Patti Solis is out
Attached is a link to a You Tube Obama video where he responds to that false E Mail that has been going around accusing him of being a Muslim, being un-patriotic and refusing to pledge allegience. The next time you get one of those E-Mails, respond with a link to this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkxsfXNrQ8c
Dean M
Central Fla. Group
I apologize that the code I posted for the conference was incorrect, it was the code I received. We have now found the correct code. It is 886573. Please call in now for the conference call.
Call (712) 580-1800
Access Code: 886573
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-104caucus.poll,0,7307853,post.poll
VOTE and send the link to all of your other groups to get them to vote. I cannot believe Edwards is beating us in this poll. Let's make Senator Obama proud.
Central Florida Group
They said this day would never come.
They said our sights were set too high.
They said this country was too divided; too disillusioned to ever come together around a common purpose.
But on this January night – at this defining moment in history – you have done what the cynics said we couldn’t do; what the state of New Hampshire can do in five days; what America can do in this New Year. In schools and churches; small towns and big cities; you came together as Democrats, Republicans and Independents to stand up and say that we are one nation; we are one people; and our time for change has come.
You said the time has come to move beyond the bitterness and pettiness and anger that’s consumed Washington; to end the political strategy that’s been all about division and make it about addition – to build a coalition for change that stretches through Red States and Blue States. Because that’s how we’ll win in November, and that’s how we’ll finally meet the challenges we face.
The time has come to tell the lobbyists who think their money and their influence speak louder than our voices that they don’t own this government, we do; and we’re here to take it back.
The time has come for a President who’ll be honest about the choices and the challenges we face; who’ll listen to you even when we disagree; who won’t just tell you what you want to hear, but what you need to know. And New Hampshire, if you give me the same chance that Iowa did tonight, I will be that President for America.
I’ll be a President who finally makes health care affordable and available to every single American the same way I expanded health care in Illinois – by bringing Democrats and Republicans together to get the job done
I’ll be a President who ends the tax breaks for corporations who ship our jobs overseas and puts a middle-class tax cut into the pockets of the working Americans who deserve it.
I’ll be a President who harnesses the ingenuity of farmers and scientists and entrepreneurs to free this nation from the tyranny of oil once and for all.
And I’ll be a President who brings our troops home from Iraq; restores our moral standing; and understands that 9/11 is not a way to scare up votes, but a challenge that should unite America and the world against the common threats of the twenty-first century: terrorism and nuclear weapons; climate change and poverty; genocide and disease.
Tonight, we are one step closer to that vision of America because of what you did here in Iowa. And I’d like to take a minute to thank the organizers and precinct captains; the volunteers and staff who made this all possible.
I know you didn’t do this just for me. You did this because you believed deeply in the most American of ideas – that in the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.
I know this because while I may be standing here tonight, I’ll never forget that my journey began on the streets of Chicago doing what so many of you have done for this campaign and all the campaigns here in Iowa – organizing, and working, and fighting to make people’s lives just a little bit better.
I know how hard it is. It comes with little sleep, little pay, and a lot of sacrifice. There are days of disappointment, but sometimes, just sometimes, there are nights like this – a night that, years from now, when we’ve made the changes we believe in; when more families can afford to see a doctor; when our children inherit a planet that’s a little cleaner and safer; when the world sees America differently, and America sees itself as a nation less divided and more united; you’ll be able look back with pride and say that this was the moment when it all began.
This was the moment when the improbable beat what Washington always said was inevitable.
This was the moment when we tore down barriers that have divided us for far too long – when we rallied people of all parties and ages to a common cause; when we finally gave Americans who’d never participated in politics a reason to stand up and do so.
This was the moment when we finally beat back the politics of fear, and doubt, and cynicism; the politics where we tear each other down instead of lifting this country up.
Years from now, you’ll look back and say that this was the moment – this was the place – where America remembered what it means to hope.
For many months, we’ve been teased and even derided for talking about hope.
But we always knew that hope is not blind optimism. It’s not ignoring the enormity of the task ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path. It’s not sitting on the sidelines or shrinking from a fight. Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it, and work for it, and fight for it.
Hope is what I saw in the eyes of the young woman in Cedar rapids who works the night shift after a full day of college and still can’t afford health care for a sister who’s ill; a young woman who still believes that this country will give her the chance to live out her dreams.
Hope is what I heard in the voice of the New Hampshire woman who told me that she hasn’t been able to breathe since her nephew left for Iraq; who still goes to bed each night praying for a safe return.
Hope is what led a band of colonists to rise up against an Empire; what led the greatest of generations to free a continent and heal a nation; what led young men and women to sit at lunch counters and brave fire hoses and march through Selma and Montgomery for freedom’s cause.
Hope is what led me here today – with a father from Kenya; a mother from Kansas; and a story that could only happen in the United States of America. It is the bedrock of this nation; the belief that our destiny will not be written for us, but by us; by all those men and women who are not content to settle for the world as it is; who have the courage to remake the world as it should be.
That is what we started here in Iowa, and that is the message we now carry to New Hampshire and beyond; the same message we had when we were up and when we were down; the one that can change this country brick by brick, block by block, calloused hand by calloused hand – that together, ordinary people can do extraordinary things; because we are not a collection of Red States and Blue States, we are the United States of America; and at this moment, in tthis election, we are ready to believe again.
That's right, we are now LESS than 1,000 HOURS away from the IOWA Primary. Let's all keep up the good work, energy and effort and make this happen.
DeanM
Central Fla. Grp.
Great News from a new Survey USA poll in Iowa:
Even though Hillary beats all Republicans exccept McCain in Iowa, Obama beats them ALL and by a greater margin. Even if Hillary is "electable," this poll suggests that Obama is EVEN MORE Electable.
POLL: SurveyUSA GEs in OH, IA
Two new SurveyUSA statewide surveys of registered voters in Ohio and Iowa (conducted 11/9 through 11/11) finds:
Iowa (n=546):
The leading Democratic presidential candidates showed up for the Iowa Democratic Party’s big Jefferson Jackson Dinner Saturday night.
Five of them gave really good speeches.
Barack Obama’s was excellent.
It was one of the best of his campaign. The passion he showed should help him close the gap on Hillary Clinton by tipping some undecided caucus-goers his way. His oratory was moving and he successfully contrasted himself with the others - especially Clinton - without being snide or nasty about it.
Historically, the iowa party’s “JJ” dinner is a landmark event in Democratic presidential caucus campaigns. All the key party activists, donors and players from the state are present. This year, about 9,000 of them showed up, most were from Iowa though there was some grumbling that Obama packed the place with people from Illinois. The charge was denied by the Obama people, who were clearly pleased they beat the other candidates in the noise war inside Veterans Memorial Auditorium.
A candidate who does well at a JJ is quickly in the political buzz around Iowa. A candidate who does poorly can be quickly written off by some important players in the party. Candidates also know the event provides them with an opportunity to sound new themes, launch new attacks or mount a defense of their weaknesses. Local and national observers show up to chronicle the changes.
Obama was particularly impressive Saturday night. Should he win the Iowa caucuses, Saturday’s dinner will be remembered as one of the turning points in his campaign in here, a point where he laid down the marker and began closing on Clinton, the national frontrunner. For example:
*He said the Iraq war “should have never been authorized and should have never been waged,” a shot at the votes Clinton and most of the others cast in favor of it.
*He said the nation has a “moment of great opportunity” and “we have a chance to bring the country together to tackle problems that George Bush made far worse and that festered long before George Bush took office.” Translation: Clinton is divisive and there were problems the Clinton era didn’t solve.
*He said “the same old Washington textbook campaigns just won’t do it in this election.” Translation: Democrats can’t win running a Bill Clinton campaign again.
*He said “Not answering questions because we’re afraid our answers just won’t be popular just won’t do it.” Translation: Clinton doesn’t take questions at some of her events. Now she’s bogged down in a flap over staffers planting questions for her when she does and this was neat way to remind Democrats of it without tweaking Clinton directly.”
*He said “telling Americans what they think they want to hear instead of telling the American people what they need to hear just won’t do it.” Translation: Obama is often inclined to say things party interest groups don’t want to hear - like the need for school reform, merit pay, more efficient cars or money to rebuild the military. She panders or is mushy.
*He said “triangulating and poll-driven positions because we’re worried what Mitt or Rudy might say about us just won’t do it.” He said he offers “change that is not just a slogan” and “change we can believe in.” Polls were a hallmark of the Clinton era.
*He said he wanted to “stop talking about the outrage of 47 million Americans without health care and start actually doing something about it.” That was a smooth way to remind the audience how Clinton’s effort at national health care failed.
*There were also references to not taking money from lobbyists. And he said “I am running for president because I am sick and tired of Democrats thinking the only way to look tough on national security it talking and acting and voting like George Bush Republicans.” Ouch.
His coup de grace came with this: “When I am the nominee of this party, the Republican nominee will not be able to say I voted for the war in Iraq, or that I gave George Bush the benefit of the doubt on Iran, or that I support Bush-Cheney policies of not talking to leaders that we don’t like.”
“I don’t want to spend the next year or the next four years refighting the same fights that we had in the 1990s,” a reference to the polarization of the Clinton years. “I don’t want to pit red America against blue America.”
Attached is an article and LINK to a You Tube of Frank Luntz, an awsome pollster who did a focus group for the debate last night. The video says it all. Let's keep up the work, now the fun begins.
Dean M.
In the past few days, everywhere I look (1, 2, 3, 4), it seems as if the Democratic Party's nomination for president already belongs to Hillary Clinton -- before a single vote has been cast!!!!
Well, here's the thing about the pundits and the media: they tend to write as if they are absolutely sure -- until they aren't. Then they write something else about which they are now absolutely sure.
So why does it matter what the media is saying? Well it can give people a false sense about the certainty of the predicted outcome. The danger is that sometimes the latest poll gets so much focus in the echo chamber of the media and the blogosphere that a transitory lead can somehow result in too many people actually believing that it's the final word on how the race is going to end up.
Well, this thing ain't over! Not by a long shot. But it's a wake up call for us supporters of Barack Obama. We must step up. Hillary has had a recent "surge" in campaign contributions. Help close the gap now! Also, now's a great time to buy a hat, t-shirt or bumper sticker. Let's all, one by one, bring Barack's name and campaign into the public eye like never before. Wear or drive Barack's message everywhere you go. Got hope? I sure do. Thanks to Barack.
We can have hope that we will find a way to end the war in Iraq in the best possible way and fight terrorism with every tool available -- not just military force. We can have hope that a sense of openness and decency can return to White House -- that America's real values can return to our nation. We can have hope but we must act now like never before.
Ed
Not comfortable knocking on doors? There are all kinds of things you can do to make Senator Obama's platform more visible and get his message out there!
Here's something I do:
At the BarackObama.com site, I print up the Meet Barack page and the issues pages. I staple them into packets and keep a few in my car. Whenever I go to the Doctor's office, Starbucks, Einstein's Bagels or other places where magazines/reading material is set out for customers, I slip the packet into a prominent place on the rack or table so that some lucky person can read it, get educated, and pass it on. When I go to a restaurant, I leave a packet on the restroom counter. It's an easy way to participate and people DO read them (I've watched in the Doctor's waiting room and Starbucks).
We are a grassroots campaign. This tactic is about as grassroots as it gets!
We will be showing our support for Barack Obama across the nation on October 13th. You can join us in small town Sanford, FL too. Sign up at http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/organizing/4vm4y.
How is it that we have millions of dollars per day to support this war yet, the U.S. warriors returning are grossly underfunded having to wait for months before their medical issues are addressed and, even then, many are refused care based on a trumped up "pre-existing" condition. Some of our Vets are even ending up owing the government!!
We fell for Bush's war hook, line and sinker and he's still trying to sanitize it using propaganda to sell his war. Go to linktv.org/veterans for more on this.
Many of our media reporters and moderators have been fired or their shows cancelled because they were trying to tell us the real story behind this war. The media is afraid of being too liberal less they loose their corporate sponsors.
What can we do? We can put the right people in office!
Let's help to Turn The Page In Iraq by canvassing in your neighborhood for Barack Obama on Oct 13th. Find an event near you and sign up.
Breaking news from the conference call with Campaign Manager David Plouffe: A new online fundraising contest is being launched that will grant the members of the My.BarackObama.com groups that have the most donors at the end of the day on September 30th, the opportunity to participate in a personal conference call with Senator Barack Obama and Campaign Manager David Plouffe. Click here for more information on the Group Fundraising Challenge.
State of the Campaign
Barack Obama's Schedule: On Monday, Barack Obama received the endorsement of the New York City Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association. Tuesday, he’s speaking at Change to Win in Chicago. Wednesday, he can be seen live on the NBC/NECN/New Hampshire Public Radio/New Hampshire Democratic Party debate, which will be broadcast live on MSNBC at 9pm EST. Following the debate he’ll head to New York, where he’ll participate in a live interview on ABC’s The View at 11am EST on Thursday before leading a major rally in Washington Square Park. On Friday, he speaks at Howard University’s Convocation and participates in the CBC Issues Forum in Washington, DC.
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