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LOUISVILLE, KY –Congressman John Yarmuth (D-KY), the class president of the 44 Democrats in the House, today endorsed Barack Obama for President, citing his crossover appeal to Republicans and independents and the powerful coalition he is building to bring change. "The change America needs won't come easy. It requires the kind of leadership that ignites passion, instills hope, and inspires us to work together for a better tomorrow," Congressman Yarmuth said. "As we strive to take on the great challenges our nation faces, we need a leader who will stand up to special interests and build a coalition that will bring change we can believe in. Because he puts problem solving before politics, Barack Obama has the unique capacity to build support from Americans of all parties from Kentucky to Idaho to Connecticut, and he will lead us to recapture our potential when as President.”
"In Congress and in Louisville, John Yarmuth has fought for increased access to higher education and honest and open government,” said Senator Obama. "He knows that we can’t bring change without engaging all Americans in the process. Congressman Yarmuth is a fitting addition to our coalition of leaders of diverse ideologies and from all regions of the country working to solve the problems that lie ahead.”
Yarmuth, who first met Obama in Louisville in 2006, currently serves as President of the 44 freshman House Democrats. He was named 2007 "Legislator of the Year" by the Kentucky Reading Association and "Outstanding New Member of Congress" by the Committee for Education Funding, the largest non-partisan education organization in the nation.
We can do this. Yes we can!
If you Obama supporters have the time and any interest whatsoever, I urge you to check out VQTE @ http://www.vqte.com and please sign up. Just a few posts would be great.
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Hope to see you around.
Thanks!
As everyone who has tried to buy things at the BarackObama store knows, there is a serious backup in shipping right now; in some cases, 6-8+ weeks!!!
LETS DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!!
Do you have any new or gently used Obama gear that you can spare? From stickers to shirts to signs, we'll take all of it. Or for that matter, are you in an upcoming state and you do not have any Obama things? Tell us! We can probably help you out!
Here's what you do:
e-mail me at: slvfreak@yahoo.com
Tell me what you have or what you need. We will try to match you up with someone who has or who needs those things!!!!
lets OBAMACYCLE, and get through this jam at the Barack Obama store.
YES WE CAN.
Part 2: Even if you do NOT have Obama gear, you can make some and donate it! All you need is a printer!!! Click here: Link
You can make ANY of those items. You do NOT have to use card stock for the rally signs; we will take WHATEVER we can get!
Thank you so much for your help you guys! We've gotten over 100 matches, and counting! EVERYONE has been matched!
Please post this in your blogs, your friends blogs, on the HQ blog, (you can just replace "me" with my friend Lace K or something like that), on your Myspace, etc.
YES WE CAN!
There is a VIRUS(!!!) being posted in the blogs. PLEASE BE ADVISED!!
It is being posted in a link that is spreading like wildfire in the blogs. Do NOT click on ANY link unless you are 100% familiar with the site. Hover your mouse over each link, and look at the lower left corner of your browser. The link location will show up (E.G. www.redcross.com).
I will not post the link because I do not want anyone else getting infected.
Do NOT click on anything that you do not know!
FYI. All youtube videos are A OK!
Please post this in other blogs, and feel free to contact HQ about it. I was unable to get to www.barackobama.com (or any sub links) for nearly 4 hours!! I kept being redirected to this site that [I had clicked on earlier in one of the HQ blogs] was scamming people and asking for donations.
Thanks,
Lace K
Please post this in your blogs and on the HQ blog when possible! Send this to your friends!
1) Use Linux instead of Windows.
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It's free and is not currently plagued with the virus problems Windows has. This is a very drastic change and not recommended for everyone.
2) Use Firefox
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It's free and not plagued by nearly as many problems as Internet Explorer.
3) Adblock extension to Firefox
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Blocks most advertisements on websites which is good. More importantly, there have been ads that install spyware before, so this could help stop those in their tracks.
4) NoScript
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This is a very powerful tool to help protect you. It prevents scripts from unkown websites from running and doing bad things to your computer. It does take some patience since you will have to configure it to allow your favorite websites to work without issue, but it is manageable.
Either way, that's a bad scenario and you're right, these measures wouldn't have helped.
I would do it but my computer is set up in German and rather than risk translating the process incorrectly I'd think it would be better if you supplied the instructions.
For those of us who live in Germany I'd be happy to help.
****After doing this proceedure it will also be very important to re-start your computer and then change your password for this site.
If the password you are using here is also trhe same for other sevices i.e. email platform change it there as well!!!!
There also seems to be a classic phish and redirect attack common on myspace. I am in germany and when I try give the url barackobama.com/blog I was automatically re-directed to a page asking for donations which was not affliated with this site.
The url barackobama.com was fine but when I tried to go to the action tab and click the contact button it also redirects you to this bogus donation link.
The Blog link did the same!!!
The problem though only occured on my laptop in my house. Downstairs in my office on my home computer the problem did not occur. What did happen is that although I was signed in already I repeatedly got ask to sign in again.
This is also a classic myspace phish attack.
A phishing attack is one where someone dedirects you to a page where they ask you for your password or even to donate, which you do believing this is a legitimate request of the site you are logged onto. what you are doing however is provide a 3rd party your password and of personal or financial information.
Does any one have a direct telephone number for HQ the 888 number will not work from Germany and i have made screen shots to provide them alone with other documentation.
I've come here several times at 3 in the morning (hey, I'm a night owl!) and there are no blogs and several tabs are missing at the top.
I figured they were doing maintenance work and/or installing new code. Waited an hour or two, then everything was back up to normal.
Are you sure Obama's coders didn't just put some arrows on the Internets to go around the hole they were workin' on?
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Does anyone have any idea what things look like on the ground in these upcoming States ??????
When it's all said and done , it comes down to GETTING OUT THE VOTE.
I live in Oregon and even though our primary is a ways off , this area ( Eugene Oregon ) looks more and more like Obama country every day.
I'm glad to see my congressman from Louisville endorse Obama, but we've never played an important role in the primary process. The deadline to register is March 4th (I think) ... I'm not sure how many people realize that.
I imagine this isn't just a Kentucky phenomenon ... I know a ton of people who support Obama, but never expected that their primary vote would count. I'm doing to best I can here in Louisville, but we really need a nationwide RTV campaign ... the GOTV effort will be a lot harder if a significant portion of would-be Obama supporters aren't registered.
Though Oregon is a ways off, voters need to validate their registration status and voting locations. If they are not registered, they need to check the deadlines and make sure they are.
...Can you help by calling and getting out the word? We need to make every vote count, but having a state "look like Obama country" when half the voting populace may not have voted in 15 or 20 years is not a good sign.
...Please help us out with the local Oregon Obama team to get the word out......and then we can all breathe a bit easier....remember CA...lots of voters broke for Obama at the 11th hour and their votes did not count....we can not afford these costly execution errors in ANY of the upcoming primaries.....
Go Obama 08.
YES WE CAN!!!!!!!!
I suggest everyone calls and leaves Al a nice personal comment at his office phoneline of why you support Senator Obama and why he should too. CALL AL GORE (615) 327-2227 (pick option 5). After that call I suggest you take a few minutes to CALL 5 UPCOMING VOTERS in Washington state and Louisiana, go here!!
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FIRED UP IN PHILLY!!
Thanks Congressman Yarmuth!
YES WE CAN!
To change their voter registration to democratic status, they go to their county's voter registration site and print out the application and mail it in. Then they will be all set to vote for Obama April 22.
THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE TELLING THESE INDEPENDENTS AND REPUBLICANS THAT THEY CANNOT VOTE FOR OBAMA. WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THE TRUTH! THERE IS A WAY, AND YES THEY CAN VOTE FOR OBAMA!
So I got us 2 more votes in PA!!
I am in Virginia and I believe Obama needs to address his religion here as that is a major concern to people who I am talking with. It is ridiculous.
Hitting Back asks if you want to "re-send the form", which is your post.
thank you, sir
We need to keep donating because Hilary raised $10 million since Feb. 1.so we need to keep giving
Yes!!!! WE Can!
YES WE CAN
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Senator Obama has great communication skills, builds relationships and doesn't yell to get his point across.
He'll be the first "woman President". Ha!
Fired up, ready to go!
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Love and hugs,
Auntie B.
Just look at the DNC.
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Despite much commentary about McCain’s challenge in uniting the Republican Party, the Arizona Senator’s support from Republicans is just as solid as Obama and Clinton’s support from Democrats. Obama leads McCain among voters not affiliated with either major political party. McCain leads Clinton among the unaffiliateds.
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Makes me sick!
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Yes we can!
Obama '08
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All I can say is that they are in for a big suprise against these voices calling for change, new vision and new principled leadership. There is nothing false about HOPE !
YES WE CAN !
there has never been anything false about HOPE.
I have to go hear the song again.
Make a documentary about their divisive tactics, showing how truly unAmerican they are.
Let's figure out a way to stick it to them, we are creative enough!
Hellow everyone, BJ in Chicago
The fact is, America has never had a More Honest, Cleaner, Degnified and inspiring hopeful Presidential Candidate since (JFK) over 40 years ago. So we understand why Republicans are SOOOO AFRAID of OBAMA Wining the Nomination!!
Let's work hard together to bring change!
YES WE CAN and WE WILL!
OBAMA 08!
...I have finally broken 1000.00$ ;-)
i feel like a real mover and shaker ;-) (hehehehehe not)
GOBAMA08!!
SMALL, CONSISTENT, DONATIONS build up fast!!
SvK
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This is WAY out of my comfort zone guys, but going back in for another. Wish me luck!
YES WE CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eric
i made 10 calls today, and since u got into the mix, i will make 20 more. by the way noone in LA. has an answering machine. thats why i will wait till this evening to start calls again.
You are funny!
even though it's hard, it's great to get out of your comfort zone sometimes... especially for such a GREAT CAUSE! thank you!
Susan B. Anthony said "Pray with your ballots!" Every vote we can get for O is our act of prayer.
MAKE CALLS!
DONATE!
Q: Well, many hairpin turns ahead in this process, so try to get some sleep out there.
Axelrod: I've got that penciled in for mid-November.
Auntie B.
It feels so good to reach out and touch someone.
Love and hugs,
Auntie B.
On another note, David Axelrod was the brain behind Hillary's victory in her first senate run in New York. He knows how to frame the message, phrase like “Change we can believe in". You gotta throw your heart to him. Obama knows how to pick a winner …
On another note, David Axelrod was the brain behind Hillary's victory in her first senate run in New York. He knows how to frame the message, phrase like “Change we can believe in". You gotta throw your heart to him. Obama knows how to pick a winner …
While I am unable to vote for John, I was very happy about his own campaign for change and SO happy he too, is working about bring change to this state!
Very good news!
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MAKE CALLS. I pledge to make 100 today and 100 tomorrow.
Any other pledges?
We were more likely doing more harm than good. They will get annoyed.
Call people to get out to vote and caucus instead.
Auntie B.
This link shows all the rules and explains the confusion.
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Let's make sure their voices are hear - we need to make the calls.
Lulu in CA
Help is needed in WA. Please go here to start calling WA:
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Thanks, Ellen.
TX, PA and OH is ours... the OBAMA fever is infecting people and I love it.
YES WE CAN!!!!!!!
Said Gingrich: "I think Senator Obama is slowly and steadily pulling away. The difference in fundraising capability is getting wider... I think he's going to be very formidable for Clinton to stop."
As for the likely Republican presidential nominee, Gingrich predicted that Sen. John McCain "would choose Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida, Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina, or his current opponent in the race, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, as his running mate."
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Auntie B.
First, Dems took over KY and now Mr. senator from KY is endorsing Obama.
KY and the whole U.S. for good by God's grace.
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LOL !
SvK
LMOLROTF!!!!!!!
DOES EVERYONE KNOW THAT THE VIRGIN ISLANDS ALSO VOTE THIS WEEKDEND??? AND ALSO PUERTO RICO HAS THEIR DELEGATE VOTE!!!!
HOW MANY DELEGATES FROM THAT AREA ARE UP????
(Sorry, it's an old joke!)
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Need inspiration?
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Hugs!
Lulu in CA
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YES WE CAN and WE WILL Kentucky!!
I just finished calling 40 people from LA. I left messages mostly. I was able to talk to 10 people. Out of the 10 people, 8 will be voting for Obama and 2 are still undecided.
I plan to make more calls this evening. I challege the supporters to do the same. We need to call LA,WA,NE and ME to make sure his supporters vote this weekend.
I am fired up and ready to go...
Good Luck all....
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An excerpt:
"QUESTION: But why would Democratic votes break down so starkly along educational lines?
DR. RETAIL: The consumer marketplace has been bifurcating for years! It’s happening because the educated and uneducated lead different sorts of lives. Educated people are not only growing richer than less-educated people, but their lifestyles are diverging as well. A generation ago, educated families and less-educated families looked the same, but now high school graduates divorce at twice the rate of college graduates. High school grads are much more likely to have kids out of wedlock. High school grads are much more likely to be obese. They’re much more likely to smoke and to die younger.
Their attitudes are different. High school grads are much less optimistic than college grads. They express less social trust. They feel less safe in public. They report having fewer friends and lower aspirations. The less educated speak the dialect of struggle; the more educated, the dialect of self-fulfillment
Did you hear the message of Clinton’s speech Tuesday night? It’s a rotten world out there. Regular folks are getting the shaft. They need someone who’ll fight tougher, work harder and put loyalty over independence.
Then did you see the Hopemeister’s speech? His schtick makes sense if you’ve got a basic level of security in your life, if you’re looking up, not down. Meanwhile, Obama’s people are so taken with their messiah that soon they’ll be selling flowers at airports and arranging mass weddings. There’s a “Yes We Can” video floating around YouTube in which a bunch of celebrities like Scarlett Johansson and the guy from the Black Eyed Peas are singing the words to an Obama speech in escalating states of righteousness and ecstasy. If that video doesn’t creep out normal working-class voters, then nothing will. "
David Brooks' subliminal note is that, to win the last mile, Barack needs to slightly retool his message to speak to working class fears, and confront Hillary directly on her support base.
I suggest everyone calls and leaves Al a nice personal comment at his office phoneline of why you support Senator Obama and why he should too. CALL AL GORE (615) 327-2227 (pick option 5). After that call I suggest you take a few minutes to CALL 5 UPCOMING VOTERS in Washington state and Louisiana, go here!!
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FIRED UP IN PHILLY!!
Thanks for the heads up!
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Digg it
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"We are the ones we have been waiting for..."
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This is an important cause, and I'd like to encourage you to add your signature, too.
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Digg it
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Email to: info@willienelson.com
"The Stars at night,
are big and bright,
deep in the heart of Texas."
Mr. John Yarmuth
For Endorsement: Barack Obama is a good man.
And in your heart, I Know you can feel what is right.
God is Good.(Try the Spirit by the Spirit)
And down the road we can see a good work that is going to come to pass !!!!
I thought when you beat Anne Northup that was great, but this is just AWESOME!!!
Go Representative! Go Senator Obama!
Yes! We Can!!!
Togther we stand to defeat all forces that does not want to see change come to us.
By Obama we stand.
Yes We Can
Auntie B.
Regarding Rep Paul, I want to say this very respectfully, but I very highly doubt he would be chosen as for an Obama cabinet position. Rep Paul has a few very radical ideas and, deserved or not (he claims he didn't author those racist newsletters) it is well known that his followers include racists, conspiracy theorists, etc. To me he seems incredibly naive and hypocritical with no solid tangible plan to carry-through with his extreme proposals. See the Tim Russert interview for an idea of what I'm talking about.
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"Just in case, the Democratic National Commitee betray us and make the established nominee (clinton)instead of the people's nominee (Obama) their candidate. What if Obama ran as a Independent for president. We have the grassroots networks in place, the money from our supporters, name recognition and national votes. I don't want this great man to be humiliated and be pressured by the powers that be to be the Vice President. I and I'm sure millions of people want to Vote for Obama as PRESIDENT in November! I would work twice as hard for him if he had to run as a independent. Would you guys still support him if he had to run as a independent? Let him know. YES WE CAN!"
I think he may be on to something. I don't really know how it would work but it could, i.e. Joe Liberman...Thoughts?
Lulu in CA
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Let the bet hedging begin
By Tina Daunt, CAUSE CÉLÈBRE
February 8, 2008
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As with any good show, there will be lots of improvisations, but at the moment the script looks pretty much like this:
John McCain
Ever since he declared victory on Super Tuesday, his people have been working the phones, trying to rally support among industry insiders.
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McCain's got a significant boost from what many in Hollywood saw as Bill Clinton's condescending treatment of Obama. It made the Arizona's senator's what-you-see-is-what-you-get personality look newly attractive.
If it's a race between Hillary Clinton and McCain, some of the more moderate Dems may just bolt to the GOP.
Hillary Rodham Clinton
This week brought news that Clinton had loaned her campaign $5 million, which immediately sparked a wave of gossip among the Hollywood politicos. Then the calls went out for more donations, they started coming in and Clinton's supporters wanted everyone to top off the tank. (A lot of those calls apparently went to voicemail. There is serious Clinton fatigue in some quarters.)
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Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton tied up the endorsement of Jack Nicholson this week.
Barack Obama
Ever since Iowa, Obama has been on a roll in Hollywood. The only thing the Industry likes better than a winner is a winner who started as an underdog. That's Obama's story, and his supporters are sticking with it.
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"We're excited and we're motivated," Irena Medavoy said. "Nobody here dislikes Hillary; it's just that we love Obama."
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;^)
And HC now has Rush Limbaugh asking GOP to raise funds for her because he think this will unite conservatives around McCain and keep The White House.
As the sentiment increases that HC is unelectable, Obama will rise as nominee.
We need to pull our some big wins for BO this month.
YES WE CAN! DONATE!
YES. YOU. CAN.
Lulu in CA
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YES WE CAN!
Yes we can
Whereas Billary's slogan is:
Yes we con (less educated people).
Then choose between
Yes we can or yes we con.
I donated $50 to Obama today out of protest of her manipulations!!!
We can't win over the opponent's supporters by attacking their intelligence.
Your joke "Yes we con" made me chuckle... however ANYONE can fall for a con job, regardless of one's education. Lots of highly-educated people support the opponent.
One of the things that draws us to Barack is that he wants to move beyond politics that demonize our opponents.
From what I have seen and heard, most of Hillary's supporters like Barack none-the-less. Let's campaign hard for our candidate and let's do all we can to recruit folks to vote for Barack.
Thanks for reading!
Now, Clinton has gone from 53 to 60%; Obama from 47 to 40%:
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Would McCain fare better against Clinton or Obama ?
Clinton 60% 868 votes
Obama 40% 576 votes
Total votes: 1444
Please! Please! Please! Continue making calls especially in WA. I made calls to Louisiana & the majority of those I spoke with were Obama supporters.
Then I made calls to WA and the majority were either undecided and didn't know much about Obama or voting Republican.
It is URGENT! that we dont spend too much time focusing on HIllary and spend our energy on helping our guy win.
Thanks & God Bless
David Obey really did want to vote for John Edwards for president.
In fact, aside from the former candidate himself, there could be few better barometers than the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee for defining where "the Edwards vote" is headed now that his backers must choose between New York Senator Hillary Clinton and Illinois Senator Barack Obama.
And Obey has made that choice.
"For eight long years, in extreme partisanship, George W. Bush has governed this country by dividing it," the senior Democrat from Wisconsin explained in an email sent to this reporter after we spoke about the race Thursday. "(Bush) has pursued disastrous foreign and domestic policies and has stubbornly refused to listen to anyone's views except those who march in lockstep with him. America desperately needs a new president who can reach across old barriers to form new alliances that can produce a new era of optimism and a healthier respect for the needs of others. I had originally supported John Edwards for President, but with his withdrawal I am voting for Barack Obama."
Obey, who as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee is one of the most powerful Democrats on Capitol Hill, is an economic populist of the old school. No Democrat was angrier about the tax cuts for the rich and the free-trade deals that defined the economic policies of the Bush administration, and few were more frustrated with the compromises of the Clinton administration that came before it.
Obey wants a Democratic president who will work with a Democratic Congress to forge economic policies that favor Main Streets in Wisconsin cities like Wausau, Superior and Ashland rather than Wall Street. For this congressman, the choices are about a lot more more than legislative maneuvers and political positioning. Obey's one of the few really powerful people in Washington who knows the location of every union hall in his home state. And don't get him started talking about trade and economic policies unless you are ready to listen to a lengthy discourse on how successive administrations have let down the factory workers and farmers of his northern Wisconsin district.
Edwards' populist campaign struck a chord with Obey, and with a number of other old-school Democrats who have made economic concerns central to their tenures in Congress. They joined a number of key unions in backing the former senator from North Carolina.
But Edwards is
now out of the race. The unions are making their moves: The Transport Workers Union, which represents 140,000 workers nationwide and has long been one of the savviest political players on economic issues, just announced that, "With Senator Edwards out of the race, our officers found it an easy decision to lend our support to the Obama campaign."
And Obey says, "People will, and should, make their own choices, but I believe that, while both remaining candidates would make outstanding presidents, Senator Obama has the best chance of giving this country the new beginning it so desperately needs.
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