Hope.  We are so vulnerable when we hope, but we must hope or otherwise we despair.

So, let's hope your feelings of hope are rewarded as 2008 rolls along.

STOP reading predictive polls. They are all out of date before they get published lately.

And watch a good speech:

Don't make me scold you again.

Love ya Boo. It'll all be good. You'll see.

We need to turn Hope into Action.

I've signed up for GOTC here in Minnesota. At age 14 and my first political campaign I'm signed up to be a precinct captain. After I finish some big homework on Wed I will be dedicating every waking hour to Obama. It is that important. I started a online money drive for Obama that has raised close to 20k. I'm doing EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING I can. I am exhausted but I find ways to stay awake. To stay fired up. Because the stakes are too high.

"Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives" - Paul Wellstone

it's going to be okay.

believe!

im taking the suggestion of the poster above and volunteering to phone bank tomorrow. i just donated to obama yesterday and bought 4 stickers to give to my son in college and a few more for friends who also support obama. my primary (MD) isnt until the 12th, but i've got three  votes under one roof. dont think, just act and NGU.

I know exactly how you feel.  I'm so, so cynical.  Still, when a flippin' politician can bring me to tears because there are still people in America who can believe is awesome.  I decided to put my cynicism in a pretty box and store it away for later.  Maybe Feb. 6th...oops, some of it slipped out!  Right now, I'm going to ride the wave and feel the wind on my face.  I'm going to be happy dammit.  For once, there's a politician who actually inspires me.  I always look at votes and past achievements of a politician and while Obama's is impressive, so are Clinton's and Edwards.  Yet, they don't persuade me that they can or will actively try to do anything about any of our current messes.  

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My hope is that people stop watching CNN and MSNBC and start picking up phones.

You want Obama to win? Call his campaign office near you and volunteer to phone bank.

Seriously.

It's up to us.

It's not a sure thing by any means. It could all still be Hillary's. We have a genuine uphill battle. Let's leverage this week's momentum for all it's worth.

I offered to volunteer and within two days was given a precinct to cover. It's a daunting task, and I and all the other precinct captains can use the help.

Call the local Obama office nearest you and tell them you want to help make calls in your precinct. If there's a leader there, they'll put you in touch. If there's no leader assigned, guess what? Tag, you're it.

And even a bad precinct captain is better than NO precinct captain.

No one else was covering my district. I've barely made 100 calls. I'm hardly a star at this, and I've never enjoyed talking on the phone. I'm a write. I write. I don't speak, and don't enjoy speaking. But this is the simplest thing to do, and it helps the campaign the most. Only have one hour? You can call 25 people in an hour, easily.

Today, one of the people I'd left a message for called me back. He lives in my building. He hasn't voted in a primary in years. He's on a walker, with severe arthritis. But he's terrified Clinton will be our nominee and will lose us the election, so he wants to vote for Obama.

I'm going to drive him to the polling place.

My one vote has just doubled,  100%.

If 50,000 volunteers turn in 100,000 votes, that's huge. If 5 million turn in 10 million, that's even better.

It takes all of us. You don't have to do much. But please. Make a few calls. Some will be bad numbers.
Some will hang up on you. Most will be polite. And some are downright inspirational.

Just do it. You'll thank me for the suggestion.

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

"But I admit to feeling a little tingle of hope over the last two days."

Sounds like a circulation problem. You better get that checked out.

Anyway, I think McCain pulls out Florida.

I am looking forward to 62 in the senate.  Won't that be a site.  :)

Keep up the good works, sisters and brothers.  There is light at the end of this nightmare.

62!

62!

62!

~~~~~ 'The highest function of Ecology is the understanding of its consequences'

Is anyone old enough to remember that clown toy? It had a lot of sand in the bottom. You punched at it, it wobbled, but wouldn't fall down. No matter how hard you pushed it, it returned to its original position.

I think of it when I think of our political system. We are trying to push it to a new place. But it keeps wanting to move back.

I don't trash Senator Clinton. I think her brain and instincts are good. But I do criticize her seeming inability to manage the men around her. Frankly, I think some of the stuff coming out of Bill's mouth isn't even premeditated. I think he's repeating back room talk, without pre-analyzing it. The Jackson remark sounds like that.

But to win as you suggest, we need something totally different. Can you imagine a debate between Obama and McCain?

Michaela

You would feel better if you went to drinking liberally.  (Although the phone banking idea might help too.)

If the Obama store at his campaign website is any indication there are many Americans catching this hope thing.  EVerything is either out of stock or on backorder - stickers, shirts, yard signs, hats...

Feel your pain, Booman.  It's been crushed hope after crushed hope for seven years now--I find myself now, after observing our Democratic Congress roll over again and again on the lawbreaking and treason wafting out of this White House, and wondering if Bushco is actually threatening the lives and blackmailing our congresspeople.  I can't understand how we could have come to this, and I can't imagine a way out.  One cannot live without hope, but...