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Nation for Change Rally
WhenSat Apr 19 12pm – Sat Apr 19 4pm
WheremapFrank Ogawa Plaza, 14th and Broadway, Oakland, Ca

Created ByObama For America – Oakland HQ – External Calendar
DescriptionA Nationwide rally of Obama supporters, united for change, in support of PA

Please pass it you bay area friends and family.

I hope you can make it.

Cheers
Bizu

I don’t know if you saw this, but 20 big Clinton donors tried to bully
Nancy Pelosi for saying that superdelegates should let the voters decide
who becomes the Democratic nominee. This is the worst kind of insider
politics, and it has to stop.

You and I and everyone who has ever given money or time to a progressive
candidate make up the backbone of this party.

We need to send a strong signal that we, the small donors, will back
Democratic leaders with the courage to stand up for Democracy in the
Democratic party. Please join me and sign this statement today.

http://pol.moveon.org/democracy/?r_by=-9116758-sSv8E0&rc=mailto

Thanks!

Make a donation in any amount between now and 11:59 pm EDT on Monday, March 31st, and you could join Barack and three other supporters for an intimate dinner for five.

https://donate.barackobama.com/dinner

Please participate….i just did!

Please pass the above link to everyone you know. America should rememeber who the Clintons are!

Thank god the air has cleared. Obama gave the race speech. I have to admit I cried. I can’t really describe why I could not control my tears, but I couldn’t. If you have not watched it, I think you should. Not necessarily to vote for Obama, but just out of intellectual curiosity. You will not be disappointed. I have always loved and respected Senator Obama, but the speech deepened my admiration and utmost respect for his intellect and leadership. The man never fails to rise to the occasion. He took one of the most divisive and dangerous attacks on his campaign and turned it around into a positive and healing and inspirational issue for the American people to tackle. This is leadership at its best.

Is he black enough? Is he white enough? Is he black and white enough? Is he American enough? Is he Christian enough?

Folks, give the man a break. Give him a chance. Judge him only on his character and intellect, and you got yourself a President that will distinguish himself in History.

Hanna, I am with you, sis!

Welcome! Now, we can talk!

Let’s pretend that facts are of value to you for a minute.

Didn’t you have to rewrite or copy/paste my line just to make your point (a weak one at that!)? Well, that’s exactly what the Obama campaign did, they replayed the same ad so we know what he’s responding to.

Hillary said in so many words: “In this scenario, you are not ready.”
Obama said: “In this same scenario you are talking about, you bet I am ready!”

She came up with the idea to trigger fear, there is no denying that! By the time, the 2nd ad ran, some were already shaking!

And, add to that publishing his photo wearing another country’s traditional outfit to imply he is Muslim, trying another fear and hate tactic.

Anything else?

Remember no name calling, try to keep it civil.

But it’s okay for him to use the same ad in the exact same way the very next day because he’s the black man who nobody dare criticize.

Shameful, hypocritical racists… LOL!

Zak, just to point out a little inconsistency for the record. Here is what you told us so: “I am afraid the Republicans are financing Obama so tht they will play the ‘ Race Card’” By that, didn’t you inadvertently admit that you expect Obama to win the nomination by way of Republican financing (so you say.) Can you explain what you mean by “I told you so” which is a little misplaced?… Oh! but then again, you are “a man of few words”… I don’t want to trouble you too much!

Am I hearing a change in tone? Something about you experiencing “regret” and wanting to give a little tip to Obama about being “suave”? So, you do care? Well, hey, that’s better than nothing. It’s a start! Next thing to do would be to go all the way and give in to your good nature, your better half (or quarter… whatever the case is.) It’s not easy, it’s gonna require a psychological overhaul. But you have time till November to work on yourself. And please, do remain “a man of few words” until you’re fully and truly in touch with your better self. Once you see the light, I wanna hear plenty from you, less of your inconsistent and unfounded predictions and more of what you really want to see happen, who you want to see running the country and your wallet…

If you are rooting for McCain just ’cause you are a Republican, I’ve got news for you. McCain won the nomination by default. There is no good candidate who can repair your party’s image that was so damaged by Bush and his administration that you guys had to resort to McCain. And, if he always has to add “conservative” in front of “Republican,” each time he refers to himself, you know he’s begging for a key support he’s lacking.

As for all you Hillarians, I’ve got news for you too. Did you see how she was able to rally mostly the “undecided” against Obama using the fear tactic, just like Bush did, when he rallied some 70% of the population for a war which nearly 4,000 deaths (only counting Americans) and $600 billion (again only condsidering the U.S. $$ costs) later was finally deemed unpopular. What does that tell you about how she’s prepared to run the country? As a replica of the Bush administration, if you ask me. She appeals to the “undecided” because she’s as volatile as the group is.

This is a group that can sway from one end to another in a split of a second. They are quick to get excited and they are quick to give up. These are the kind of people that let images, perceptions, prejudices and insecurities dictate their wants. Whatever happened to gut feeling?

I’m sorry to say this but even among recently enlisted Obama supporters, there are some who are willing to support him only as long as they think he’s winning. That defies the whole meaning and purpose of support. If you support a candidate, and you believe that candidate is good for the country and your household, you stick with him through thick and thin! What we experienced after Texas and Ohio, is more than anything else, what I’d like to call a “loss in expectations.” People took it as an actual loss and started to back down, get discouraged and insecure and all that. Yet, as Tina pointed out: “Tomorrow, however, the media and we will all be back to hard math….Senator Obama still leads in delegate counts…” and now everybody is excited again. But notice that the numbers didn’t show anything different before the Tuesday primaries/caucuses, right after or today. The only difference is that the media changed Obama’s lead from sub hed to headline news. But, what I want to say is that not let the media tell you how you should feel about the results. Even, if there are actual losses don’t get discouraged, a little grief about them is in order, but going all the way and killing your hope is not.

I’d like to end this with Michelle Obama’s statement about how her husband is the underdog until he get the seat in the White House (sorry don’t have her exact quote). It’s not going to be easy fighting evil, outside or within (Zak), and nothing should be taken for granted.

Heartfelt congratulations to Senator Clinton! She had a good day and she deserved it!!! Today is her day to bask in the headlines.

Tomorrow, however, the media and we will all be back to hard math….Senator Obama still leads in delegate counts….

(USA Today): On his way here for another election night vigil, Barack Obama said he’s ready to fight for votes in Wyoming and Mississippi and relishes the prospect of a campaign that will “just make us stronger.”

He telephoned John McCain to congratulate him on locking up the Republican presidential nomination. Obama told supporters here that he’s looking forward to a fall campaign in which he and McCain will “offer two very different visions” to the nation.

… “We started at 20 points behind in Texas and Ohio, and we closed the gap,” Obama told reporters on his campaign plane, as he flew here hours before the polls closed. “Just remember where we are and where we have been.”

… Obama said he plans to head soon to Wyoming, where voters will go to the polls Saturday. He said he’s convinced a prolonged battle won’t damage the Democratic nominee’s chances against McCain. “It’s good preparation. It’s like training camp,” he said.

(The Washington Post): As Sen. Barack Obama wrapped up a brief speech to his supporters, who had huddled outside for two hours on a chilly night here, chief strategist David Axelrod sought to set the record straight about what appeared to be a good night for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

“When you’ve lost 12 in a row, any good news qualifies as a comeback,” Axelrod said of Clinton’s claim of resurgence. “The reality is, though, they promised to cut our delegate lead, and I don’t think that’s going to happen tonight. They set a test for themselves, which was to wipe out our lead in delegates in the Ohio and Texas primaries. I don’t know if they’re going to reduce our lead at all, and we may actually add to it by the end of the night.”

(The Associated Press): Barack Obama cut into every part of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s base of supporters, including women, older voters and the working-class, to claim a deciding victory Tuesday in Vermont’s primary.

He also won overwhelmingly among voters who thought the Iraq war was the most important issue facing the country, a key factor in Vermont, according to exit polls conducted for the AP and television networks.

… Although it was a Democratic primary, self-described Democrats made up only slightly more than half of voters. Independents accounted for most of the rest, and they broke even more strongly for Obama.

… More than half of voters said the ability to bring about needed change was the most important quality in a candidate, and they largely supported Obama.

(The New York Post): Barack Obama would handily beat John McCain in a head-to-head match-up, according to a compilation of poll results, while Hillary Rodham Clinton would lose to the likely GOP nominee.

Obama would collect 252 Electoral College votes to McCain’s 216 if the general election were held today, according to the analysis based on recent polls.

Obama leads McCain in 20 states, many of them large enough to offset McCain victories in states with smaller populations.

… Against Clinton, McCain would go on a 39-state romp and hold 282 Electoral College votes to Clinton’s 172. Six states are too close to call in that match-up.

Even if she managed to win all of those close states, she could not make up her 110-vote deficit.

… In terms of the popular vote, McCain holds a 6-point edge over Clinton in a nationwide poll conducted by the Los Angeles Times and Bloomberg News…. other polls show Obama with a significant lead.