Last night, Jay-Z joined Sean "Diddy" Combs, Mary J. Blige, Kevin Lyles, and Beyoncé for a rally in Columbus, to Get Out The Vote. A crowd of over 6,000 people came to listen as these Hip Hop and R&B luminaries dropped some serious knowledge about what this election is about.
After Mary J. Blige spoke from the heart about how important she thinks it is for everyone to let their voices be heard, Diddy spoke about what this historic election means to him:
When I was in third grade they asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up, and I said 'a garbage man.' The truth was that I wanted to be the President, but I was embarassed to admit it because I knew no one would take me seriously. But after tomorrow, my sons won't need to feel embarrassed because they can truly be anything they want, after we elect Barack Obama!
When Jay-Z spoke, he talked about how it was important to him to get deeply involved:
It's not enough for me just to say 'Go vote.' It's too important.
On that note, last week Jay-Z performed a free concert (hosted by Lebron James) for Obama supporters at the Q Center in Cleveland. Here's a short video from that night. He certainly made clear his commitment to fighting for the change we need.
There is less than an hour left to make it to the polls. This is the last call for change. Find your polling place at voteforchange.com. If you've already voted, please volunteer to lend a hand.
Toward the end of October, the Obama campaign surpassed yet another remarkable milestone: the 10 millionth conversation. In Whitehall, Ohio, an active supporter named Johnny knocked on the door of a registered Republican (and Obama supporter) named Jason. It was just one of millions of conversations like it, but we thought it was worth taking note.
It's thanks to the dedication of countless volunteers like Johnny that Barack's message of change has spread so far and wide. This movement has always grown from the ground up, with ordinary Americans working together to do extraordinary things.
After you vote, you too can volunteer to help elect Barack Obama. There is no time to wait. There is one day until the polls close. Take action today.
McCain can't see the difference between Shia and Sunni just like he cannot see the difference between talking about race and playing the race card.
There's a big difference.
Wow, I don't know what sort of magic Maggie Williams brought to the table, but obviously this part of a larger strategy... and its working. Talk about positive spin recovery, the gamble is working... but not quite good enough. The divide and confuse part did not work, and in fact served to rally our throops even more so. This rallying dynamic was an unknown to them and to me, and I must say I am more than pleasantly surprised. We are at 1,000,050 donors at 4:05AM CST. Amazing, really amazing.
Despite loosing, she set a tone, and created a powerful reference frame, all good things for her donor pool, and her future career in politics, but its no where near enough to bypass our momentum. Short of a major happening in the next few days, she is likely finished. Yet, the American Leadership Project (the 527 set up to campaign for her...iffy I know) still could have a lot of cards to play over the next week... thus, we need to keep on the phone, and keep on donating. We must not let our guard down.
If you haven't donated yet, even $5 helps. My initial target is 100 donors of $5 each, and then I'll raise the bar, and keep on breaking the thermometer. My donation page is at
http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/RonAmundson
If you haven't made any calls yet, by all means check out the Barack's inspired phone bank army. We had a conference call last friday night, and it was incredibly helpful... and I'm a newbie there.
http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/BaracksInspiredPhoneBankArmy
If any member of the group Beards for Obama donates to my page within the next 72 hours, I'll kick in an extra $50 this weekend, and delay cutting mine until Barack win's the nomination.
http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/BeardsforObama
Yes we can!
