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By Jean - Aug 14th, 2007 at 1:35 pm EDT

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I am impressed with the Obama site. Hate being a gripe, but I'm not too cool with the logo but perhaps it's creator, on his/her own, or in consultation with other graphics experts can do something to subtlely enhance it. It looks a little dull and indecisive. On the other hand it contrasts nicely with the candidate it represents, who is anything but.

This may sound dorky, but I'd like to hear radio ads...a lot of them the closer we get to primary time. The nice thing about radio: people usually won't change the channel for a short ad and it is going straight into their ears, frequently too, and is a lot cheaper than TV. Barack has a wonderful voice and very persuasive sensible things to say. You could give us some specific way to sponsor [pay for] offical radio ads in our local area.

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By Mid America Mom Aug 14th 2007 at 2:20 pm EDT

To that graghic but I guess it is to show a new road or horizon...

Hi- he has two radio ads out in South carolina right now and a TV ad in Iowa.

For the radio ads - see their home page here-- Link

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By Jean Aug 14th 2007 at 3:33 pm EDT

Thank you for the link to the radio ads. They sound great, but naturally would not work everywhere. The racial issues would be irrelevant here [Rural KS] as the few persons of color enjoy pretty good opporunity and social integration. We haven't much experience with official or systematic racism. Drugs, AIDS, etc. are not in the forefront. However, losing our kids of all shades and citizenship [we do have a fairly large representation from Mexico]...losing them to death and dismemberment,and all the disruption and social fallout that occurs from extended deployments-such things are in the forefront for us all. Also are the wasteful war economy and decaying infrastructure. Hopefully a wide spectrum of ads that everybody can relate to can be developed and made available to sponsor.

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By History Dude Aug 30th 2008 at 11:34 am EDT (Updated Aug 30th 2008 at 11:34 am EDT)

Someone needs to describe Palin's choice for what it is: a gimmick.

Sad that this old man needed to expose this promising young leader to the intense scrutiny of a presidential campaign just so that he can cover his own record of the past 36 years. To me it's unseemly; risk her promise to cover his own immediate needs. ISN'T THERE A RECENT MOVIE OR TV SHOW THAT ECHOES THIS THEME AND THAT COULD BE HONORABLY INTRODUCED?

To Biden and his team: no time for sympathy. You're fighting for causes a lot more important than hurt feelings. If Palin can't handle questions like "do you know the difference between classified and unclassified data" (Bush didn't) then she doesn't belong on the stage.

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By Kevin & Meimii Curham May 30th 2008 at 4:10 pm EDT

I think Senator Obama should ask Senator McCain to accompany him on seeing the plight of struggling Americans. It's OK to ask Senator Obama to go to Iraq but with all the problems in this country why isn't Senator McCain talking to regular Americans instead of just fat cat donors. I think Senator McCain could do with a tour of New Orleans or the blight caused by the mortgage crisis in dozens of cities around the country. Then Senator McCain will stop talking about more deregulation of the financial industries.

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By Patricia from Little Elm, TX Aug 29th 2008 at 6:57 pm EDT (Updated Aug 29th 2008 at 6:57 pm EDT)

While watching Senator Obama's acceptance speech last night, my 20 year old daughter asked "When does the actual vote take place". This made me realize that she is not alone. Her friends are very busy with work, school and social lives and they are not as in touch with the news as I am. Many young voters may not vote simply because they are so busy with other things or do not know when to vote. They are used to their pop up reminders on their phones, blackberries, etc.

So, I have an idea that I call "Save the Date ... Vote Obama '08" An Outlook calendar event, text/mobile reminder, stickers/appointment cards, etc. can be sent and handed out that have the date of the election on it for those voters that do not know or to remind them when the day arrives.

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By Tony from Goldsboro, NC Sep 17th 2008 at 1:47 pm EDT (Updated Sep 17th 2008 at 1:47 pm EDT)

I am suggesting to the Obama-Biden campaign, to get the Catholic vote, to emphasize that their platform is more consistent to the Catholic's Social Teachings, just war concept, and Catholic peace tradition. On the abortion issue, they should align with Catholic moral theologians' teachings when abortion can be allowed. The Catholic Catechism simply states the general rule on abortion but does not explain the exceptional cases for it. They should probably look also on the anti-Catholic stance/tradition of the Church to whom Sarah Palin belongs.

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