Obama: What I would expect is that it's gonna take mid-October before...

After all the hand-wringing here, I re-played the August 31st "60 Minutes" interview with Barack and Joe. One of the things that Barack impressed on me was his answer to Steve Croft (below)

"…And there are people that believe you should be much further ahead in the polls than you are. What do you say to that? And are you comfortable with the way this race is going and where you are right now?" Kroft asked.

"This is gonna be a rough, tough battle," Obama said. "The Republicans don't govern very well. But, they know how to campaign. And, you know, what I would expect is that it's gonna take-mid-October before a whole lot of people start making up their minds. And there's nothing wrong with that. This notion that somehow this should be a cakewalk and I should just walk into the election with, you know, a 10, 15 point lead, I think doesn't give the American people enough credit. They wanna get this thing right."

So let's keep working. I'm registering voters here in the boonies, and when the campaign office opens I will volunteer there as well. Not everyone is a political junkie like we are. I found Saturday when registering voters that many are just trying to keep their heads above water and keep food on the table.

Barack says "Our work will not be easy."

Watch his DNC acceptance speech if you need to get fired up again!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ato7BtisXzE

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I just watched Barack's acceptance speech again and it brought me to tears. Again. We must win this election. We must!

As he said in his speech, Republicans like to take a big election and make it about little things. They like to divide our country with wedge issues. McCain isn't about change. What is his vision for America? I haven't heard it. It wasn't in his acceptance speech. There is no there there.