There are several resources that you can use to report problems at polling places. Here are a few ways to do it: To report a problem or for general elections/voting questions: Call: 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683) Email: help@866ourvote.org Twitter the problem: http://www.866ourvote.org/page?id=0057 ACLU Voting Rights Project: 877-523-2792 A few basics to help you out: 1. Bring ID. A driver's license or voting card are best. A passport or military ID are also good. Some places will also take a phone or utility bill with your name and address on it (you need to check your local laws). Some states (like Virginia) will allow you to vote without ID if you are not a first-time voter and if you sign an "Affirmation of Identity". 2. If you are not on the voting list, ask the poll worker to call the general registrar to double-check if you are on the official list. 3. If all else fails, state that you want to cast a provisional ballot.
Well, my fellow Obama supporters, here we are with three days to go and I must say that whatever happens, I'm feeling very good about this campaign. I joined the campaign six months ago and so far I have attended 2 rallys, phone banked with my union, canvassed door to door, helped organize a watch-party, registered several voters, and donated $250.
All of that said, what has been most inspiring to me besides Senator Obama, is the phenomenal people I have come in contact with. You can know something about a person by what they attract to themselves and The Obama/Biden campaign has attracted some of the most creative, dynamic, intelligent and progressive individuals I've met in a long time.
Now that I have cast my vote I will be volunteering to drive others to the polls on Nov. 4th. While driving I will be thinking about each an every one my fellow supporters and what it will mean for our country and the world to be able to say President Elect Obama.
No doubt an Obama victory will not please everyone, but I believe that the vast majority in the US and beyond will celebrate in the spirit of unity and peace that we have longed for. Barack Obama and Joe Biden represent wise, competent leadership that can bring about effective domestic and foreign policies which recognize how we are connected to our environment and one another. Yes, we can have a more efficient and responsible government that understands why opportunity and security are not meant only for a select few.
But it doesn't stop there. No matter what the outcome on Tuesday we need to be prepared to stay engaged and informed. This country can no longer afford a complacent electorate that is asleep at the wheel. Win or lose, this campaign has effectively changed the face of America and how we see ourselves. The tremendous momentum and spirit of cooperation that we have collectively generated should encourage us to continue our commitment to make this world a better place. Barack and Joe cannot do this alone!
The potential and opportunity that we have before us will take commitment and participation in order to make it a reality beyond election day...are you ready???
Then let's get this done, people!
Peach
Did John McCain kill someone with his car while he was a young Lieutenant in the Navy?
For the past two months, a major American magazine and an allied news service have been engaged in a legal battle with the United States Navy over records that they believe show that John McCain once was involved in an automobile accident that injured or, perhaps, killed another individual. Vanity Fair magazine and the National Security News Service claim to have knowledge "developed from first-hand sources" of a car crash that involved then-Lt. McCain at the main gate of a Virginia naval base in 1964, according to legal filings. The incident has been largely, if not entirely, kept from the public. And in documents suing the Navy to release pertinent information, lawyers for the NS News Service allege that a cover-up may be at play.
(Read more here)
Former Sen. Larry Pressler (R-S.D.), who was the first Vietnam veteran to serve in the United States Senate, is the latest Republican to back Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
Pressler "cited the Democrat's response to the financial crisis as the primary reason for his decision."
"I just got the feeling that Obama will be able to handle this financial crisis better, and I like his financial team of [former Treasury Secretary Robert] Rubin and [former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul] Volcker better," he said. By contrast, John McCain's "handling of the financial crisis made me feel nervous."
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Given the chance to do it again, Sarah Palin says she would turn down John McCain's offer to be VP.
"You know, if I had to make such a decision today, it would be, no, there are a lot that Alaska could be, should be doing to contribute more to the U.S. and I think that I can help do that as governor of the state staying here."
Say it ain't "No", Sarah. I guess you can say that Sarah blinked -- a bit of a delayed reaction, but a big blink.
If you're looking for a way to help the Obama/Biden Campaign, come out on Saturday morning at 9 AM to the Steelworkers Local 13836 at 665 Pittsburgh Street in Uniontown. Dan Rooney and some of the Steelers will be there to sign autographs and talk about why they support Barack Obama for President. We're looking for people to do everything from making phone calls, knocking on doors and even painting barn signs. If you're willing to help, we can find something for you to do! Meet us on Saturday at 9 AM and join in the excitement.
I don't know how to go about this... but w/ the Republicans using attacks to distract the voters... I was thinking that having multiple ENOUGH campaigns around the nation could change the political conversation back to the issues. I'm thinking ENOUGH ! signs and shirts (w/ Obama/Biden 2008) on the back)... local, grassroot, COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS speakers talking about local issues and how the Republicans are trying to distract us because they have no plan to deal w/ them. While I do think it's imperative for Sen. Obama to say ENOUGH ! (a speech on Friday or Monday would be great !!!)... I think it's more important if WE THE PEOPLE demanded more from our politicans and media sources.
So... if anyone else thinks this would be a good idea... and likes doing the organizing thing... maybe you could set something like this up in PA (Pittsburgh, Allegheny County area)... and network w/ other organizers across the state and country.
Greetings All,
My wife and i are having a house party at our residence on Sunday, September 14 at 2 p.m. Nine people have signed up, and I have room for just a few more. If any of you live close to Macedonia, my wife and I would love to have you join us. Go to the events page, it is listed as House Party In Macedonia ( Sherbine Residence ).
Peace
Jeff and Jamie Sherbine
Right, because Obama's Berlin speech was just a substance-free photo-op. And because giving an inspirational and enlightening speech to 200,000 people is nothing next to eating at a sausage haus in Columbus? I know it's just a headline, but it feeds off of and into the larger media narrative that posits Obama as an out-of-touch elitist and opportunist next to the down-to-earth, straight-talkin' McCain.And I, for one, would rather have the POTUS inspiring and enlightening and reaching out to and connecting with America's friends around the world than knocking back some bratwurst (at a politically calculated campaign stop -- come on, bratwurst at a German restaurant... what, to make Obama look bad for actually being in Germany?).Thanks for lowering the bar again, New York Times, supposed "paper of record."
(Cross-posted from The Reaction.)
So McCain -- understandably, perhaps, given how little attention he's getting these days -- dumped on Obama's speech in Berlin yesterday: "I would rather speak at a rally or a political gathering any place outside of the country after I am president of the United States," he said. In other words, presidential candidates should stay at home, in the U.S., where the voters are, and not travel around the world giving speeches (like, to thousands and thousands of Germans)."However," NBC's Mark Murray reminds us, "on June 20, McCain himself gave a speech in Canada -- to the Economic Club of Canada -- in which he applauded NAFTA's successes... McCain's trip to Canada was paid for by the campaign."Oops.Call it envy, call it whatever you want, this was also yet another gaffe from the gaffe-filled McCain. Maybe he really had forgetten about his speech in Toronto, or maybe envy got the better of him, or maybe he was trying to score a political point against Obama's worldly cosmopolitanism, but, whatever the case, he's been making a lot of mistakes recently.In terms of looking and sounding utterly pathetic, McCain just keeps on outdoing himself.And the contrast yesterday was stark: Obama in Germany speaking to 200,000 people, McCain speaking to a few reporters outside Schmidt's Fudge Haus (after eating at Schmidt's Sausage Haus) -- I'm not kidding -- "in the Heart of Historic German Village" in Columbus, Ohio (via Cookie Jill and Josh Marshall).
(Cross-posted from The Reaction, where I have the McCain video.)
Some of you may know that I'm the editor of a liberal (and mostly pro-Obama) group blog called The Reaction. I'm also an assistant editor and blogger at The Moderate Voice, where I'm one of the most committed voices for Obama. Well, I'm cross-posting many of my election-related posts here, but I also wanted to highlight some of the excellent posts that my co-bloggers are putting up over at The Reaction.
Earlier today, for example, Carl posted on some of today's top stories, including Obama in Iraq, Rudy G. and Johnny McBush at a Yankees game, James Dobson getting behind McCain, and the like. If you're interested, click here.
Also, Creature, my assistant editor, posted on how McCain is now, following Maliki's endorsement of Obama's withdrawal plan, trapped in a box on Iraq. His fawning admirers in the media will no doubt continue to give McCain the benefit of the doubt, overlooking all of his flipping and flopping and touting his supposed national security and foreign policy credentials, but this is a major blow to his campaign. For more, click here.
I also wanted to invite all of you to stop by The Reaction from time to time. We focus primariliy on U.S. politics, but I've assembled a great team of bloggers (I'm Canadian, in Toronto, but most of my co-bloggers are American) that writes on international politics, philosophy, science, and the arts. We are, on the whole, liberal and Democratic, but we remain independent and non-partisan and seek to offer analysis and commentary that is intelligent and well-informed. Come by regularly for 4-8 new posts a day, and, should you feel so inclined, have your say by commenting on our posts and becoming part of the community.
His one-day haul represents nearly half of his monthly total and more than Republican rival John McCain generated for the entire month. During the month, McCain did not have a single day in which he raised a million dollars.Overall, Obama raised $54 million for his campaign in June, compared to $22 million for McCain.
Well, not quite. He was a small-time investor, not a mogul, but, if nothing else, as Max Blumental recounted at HuffPo the other day, Gramm's forays into the porn industry in the '70s were rather amusing.
Back in 1973, he tried to invest $15,000 in a soft-core movie called Truck Stop Women ("No Rig Was Too Big For Them To Handle"). With that oversold, he eventually put his money in Beauty Queens (about pageant judges and contestants). When that fell through, he "contributed at least $7,500 towards... a satire of the Nixon White House called White House Madness that featured the crazed president wandering around the White House in the nude."
Gramm may or may not have known that his money ultimately went to help finance a soft-core anti-Nixon spoof -- the director of Beauty Queens, Mark Lester, shelved that project in order to make White House Madness, a sequal to his Tricia's Wedding (about drag queens) -- but what is clear is that, from the outset, he eagerly wanted to invest in porn. Not that he had much success, however. White House Madness was a failure. "Like the rest of Gramm's endeavors," Blumenthal notes, "his soft-core porn career was a complete disaster."
(Not that I object to free speech or anything -- you can put your money where you want, I suppose -- but have I mentioned that Gramm is a conservative Republican who, until just recently, was a top McCain advisor? But surely you knew that already...)
