Barack Obama Revs Up With Four Days To Go

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As per my widely ignored ground game post, rival Phoenix rallies broke 4-1 crowd wise for the Obama contingent. SOURCE

Palin talks to Sarkozy -- sure. It was a hoax but she bit. Here is the story with the link to the actual interview, which is clearly overloaded at this point. SOURCE

Barack in Henderson, NV.



However, we may need a huge landslide just to combat the voter suppression activities of GOP Secretaries of State following in the crooked footsteps of their Florida exemplar of 2000. SOURCE

Gallup squiggles at the base of this page are with us. Barack up, McCain down and an eleven digit chasm. It looks as though the populace is holding to its inclinations and adding a bit to the Barack-inclined.

Barack in Henderson, NV, this AM.

Don't believe for a second this election is over. Don't think for a minute that power concedes. We have to work like our future depends on it in these last few days, because it does.

But I know this, Nevada, the time for change has come. We have a righteous wind at our back.

And if in these last few days, you will knock on some doors for me, and make some calls for me, and go to barackobama.com and find out where to vote – and remember, you can vote early here in Nevada. If you will stand with me, and fight by my side, and cast your ballot for me, then I promise you this – we will not just win Nevada, we will not just win this election, but together, we will change this country and we will change the world. SOURCE

As I feared, Justice has stepped back from prosecution of the three who threatened Barack in Colorado. SOURCE

Saturday thoughts from a highly placed source. Smartest Treasury pick for Obama -- Mike Bloomberg. Smartest move for Yankees -- Get Manny on board.

Politico says Samantha Power is among those being considered for posts in a hypothetical Obama administration. SOURCE

Dole knows no shame. Her second godless ad. SOURCE

Missouri is the closest contest of all, says 538 SOURCE

Revs Up With Four Days To Go Here's a window on the situation now. I will update above all day.

Barack in Des Moines Yesterday




GOTV = Get Out The Vote

It's The Turnout, Stupid SOURCE

Yes, it is perhaps the oldest cliche in politics to say that everything is riding on turnout. But take a look at the data for Georgia and Missouri in the latest TIME/CNN poll. In both states, McCain holds a narrow lead among "likely" voters (those who traditionally vote), but Obama leads among registered (the kind of result you get if turnout is huge).

What YOU Can Do To Get Out The Vote [Go here, enter your ZIP and you can drill down to exactly what events are within your reach. If you have done nothing else, do something now.] SOURCE

Make Calls SOURCE

Knock on Doors SOURCE Visit the Obama National Call Map SOURCE

Deal With The Nitty Gritty Issues

Help People Calculate their Tax Cut SOURCE

Summary of's Economic Program



You Could Also Drive for Change SOURCE

Campaign Squibs

Transcripts of Yesterday's Campaign Teleconferences SOURCE

From Al Giordano. SOURCE

In effect, John McCain 2008 has become, tactically, a carbon copy of John Kerry in 2004, dumping widely disproportionate resources into Ohio and Florida - over 5,000 gross TV ratings points here in the Tampa market alone this week - while the Democrats' fifty-state strategy is laying upon him the political death of a thousand cuts elsewhere. He's now spending 42 percent of his ad dollars on saving eight percent of the Electoral College vote in two states won by George Bush. That indicates a huge worry that even Florida and Ohio could slip out of his grasp.

From Alternet: Beyond Parachute Politics SOURCE

History has taught us that voter registration drives are most effective when they are part of a larger strategy to build the political power of local communities. Moving away from short-term political gain means that organizations that register voters would place more emphasis on year-round volunteer civic engagement and participation, much like the efforts that became the hallmark of the civil rights movement.

Ohio, as always SOURCE

The Republican party in the state has been pummeled by scandal over the past four years and Democrats have won all the big races there recently. Obama lost to Hillary Clinton in the state's primary partly because of his failure to win over blue-collar voters. The Democrat also faces questions about his commitment to reform free trade agreements like NAFTA, which many Ohioans believe has hurt their economy. It all adds up to the possibility of another Election Night squeaker.

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