The smears aren't going to matter about Obama - they can literally tear him apart on the news shows

and it won't mean a damn thing.

Most people who are inspired by him are hearing him on the internet, in person, in debates, and being told by others about his amazing ability to connect! John McCain will do NONE of this, and will ultimately lose to a strong sense of needed change towards the Democrats in November. The 8 years of torturing, warmongering, corporate-pampering, and a blind eye to pollution, will begin to end when people come out in massive numbers on November 4th, who do not watch the nightly news, or Fox News Sunday - and they will not care that a majority of people in small towns believe Obama might be a Muslin (a friend's Aunt said this to him on the phone), or be afraid that a black man will encourage other blacks to step over 'their bounds' in public areas - and will cast their vote for Barack Obama - because they believe in his word.

I think one of the most important things we can all do in our states is get assurance that there will be plenty of voting booths in every precinct within a city, or has a large minority population, AND the continuing problem of people being told they're not registred when they go to vote. Many people are being told in primaries that the computers don't show them in their system - they need to argue and force the issue. These are some of the areas they will try and stop us, especially in states with Republican governors (Florida, California, etc).

God bless Obama and his safety, we need him. Even if Clinton somehow continues to derail him with negative attacks that hurt our party, and he loses support under the weight of his connection to Rev. Wright, I believe he will ultimately be the nominee, battered and beaten, but ready for the election. If Clinton slips in by the skin of her teeth with superdelegates support, we will see her lose narrowly to McCain because of the anger that will be shown by many of his supporters for the manner in which she dismissed him repeatedly as, 'just a speech'.

The share of Americans who have broadband connections at home has now reached 42% (about 84 million), up from 29% (about 59 million) in January 2005. Pew Internet & American Life Project report says 73 percent of Americans say they use the Internet, up from 66 percent in January 2005, with a lot of the increase coming from those over 50.

source - wiki

73 percent of Americans say they use the Internet- I'd like to know how many likley voters say they use the web.

I forgot- potential Democratic swing-voters all live in a mythical, conservative, rural community- they must be too busy working on the family farm, going to church picnics and preparing for the county fair to get on the 'letric 'puter.

Unlike those snooty, urbane, "nut roots" types- right?

No aunts, uncles or grannys on the web checking their email, no siree Bob!

and the point you make it great - more people who will vote for him aren't in lil villages, they're in major market areas where this is access in colleges, libraries, coffee shops and at most homes. The person's comment reminds me of the GOP amateur reporter trying to humiliate the young black man at the Los Angeles debate right after Edwards dropped out. He thought he'd show people how ignant black people are, as he prodded him hard to say why he was for Obama - too bad the guy was extremely intellectual he asked!

where people might not watch Faux New 24/7. It works at both ends of the access trajectory.

42% of that number have broadband, and about 85% of all households have cable. You are talking out of your ass.

And I am not alone.

neither do I.

marauders only wish.

And this may stick. We cannot get complacent about this. We need to be on every blog, every message board refuting this right wing crap. We need to send letters to the editor, call into radio shows, send letters to be read on MSNBC, and contact the media and call them out on this character assassination.

a positive way to cheer up a little after the m$$$$m is running the show like they did with Dean 24/7.

or were planning to vote for him are now thoroughly disgusted and consider him lower than a snake oil salesman. There's no way they're going to fall for his charming, everybody work together-schtick again.

LOL

:eyes: Get real.

My mom WAS a Hillary supporter til she heard Obama speak. Now she is going to vote for him. So according to your reasoning she should also represent a large portion of America and they are now swinging to the Obama camp.

always improve his polling with more campaigning

If that hadn't checked his momentum, Ohio might have been a very different story.

inspired to believe their government can do things to help their lives be better, and not worse as they have been, and thus, why the people's inspiration has put him over 100 delegates ahead of his rival.

sold them bushit and the War On Iraq for 8 years.

Glad to read your take on this, martyred.

"not this time", cool. my Mom sent me that and said she loved that. glad to see you have it on your tag.

avatar! Personal, right?