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National Voter Registration Kickoff Tomorrow

Posted May 09th, 2008 at 08:40pm

Tomorrow is the official kickoff of Vote for Change, an unprecedented 50-state voter registration and mobilization drive. In over 100 cities across America, from Anchorage, Alaska to Miami, Florida, grassroots supporters will hit the streets to register voters. With events planned in every single state, no matter where you live, you can find an event near you.

As Democratic Governor Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas explained,"This could change the face of American politics for decades to come."

Our efforts across the country have already yielded incredible results. According to a recent Associated Press survey, over 3.5 million people registered to vote in the first three months of 2008. Now we're expanding our approach to every single state, as part of a sustained, six-month effort that could reshape the electoral map.  

Most events will begin in the late morning or early afternoon, and will run approximately four hours. No prior experience is necessary, and materials and training will be provided at each location.

There is no better way to start your weekend tomorrow, and no more important work to be done right now than bringing more voters, and more voices, into the political process.

Find an event near you.

In sight

Posted May 07th, 2008 at 09:42pm

News broke this morning that Senator Clinton made three separate loans to her campaign in the past 30 days -- including one as recently as Monday.

These loans total more than $6.4 million, which combined with her previous personal loans, add up to at least $11.4 million she's loaned her campaign since February.

A spokesman said she may continue to "loan the campaign additional money out of her jointly-held assets" -- which include more than $100 million in income since her husband left the White House.

Meanwhile, by winning a double-digit victory in North Carolina and closing the gap in Indiana, Barack won another 100 delegates.

Barack Obama is now just 172 delegates away from winning the Democratic nomination. It's within sight.

This is a decisive moment in this race.

Barack has already won more votes, more delegates, and more than twice as many states as Senator Clinton, whose path to the nomination has grown extremely narrow. But these loans show that her campaign will continue to contest the remaining primaries vigorously.

We need to show that the voices of more than 1.5 million ordinary people donating whatever they can afford are more powerful than one person giving more than $11 million to their own campaign.

You've helped build this historic movement -- please help close out this nomination by making a donation of $25 to match Senator Clinton's loan:

https://donate.barackobama.com/results

Here's the math of where we stand ...

There are only six contests remaining on the Democratic primary calendar and only 217 pledged delegates left to be awarded. Only 7% of the pledged delegates remain on the table. There are 253 remaining undeclared superdelegates, for a total of 470 delegates left to be awarded.

With North Carolina and Indiana complete, Barack Obama only needs 170 total delegates to capture the Democratic nomination. This is only 36% of the total remaining delegates.

Conversely, Senator Clinton needs 326 delegates to reach the Democratic nomination, which represents a startling 69% of the remaining delegates.

With the Clinton path to the nomination getting even narrower, we expect new and wildly creative scenarios to emerge in the coming days.

While those scenarios may be entertaining, they are not legitimate and will not be considered legitimate by this campaign or its millions of supporters, volunteers, and donors.

You can help make sure Barack Obama is the nominee. Please make a donation of $25 now:

https://donate.barackobama.com/results

We want to be clear -- we believe that the winner of a majority of pledged delegates will be and should be the nominee of our party.

And we estimate that after the Oregon and Kentucky primaries on May 20th, we will have won a majority of the overall pledged delegates.

Evidently, the Clinton campaign agrees. According to a recent news report, by even their most optimistic estimates the Clinton Campaign expects to trail by more than 100 pledged delegates and will then ask the superdelegates to overturn the will of the voters.

But we have our own case to make: that millions of Americans volunteering their time and donating in small amounts have built a campaign that has won the most delegates, the most states, and the most votes.

And this campaign -- your campaign -- will be the one that wins the presidency in November and delivers a wave of support for Democrats at every level of office.

Please make a donation of $25 now to make it happen:

https://donate.barackobama.com/results

We'll be in touch as the situation evolves.

Thank you,

David

David Plouffe
Campaign Manager
Obama for America

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I was fortunate to be able to grow up seeing America from varied viewpoints. My childhood was spent in Hawaii and Indonesia. After college I worked as a community organizer on the South side of Chicago focusing on improving living conditions in poor neighborhoods.

I came to understand that to truly solve the problems facing our communities, it would take a change in our laws and our politics. I ran and served for seven years in the Illinois state Senate, where I fought for expanding children's health care, providing tax cuts for the working poor and enacting welfare reform. In 2004, I was elected to the U.S. Senate, where I have worked to pass laws securing dangerous weapons and making government more accountable. I have also opposed the Iraq war from the start, and believe that we need to bring our troops home so we can refocus on the wider struggle against terrorism.

Of all my life experiences, I am most proud of my wife Michelle and my daughters Malia and Sasha.


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caspar-w...

Male, 29, Germany

Posted


"Now if we do want to live a thug life and a gangsta life and all of that,
ok, so stop being cowards and lets have a revolution
but we dont wanna do that, dudes just wanna live of character
They wanna be cartoons, but if they really wanted to do something
if they was that tough, alright, lets start our own country
lets start a revolution, lets get out of here, lets do something..."
-TUPAK AMARU SHAKUR-


...THEY DON´T GiVE A FU*K ABOU7 US!!!
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"AND GOD SAiD HE SHOULD SEND HiS ONE BEGOTTEN SON TO LEAD THE WiLD iNTO THE WAYS OF MAN"


patchita

Female, 49, Bakersfield, CA

Posted


I hope that obama reads or gets this mess. Please always always stay positive no matter what. God bless you and your family always


bronxnite9

Male, Age Private, New York, NY

Posted


American citizens and permanent resident aliens, living and working within the States of the Union are not subject to the filing of an IRS Form 1040 and ARE NOT LIABLE for the payment of a tax on "income"!!! If this surprises you, you are not alone. You are among the vast majority of American citizens who have been mislead and misinformed. Read on.

click here to learn about Donald's propaganda filmFor YEARS, the Internal Revenue Service has ruled the American people with fear, bluff, and deception, the IRS's major weapons. Americans have been led to believe that they "owe" an income tax on their earnings; that it is their "patriotic duty" to pay it, and there is no alternative to the IRS's abuse. Nothing could be further from the truth! From its beginning, the income tax was levied on non-resident aliens and American citizens living and working in a foreign country and for the federal government. During World War I, the government requested that citizens volunteer to pay taxes as a way to pay for the war. During World War II the government employed Walt Disney and his cartoon character, Donald Duck, to increase the voluntary payment of the income tax. Consider the following facts:

Our Founding Fathers created a constitutional republic as our form of government. The Constitution gives the federal/national government limited powers. All powers not delegated to the United States are reserved to the States respectively or to the People. The Union was created to be the servant of the people! The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the land. (Article VI, Clause 2.)

The Constitution gives the Congress the power to lay and collect taxes to pay the debts of the government and to provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States. Congress is only permitted to levy two types of taxes.

1. DIRECT TAXES, which are subject to the rule of apportionment among the states of the Union.

2. INDIRECT TAXES -- imposts, duties and excises, subject to the rule of uniformity.

The US Constitution does not allow the federal government to use either of the two classifications to tax CITIZENS or PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIENS of the United States of America, DIRECTLY. The intent of the Founders was to keep the government the servant and to prevent it from becoming the master. (See Article 1, section 2, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution.)


bronxnite9

Male, Age Private, New York, NY

Posted


EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD GO READ THE CONSTITUTION

AND THE IRS CODE BOOK


NOT THAT MR OBAMA READS THIS COMMENTS OR IS EVEN

GONNA REPLY TO THEM

.
MR OBAMA WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU READ

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU READ THE IRS CODE BOOK

IS AMERICA A DEMOCRACY?( I WILL ANSWER THIS ONE FOR

YOU )AMERICA IS NOT A DEMOCRACY BUT A REPUBLIC IF THAT

IS THE CASE

DO YOU KNOW THAT INCOME TAX IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL? ) AND IF YOU DO WHY ARE YOU TELLING

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO PAY MORE TAX

MR OBAMA THE ONLY WAY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM WE

ARE HAVING IS TO GET RID OF THE FED

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CLEARLLY STATES THAT CONGRESS AND ONLY

CONGRESS HAS THE POWER TO COIN MONEY

AND THAT NO TAX SHOULD BE LEVIED ON ANY US CITIZEN WORKING IN ANY OF THE 50 STATES IN THE UNION


MR OBAMA IF YOU KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE HOW

DEFERENT ARE YOU FROM THE REST OF THEM .

MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL RACE ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE OF THIS ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.

ARE YOU GONNA LET THE BLOOD OF ALL THOSE WHO DIED TO CREATE THIS NATION BE IN VAIN ?

THIS IS TO WHO EVERY READ THIS AMERICA READ THE CONSTITUTION LIKE IT IS YOUR FAV BOOK

, GO READ THE COMMENTS OF ALL FORMER PRESIDENTS FROM THE 1800 TO 1913

AND SEE WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT THE FED

FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE FIRST, THEN THE SECOND BANK OF AMERICA .


davrod610

Male, 49, Reading, PA

Posted


Greetings Sen. Obama, it was brought to my attention that you are trying to pass a bill S2433 a bill which would require the U.S. to initially direct .7 percent of our GNP into the United Nations coffers for distribution as they see fit, for "food" to third world nations. Under earlier agreements this would evolve into a national tax on the U.S. with the UN attempting to levy this on all first world nations. The U.N. would have the power to increase this rate of taxation.
The U.S. would be required to surrender some of its sovereignty over foreign aid by putting it under UN control. The bill would force the U.S. to sign onto the U.N.'s Millennium Declaration, which would commit us not only to "BANNING SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS" but also to adhere to the International Criminal Court Treaty and the Kyoto Protocol. That's strange because I hear all your speeches and read your blogs but there's no mention of this bill. Please explain your position sir, I know Pres. Bush said "the constitution is just a goddam piece of paper, I'm just hoping that's not your attitude as well. Thank you for your consideration in this matter as the American people has the right to know...peace


justicef...

Female, 30, Minneapolis, MN

Posted


THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, HISTORY IS BEING MADE RIGHT NOW, AND WITH THIS ELECTION, WE (AS U.S. CITIZENS) ARE BEING SHOWN THAT IT'S THE INDIVITUALS, NOT THE PARTIES THAT SHOWS COMPASSION ABOUT ISSUES THAT PLEGUES OUR COUNTRY. I WAS SERIOUS ABOUT EREASING THE PARTY LINES. BY DOING THAT YOU CAN WIN SOME OF THE UNDICIDED REPULBICAN THAT IS TIRED OF MCCAIN?S (BUSH FOLLOWING POLICIES) AND BUT STILL WANT TO STAY TRUE TO THEIR PARTIES AFFILIATION.
THE MEDIA HAS CONTROL OF WHATS BEING SAID, AND WHAT WER'E GOING TO HEAR, SO IT'S ALREADY BIAS. WHAT WE CAN CHOOSE TO DO AT THIS POINT IS EITHER, FOLLOW THE MASSES, OR DO A COMPLETE CHANGE OVERHALL.


shortyme...

Female, 29, Saint Albans, NY

Posted


dear senator obama,
i am a supporter of you and your causes. i just wanted to take a moment and express that i am not only proud of you and what you are doing to uplift the psyche & mentality of black people in this country...but i am pround that of the comments that i have read on your page, NO ONE has left a negative or disrepectful comment on your page. that should show how much people admire and support you. all comments, that i have seen were politically informed or just plain nice. you deserve that respect and i am proud that you are receiving it....one other comment that i would like to re-mention(from another memeber) is that NO ONE would expect you to choose HUCKABEE to be on your ticket...there is so much hoopla about sen. clinton. i personally feel she would try to sabotage you & undermine your authority if given the opportunity...Art of War.


Monique577

Female, Age Private, Shreveport, LA

Posted


President Obama, continue to focus on the positive......the truth shall stand forever! HaPpY MoThEr's Day First Lady, for who can fine a Virtuous WoMaN? May GOD's BLESSING SHOWER YOU!!!!!!!!!!! ~BLESSED~


Standing...

Male, 40, Sacramento, CA

Posted


Good luck Mr. President :)....

When you go to West Virginia on monday, just continue to be humble as you always are. Tell Hillary's constituents all the things you will do to help their economy. Also mention that more needs to be done to improve the safety of Coal Miners to prevent the more recent tragedies with trapped Coal Miners in that area. That should hit home with them.


ThugzMot...

Male, 20, Portland, OR

Posted


whats up my brother i vote for u us brothers in america need for u to make sure u take us bacc to our home land we need u


ThugzMot...

Male, 20, Portland, OR

Posted


whats up my brother i vote for u us brothers in america need for u to make sure u take us bacc to our home land we need u


12Perfec...

Female, 39, East Lansing, MI

Posted


I LOVE YOU MAN!!! Keep doing what you do!! Stay focused! hey Michelle....love you too!!

PS..Please do not pick Billary as VP....PLEAAASSSEEEE.. (smile)