Its a hot topic among political fanatics in Arizona. It was also discussed by Christopher Orr of the New Republic.
Pres.-Elect Barack Obama just gave Sen. John Mccain two gifts in the last two weeks. One of the gifts was a very big one.

First, Obama SAVED McCain's close friend, Joe Lieberman. Obama's message to the Senate Democratic of " I forgive Joe, lets move on" was big. It really pretty much saved Joe's neck. I'm sure McCain is very happy to see his dear friend Joe Lieberman escape this one.

Second, a huge gift for John Mccain.
President-Elect Obama just took out the one person who could have very likely ( in fact heavily favored) defeated John McCain in Arizona in 2010.
I am pretty sure the minute Governor Napolitano's pick was announced by the media, the entire John McCain Arizona team
had the biggest smile of the day.
Two head to head polls taken within the last 12 months showed Democrat Napolitano beating Mccain by a landslide double digit victory.
The Arizona Governors seat will also be difficult to hold by the Democrats. Our best hope would be Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford. If she runs, we have a very good shot of winning.

But McCain's seat would have been big !!!!

So many Arizona democrats were ready, excited & looking forward to knocking off McCain in 2010. That's too bad.

http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank /archive/2008/11/20/wooing-mccain.aspx

A touching scene emerged in the state of Indiana. It was a courages action taken by over three dozen Call Center agents.
It also reminds all of us that there are truly good,patriotic, loyal americans who share our moral values. It also shows that Senator Barack Obama's leadership truly inspires regular americans across the country.

As reported by TPM, over three dozen call center agents walked-off  their telemarketing jobs at Americall, a call center based in Hobart, Indiana. Despite warning from management, the agents decided to walk-off their job rather than make telemarketing calls using False Attacks scripts against Sen. Barack Obama.

They were given a choice to either go with the script & read it or leave. About 40 agents decided to walk-off.

According to the report, the agents were then all fired by the company.

The script had attacked Obama for being "dangerously weak on crime," "coddling criminals," and for voting against "protecting children from danger."

For these regular folks to risk their jobs especially during these tough & uncertain economic challenges is truly touching. My heart goes out to these fellow americans.

When I think of Indiana as being one of the highest unemployment states in the country, it took a lot of courage for a whole group of co-workers to do what they did.

This was their own personal way of fighting back against swifboating by the Republican Party.

I hope someone notifies the Obama campaign of what these workers just did. I'm sure Sen. Barack Obama would like to acknowledge them publicly. Not many people would have done this especially when we are going through the worst economic crisis since the great depression.

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsm emo.com/2008/10/dozens_of_call_center_wo rkers.php

Somehow most of us knew that this was eventually going to happen. Well its here. McCain campaign manager Rick Davis just confirmed their campaign's decision to RECONSIDER their earlier opposition to using controversial figure Reverand Jeremiah Wright.

My fellow democrats, its time to buckle-up for the ride. Senator John McCain has decided to go Racial big-time. This could potentially be an very ugly last two weeks.

I am confident that the Obama campaign already expected this event from happening & have contingency plans in place. The response from the entire Democratic Party should be LOUD, SWIFT, & MASSIVE. This is when raising $ 150 million will come in handy.

I expect virtually the entire Democratic elected officials led by  Senators,Governors & House members together with the media to immediately condemn any Wright attacks.

After John Kerry's swiftboating, NEVER AGAIN!

Here's a quote from Mr. Davis from his interview with  radio host Hugh Hewitt.

"Said Davis: "Look, John McCain has told us a long time ago before this campaign ever got started, back in May, I think, that from his perspective, he was not going to have his campaign actively involved in using Jeremiah Wright as a wedge in this campaign. Now since then, I must say, when Congressman Lewis calls John McCain and Sarah Palin and his entire group of supporters, fifty million people strong around this country, that we're all racists and we should be compared to George Wallace and the kind of horrible segregation and evil and horrible politics that was played at that time, you know, that you've got to rethink all these things. And so I think we're in the process of looking at how we're going to close this campaign. We've got 19 days, and we're taking serious all these issues."  

http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/talkradio /transcripts/Transcript.aspx?ContentGuid =4410315f-534c-43de-8ce2-18489afaaa3b

Awesome news & hopefully a very telling sign for November.

St. Louis, Missouri has just announced that 100,000 are in attendance in Sen. Barack Obama's rally today.

This would be Senator Obama's Largest Rally ever in the United States. This would surpass the 80,000 attendance that graced his Invesco Field Acceptance speech.

It would also be the largest political rally in the state of Missouri.

Obama's previous largest audience was the 200,000 rally at Berlin, Germany.

CNN also stated that this is a very good sign for the Obama campaign. To get 100,000 just over two weeks away from election day is nothing but good news.

People are mad,angry,concerned & ready for Real Change!

Go Obama!

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1 008/100000_people.html?showall

Some really great news !

As we are headed to the home stretch of the 2008 Presidential campaign, the Clinton's are launching a multi-state campaign through battleground states for Senator Barack Obama.

Former President Bill Clinton & Senator Hillary Clinton will take center stage on Sunday in Scranton, PA together with VP candidate Senator Joe Biden.

After the Scranton rally, the Clinton's will take separate routes through battleground states in support of Senator Barack Obama. They will also campaign for Senate & House democratic candidates across the country.

Bill Clinton will then be campaigning in Richmond and Roanoke,Virginia. He then proceeds to campaign in the two battleground states of Ohio & Nevada. He carried both states in 1992 & 1996. Hillary Clinton also remains popular in these two states.

While Hillary Clinton's campaign schedule after Scranton, PA includes the battlground states of Florida, Ohio,Minnesota & Omaha, Nebraska. ( Hillary in Nebraska ! Wow- Obama must be really close in getting that 1 electoral vote in the district)

Bill Clinton was also in Florida earlier this week while Hillary Clinton campaign in Little Rock, Arkansas last Friday.

Senator Clinton also gave radio interviews in North Carolina & Spanish stations in Florida on behalf of Senator Obama. She also launched a Women's get out the vote by phone in Wisconsion.

Senator Clinton has headline more than 50 events for Barack Obama in the last 60 days & has raised over $10 million dollars for the Obama campaign.

This is just awesome news for Senator Obama & the democratic party. While the big dogs Bill & Hillary are going all out for Obama, John McCain is doing everything to stay away from the Bush family.

Just like Georgia & West Virginia, I would not be surprised if Obama closes the gap in Arkansas. The Arkansas Governor & two Senators are also spending time campaigning for Senator Obama.

Go Go Obama ! We are now about the enter the last 3 weeks !!!

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jxab7 fpWR_RJeKEp6hrgpXHqBqrgD93OKSF80

Illegal Vote Purging is once again happening as reported by both the NY Times & MSNBC. What's even more disturbing is where it is taking place. Tens of thousands of voters, particulary new voters,  have been illegally purged in at least 6 key battleground states. With about 3 weeks to go before election day, how in the world can they resolve this & put these voters back on the list.

As the NY Times correctly states,  This no doubt hurts democrats much more due to the fact that we have such a huge amount of new registered voters.

This crap happens every single time especially when the Republican party senses defeat. Unbelievable!

I hope the Obama campaign in coordination with State Democratic officials can do something about this ASAP.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27093919/

From Politico, to ABC yesterday, CNN today, & the NY Daily News Sunday edition. Finally, the mainstream media is starting to forecast what millions of Clintonistas have been saying this entire primary season.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/050 8/10585.html

Now that we pretty much have a nominee in Sen. Barack Obama, many in the MSM can now report what more than half of all registered democrats have been saying for the past 6 months.

By the way, this is Totally Unacceptable. A damaged and weakened Republican party with historical record high disapproval ratings still winning the Presidential race in November.

The Old Liberal Democrat party elders should be held fully accountable if this should occur in November. To annoint a nominee that received less registered democratic votes will have big repercussions if our party goes down in defeat in November.

Especially when All Accounts show that the "woman" democrat would defeat the Republican McCain by winning a landslide 300+ electoral votes.

Instead, what is ABC,CNN,Politico, & NY Daily news reporting?

" Sen. John McCain could win in November by an electoral college blowout. It would be a huge Republican Presidential win. Much bigger than the 35 electoral margin that carried President Bush over Kerry in 2004. It would mark a return to the 80's  formula. While Democrats do well in local House races & increase their margins, we would once again lose the national race."

This is a very heavy price to pay of the sake of making racial history. Too big a price for the next 4 years.

By late October, please do not be surprised when John McCain is polling at 300 - 320 electoral votes.

Having a close national popular vote means nothing. Absolutely nothing. City after city, urban area after urban area can come out in record numbers in November. All that will do is keep the Chicago Democrat competitive in the popular vote.

But the only one that matters, the Electoral votes will be a totally different picture.

This should be the finally straw at the credibility of many so called " Left of Center netroots leaders" like Kos.

Since I read several diaries on Michelle Whitedove on Mydd & Dailykos in the last 90 days, let me give the followers of Michelle an Update on what she just posted on her website two days after Indiana/North Carolina primary.

This is Ms. Whitedove's response to the over 4,275 emails that she received the day after the Indiana/North Carolina primary.

Ms. Whitedove's was on CBS,CNN,FOX, HBO, PBS & Montel the whole of last week giving her predictions.

P.S. Michelle gained popularity by having predicted accurately the last 5 Presidential elections for both the GE & the Primary between 8 to 12 months before the actual primaries even started.

She was also named in January by Lifetime Television & HBO as the best american in the business. She beat out 37 of the best in america on live tv on her accuracy.

Here's her response to all the emails.

http://www.michellewhitedove.com/Blog-Cl intonObamaPsychicPredictionUpdate.php

Enjoy !