:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=5441630&page=1


And this man wants to lead our country. Yikes!

I'm back!

Okay, so I must admit that I'd lost interest in blogging, but then the media coverage of the presidential race started to bug me again! So I'm back! First, I want to share an experience I had.

A few weeks ago, I volunteered to help register voters at the St. John's Shelter for women and children. It was graduation night, so it was a very festive atmosphere. I didn't know this great program existed in our community, so learning about them was great: http://www.stjohnsshelter.org/.

But what was even more great was helping many women update their voter registration. They've moved, they've been homeless, they've been in jail, they've been through a lot. In particular, we were able to let two women who were on probation know that they were eligible to vote again. They were so excited to know that they could vote in the upcoming election; it was impossible not to be excited with these strong women who've come through so much.

And lest my brother be disappointed, I did even register one lifelong Republican. :-)

Why I'm volunteering for the campaign

Hi all,

I've seen a lot of Barack Obama speeches, interviews, debates, etc. I must say that these are some of the most motivating words I've heard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnhmByYxEIo

This is why I'm volunteering for this campaign!

A democrats who believes in democratic principles and in working across the aisle! -

There is a great article in yesterday's New York Times that analyzes Obama's voting record in the Illinois State Senate.

They found:
"In all, Obama's record from nearly eight years in the Illinois Senate suggests someone who believes strongly that government can make life better for people, whether by offering financial help, banning dangerous guns or providing health care.

But Obama, now the Democratic candidate for president, was no ideologue. He often cooperated with Republican lawmakers, co-sponsoring their legislation and working with them on compromises."

Sounds like just the kind of person I want as our president!

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-Obama-State-Lawmaker.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=%22obama%20record%20shows%22&st=cse&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Campaign appearance locations?

Hillary and Barack will be campaigning together in about a week. Any guesses on where they'll show up?

Here's what the reporter at Politico.com thinks:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11247.html

Maybe we should start a pool...

More good polling news

As the Obama campaign prepares to launch a 50 state campaign, conceding no state to McCain (hmmm, familiar, sounds like the caucuses in the primary), there's more good polling news:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/18/swing.state.poll/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

Poll: Obama leads McCain in swing states

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama is leading Sen. John McCain in the crucial swing states of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida, according to a new survey.

Obama lost the Democratic primary in Pennsylvania by 9 percentage points. But a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday shows him leading McCain by 12 points, 52 to 40 percent.

In Ohio, a state Obama lost to Sen. Hillary Clinton by 10 points in March, he's leading McCain 48 to 42 percent.

And in Florida, where he did not campaign this primary season and lost an unsanctioned Democratic contest, he leads McCain 47 to 43 percent.