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.

I'm back!

Sorry to my loyal blog readers ... both of you (okay, maybe 3 of you). I was on vacation and missed being able to post when Hillary got of out the race. We were in the Philippines and I turned the TV on for a few minutes each day to see what CNN world was running on their ticker about the election. I had a bit of withdrawals, which I dealt with by diving 3 times per day. :-)

So, in honor of Al Gore's endorsement of Barack Obama tonight, I decided to get back to posting. Of course, what are we going to discuss now??? It appears that future topics may be:

• how scary McCain and his donors are
• who each candidate will select as VP
• scandalous comments made by people we don't even know yet
• democratic party unity/disunity

And, in honor of my brother, who sent me funny pro-McCain sticker and t-shirt ideas (and whose birthday is coming up in a few months), I thought I'd post a couple of items:
http://www.cafepress.com/buy/anti-republican/-/pv_design_details/pg_1/id_23157138/opt_/fpt_/c_666/
http://www.cafepress.com/buy/anti-republican/-/pv_design_prod/p_926654.67642777/pNo_67642777/id_13677805/fpt_/opt_/c_666/pg_2

http://www.cafepress.com/buy/anti-republican/-/pv_design_details/pg_2/id_21061336/opt_/fpt_/c_666/

Obama has a 19% lead among women voters against McCain in a recent poll.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/107806/Obama-Gains-Among-Women-After-Clinton-Exit.aspx