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Carolina Panthers Fans for Barack Obama

A group for Carolina Panthers fans to discuss their love of football and Obama, at the same time.

By J Scott Collins - Feb 17th, 2008 at 7:56 pm EST

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I know this is a down time till TexasOhio, but this is the most important time to keep spreading the vision of our cause. Keep it up folks we are rolling, after Tuesday night we will be able to claim 10 in a row.

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What A Weekend!

By J Scott Collins - Feb 11th, 2008 at 8:15 am EST

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Wow................YES...WE...CAN!!!!!!

-J Scott

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Clinton's $5 Million

By J Scott Collins - Feb 6th, 2008 at 7:32 pm EST

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I know everyone just got the email from Obama about the $5 Hillary loaned herself. I just wanted to encourage everyone to give a dollar or 2 or ten. Just give anything you can we have raised 3.5 million today alone, with your $1 it is one step closer to matching her number in less than 24 hours. She is on the ropes lets throw the haymaker and knock her out!

See everyone next Tuesday Night at Jillians once again!

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Great Meeting in Charlotte today.

By J Scott Collins - Feb 2nd, 2008 at 5:10 pm EST

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Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who came out to Rock Bottom today for a great lunch and some great speakers. Keep up the good work, Super Tuesday is only 72 hours away. Hope to see everyone in Charlotte at Jillians on Tuesday night.

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Analysis of Hillarys "I've found my voice" comment

By Todd In SC ("What does a VP actually do?" - S.P. a month ago) - Jan 25th, 2008 at 11:26 am EST

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After winning in New Hampshire, during her victory speech, Hillary Clinton stated that "She has found her voice". Let's dig into that a little deeper.

How is it that someone with "35 years of experience" would take so long to 'find her voice'? Wouldn't an experienced candidate already know how to communicate with the general public about their message? I can't imagine being a Senator for New York for 7 years and not be able to find a way to communicate with the people of the state of New York. I guess she's not as experienced as everyone thinks she is.

What's more frightening and a cause for alarm in this statement is

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Response to New York Times Hillar-ity Endorsement.

By Todd In SC ("What does a VP actually do?" - S.P. a month ago) - Jan 25th, 2008 at 3:50 am EST

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Dear Editorial Board of the New York Times,

I’m saddened to learn of your endorsement of Hillary Denise Rodham Clinton for the Presidential Primaries. You like so many other Americans have not done enough homework before deciding upon a candidate. You're blinded by the success of Bill Clinton's presidency and blindly assumed that Hillary would offer the same leadership.

Let's review the issues where you feel that Hillary is better suited for the role:

1. You praise Hillary for her experience. She states that she has "35 years of experience" however she has only been an Elected Official for seven years. Any work done before that was when she was Appointed to positions by her spouse, and real politician, Bill Clinton. Obama has MORE years of experience because he served eight years, as an elected official, in the Illinois state senate, and going on four years in the US Senate. To state that Hillary has more experience is simply DEAD WRONG! If you're county her work as First Lady and Governors wife, then does that mean that my wife can do my job "on day one", or your wife's can do your job?

2. You mention that Hillary would be a strong commander in chief because of her involvement in the Senate and how she's won the respect of world leaders. This is subjective. You have NO IDEA about the opinion of Hillary by the World Leaders. What you do know is that they respect Bill Clinton but he is not, or should not be, the one running for President. Obama is not a tarnished politician, and within five minutes can win MORE respect from world leaders than Hillary can try to conjure over her "35 years of experience". Did you not learn that Obama was on the Foreign Relations Committee, as well as the committees for Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs AND Veterans' Affairs? Have you even visited www.BarackObama.com or watched any of his speeches or has the New York media completely shut off anything that isn't produced between the Hudson and Long Island?

3. Regarding Health Care you feel that Hillary's second attempt will be more successful. How on earth do you think she's going to be able to unite enough people to get behind her this time? Don't you realize that it will be the Health Care Industries second time to fight her on this too? They already know how to defeat her on this topic, or pay her off.

You also state in this section that "Mr. Obama may also be capable of tackling such issues, but we have not seen it". Here's an idea... open up a web browser, turn on the TV to a non-local station, or heaven forbid, read another newspaper (gasp!). Obama has the better plan here. At my job my employer pays for top notch health care. I have zero dollar co-pay. I have a wife with Multiple Sclerosis who is in a wheel chair. We run up some $30,000 to $60,000 of medical bills every year and I DON'T PAY A DIME! My health insurance is THAT good. Under Hillary's plan I would (as well as the 50,000+ employees at my company) have to pay for Health care, regardless if I don't want to. Obama is the one proposing a plan that offers Americans more choices yet still covers everyone that needs it.

4. You also state that you need a clearer sense of how Obama would govern....

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Campaign Update, Talking Points and Schedule for this Week

By Kobi Little - Sep 25th, 2007 at 3:07 am EDT

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This week's blog is packed with new information from the campaign. Special thanks to my friend Teal Baker for her contributions to this post. Take it all in and then share it with others. If you like this blog or if you find this information useful please send me a friend request and join my group, Kobi Little's National Network for Obama.

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

When we got into this race as a largely unknown candidate new to the national political stage, we never expected that nine months later at this stage of the race, we would be in a tight three way race in Iowa; leading in the money race; have the largest grassroots organization in modern political history; and have an organizational advantage in the early states and February 5 over a quasi-incumbent from the most powerful political machine in modern political history.

Barack is the candidate with the message and biography that is most in synch with the electorate – according to a Gallup poll in September Democratic voters prefer change to experience by a margin of 73 percent to 26 percent.

The Obama campaign has: the largest organizations with the most experienced staff and enthusiastic volunteers in the 4 early states;

An unexpected financial advantage that allows the campaign to compete in multiple contests at the same time;

The most donors by far in the race, who as the election draws nearer will get even more active on our behalf, giving us financial sustainability;

A significant organizational advantage in February 5th states.

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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