watch & learn!

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watch!

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HOPE

Maybe it's The National song playing in the video. Maybe it's Barack's message. Maybe it's the unabashed hope so many millions of us are feeling. In any case, this video inspires me, tears me up, and moves me to action. VOTE OBAMA!

Top 5 Reasons Obama Supporters Shouldn't Rest Easy

Hi, guys. The Obama campaign folks sent me the following list and I thought I'd take their advice and repost it. If you're not pro-Obama, rest easy--I'm not going to pressure you to change your mind (even though I really think you should!). If you are pro-Obama, reading the following list is very important!! Repost this list if you desire.

TOP 5 REASONS OBAMA SUPPORTERS SHOULDN'T REST EASY

1. The polls may be wrong. This is an unprecedented election. No one knows how racism may affect what voters tell pollsters—or what they do in the voting booth. And the polls are narrowing anyway. In the last few days, John McCain has gained ground in most national polls, as his campaign has gone even more negative.

2. Dirty tricks. Republicans are already illegally purging voters from the rolls in some states. They're whipping up hysteria over ACORN to justify more challenges to new voters. Misleading flyers about the voting process have started appearing in black neighborhoods. And of course, many counties still use unsecure voting machines.

3. October surprise. In politics, 15 days is a long time. The next McCain smear could dominate the news for a week. There could be a crisis with Iran, or Bin Laden could release another tape, or worse.

4. Those who forget history... In 2000, Al Gore won the popular vote after trailing by seven points in the final days of the race. In 1980, Reagan was eight points down in the polls in late October and came back to win. Races can shift—fast!

5. Landslide. Even with Barack Obama in the White House, passing universal health care and a new clean-energy policy is going to be hard. Insurance, drug and oil companies will fight us every step of the way. We need the kind of landslide that will give Barack a huge mandate.

If you agree that we shouldn't rest easy, please sign up to volunteer at your local Obama office by clicking here:

http://pol.moveon.org/obama/office.html?source=blog&id=14534-5183653-nFgmwbx&t=1

VOTING!

With the HUGE issues looming out there (money, health--you know), some very important concerns are getting lost in the shuffle. Click on the following link to see how the presidential candidates plan on supporting the arts and art education--if they're supportive at all.

http://www.artsactionfund.org/artsvote/default.asp

Deadline to register to vote is OCTOBER 6! That's tomorrow! Hurry it up, kids!

YES WE CAN! Rock the vote on Tuesday.

One week 'til the primary!

Another handy-dandy internet quiz helped me determine what I already knew: Barack Obama is probably going to be my main man when I go to the polls next week for the Democratic primary. Last time I voted in a primary I was a bit confused to find out that I wasn't registered--turned out my little hippie self had registered independent in Florida, so I couldn't MAKE MY VOICE HEARD in February 2004. This year things are much different, as we all know.

I've taken a couple of those internet quizzes designed to help you decide which candidates' points of view mirror yours best, but www.glassbooth.org is the best one I've come across (thanks, Kimizaki). You start off with twenty points and can allocate those points to a list of issues as you wish--for me, health care and the environment were two issues that got more points than others. On the next page, you take a quiz dealing with the most pertinent issues. The third page shows you which three candidates you match up with best and (here's the best part) why. There's a drop-down list to the right where you can choose other candidates' names and see how close of a match you are to them. I am matched up to Barack 75% according this one survey; another, less in-depth survey had him and me togetha foreva at 83%.

Anywho. If you're drifting along as cluelessly as I tend to be, www.glassbooth.org is a good jumping off point. We haven't got much time to get in the vote! (Even if you're one of the few non-Democrats reading this, I do so want you to be informed, too. More than that, I want you to vote for who I vote for. But we'll let that rest for now.)