WHAT WILL YOU DO TO MOVE THE COUNTRY FORWARD?

YOU CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT IS WRONG
YOU CAN CRITICIZE THE GOVERNMENT
YOU CAN SPREAD NEGATIVITY

BUT ALL THAT PROVES IS THAT
YOU DON'T REALLY WANT THINGS TO GET BETTER
YOU JUST WANT TO COMPLAIN

WHAT WILL YOU DO TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY BETTER IN 2009?

President-elect Barack Obama speaks with reporters during his first press conference since being elected president earlier this week November 7, 2008 at the Chicago Hilton in Chicago, Illinois. President-elect Obama has spent most of his week in meetings and assembling staff for his new administration.
(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North America)

President-elect Barack Obama (L) speaks with reporters as Vice President-elect Joe Biden (R) looks on during his first press conference since being elected president earlier this week November 7, 2008 at the Chicago Hilton in Chicago, Illinois. President-elect Obama has spent most of his week in meetings and assembling staff for his new administration.
(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North America)

President-elect Barack Obama (R) sits next to Vice President-elect Joe Biden as they meet with members of the Transition Economic Advisory Board on November 7, 2008 at the Chicago Hilton in Chicago, Illinois. Obama will hold his first news conference after being elected President following the meeting. President-elect Obama has spent most of his week in meetings while assembling staff for his new administration.
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President-elect Barack Obama holds his first post-election press conference at the Hilton Hotel November 7, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. The Press conference followed a meeting with his Transition Economic Advisory Board.
(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images North America)

President-elect Barack Obama (R) and Vice President-elect Joe Biden (L) walk out to speak at their first press conference since being elected president earlier this week November 7, 2008 at the Chicago Hilton in Chicago, Illinois. President-elect Obama has spent most of his week in meetings and assembling staff for his new administration.

President-elect Barack Obama pauses as he speaks with reporters during his first press conference since being elected president earlier this week November 7, 2008 at the Chicago Hilton in Chicago, Illinois. President-elect Obama has spent most of his week in meetings and assembling staff for his new administration.
(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North America)

President-elect Barack Obama (4th-R) sits next to Vice President-elect Joe Biden (4th-L) as they meet with members of the Transition Economic Advisory Board including Chairman of the Board of Time Warner Richard D. Parsons (2nd-R), Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (3rd-L), former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Paul Volcker (3rd-R) and Obama's newly appointed White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel (2nd-L-front) on November 7, 2008 at the Chicago Hilton in Chicago, Illinois. Obama will hold his first news conference after being elected President following the meeting. President-elect Obama has spent most of his week in meetings while assembling staff for his new administration.
(Photo by TANNEN MAURY/Getty Images North America)

President-elect Barack Obama speaks with reporters during his first press conference since being elected president earlier this week November 7, 2008 at the Chicago Hilton in Chicago, Illinois. President-elect Obama has spent most of his week in meetings and assembling staff for his new administration.
(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North America)

President-elect Barack Obama holds his first post-election press conference at the Hilton Hotel November 7, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. The Press conference followed a meeting with his Transition Economic Advisory Board.
(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images North America)

President-elect Barack Obama speaks with reporters during his first press conference since being elected president earlier this week November 7, 2008 at the Chicago Hilton in Chicago, Illinois. President-elect Obama has spent most of his week in meetings and assembling staff for his new administration.
(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North America)

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama sits in his transition office while meeting with Former Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ )November 17, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. Obama is meeting with McCain for the first time since beating McCain in the presidential election. Photo by Getty Images North America

So, while I was in Boston at a Tina Turner concert, I missed the 6o Minutes airing with Barack and Michelle November 16, 2008. But it is uploaded online and is included below.

And I missed Brothers and Sisters, episode 8, which I think (I just watched it online) is one of the better episodes this season. Maybe, because there was more of Matthew Rhys. It is always a better show with more of Matthew. Go here to see online: http://www.abc.go.com/

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November 16, 2008

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Marian Robinson

Stevens Loses Senate Election, Boosting Democratic Majority

By Tony Hopfinger

Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Alaska Senator Ted Stevens lost his bid to stay in office after being convicted on felony charges as ballot counts two weeks after Election Day gave Democrat Mark Begich an insurmountable lead.

Paul Krugman Schools George Will on The Great Depression

Pictures of the Election Night

www.change.gov

MICHELLE OBAMA ~ A WOMAN OF INTEGRITY AND STRENGTH

Change Agent

First Lady in Waiting

Who needs a warm-up campaign? Having scaled down her career to support her husband’s political goals, Michelle Obama says “it’s now or never” for the couple to take the White House. As Barack gathers momentum, Michelle speaks candidly about America’s need for change, and a different kind of political marriage.

by Leslie Bennetts WEB EXCLUSIVE

Vanity Fair

Michelle Obama at a rally for Barack Obama in Londonderry, New Hampshire, October 2007. Photograph by Brigitte Lacombe.

As Michelle Obama strolls around Mack’s Apples Pick-Your-Own orchard greeting people at the Londonderry children’s fair, she seems relaxed and friendly, her casual manner belying the pressing schedule that just whisked her from Chicago to New Hampshire and will soon rush her off to an afternoon packed with other events.

But when she addresses the crowd, there is no mistaking her sense of urgency as she makes an impassioned case for her husband’s presidential candidacy. “I am desperate for change—now,” she says, “not in 8 years or 12 years, but right now. We don’t have time to wait. We need big change—not just the shifting of power among insiders. We need to change the game, because the game is broken. When I think about the country I want to give my children, it’s not the world we have now. All I have to do is look into the faces of my children, and I realize how much work we need to do.”

Read the full story

OBAMA ~ FIRST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO TURN IN VOTERS' SIGNATURES IN RHODE ISLAND

EXCITED! FINALLY. SO STARVED FOR THIS!


Craig Robinson (Michelle Obama's brother) and Joe Fernandez submitted the petitions of registered voters' signatures for Barack Obama to be put on the Rhode Island ballot for the March 4th primary. The Obama '08 Chicago office is very excited about the news and put out the release below.

Press Release:

Obama Files First for Rhode Island Ballot with More than Twice Required Signatures

Providence, RI - Through the work of hundreds of volunteers, the Obama campaign became the first campaign to file for the Rhode Island state ballot today with more than twice the number of required signatures. Craig Robinson, Obama's brother in law delivered the paperwork to the Providence Board of Canvassers this afternoon.

"This campaign is not about me, it is about the hundreds of volunteers across Rhode Island who gathered signatures, and the millions of people across this country who want change we can believe in," said Barack Obama. "I look forward to continuing to get to know the people of Rhode Island so that together we can change this country."

Obama's signature total, achieved without relying on paid help, reflects his strong grassroots support across Rhode Island. Rhode Island law requires 1000 signatures for the presidential candidate in order to qualify for the state ballot. The Obama campaign filed with more than 2500 signatures. The campaign will file with signatures in 36 of the 39 cities and towns in Rhode Island. The Rhode Island primary will be held on March 4 ^, 2008.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 10, 2007

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O and O Meet

on the Obama '08 Campaign

in Iowa

New Hampshire

and South Carolina

"For the very first time in my life, I feel compelled to stand up and to speak out for the man who I believe has a new vision for America."

- Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey joined Barack and Michelle Obama at free public rallies in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina this weekend.

In total, they electrified nearly 70,000 people across three states and brought thousands of new volunteers into our crucial early-state operations. Thanks to everyone who came out and made these events such a success.

Here's a video with excerpts from both Oprah's and Barack's remarks
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM9Wwc7G5eo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS6yLQbzjjY
Barack's full speech in Des Moines, Iowa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrOpKOrQDsk
Oprah's full speech in Des Moines, Iowa

Want to help get out the vote in New Hampshire? I am and I'm from Rhode Island!
http://nh.barackobama.com/page/s/newegotv

Pictures of the New Hampshire Obama and Oprah campaigning December 9, 2007
http://nh.barackobama.com/page/content/nhhome#top

PICTURES ON THIS POST ARE FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE DECEMBER 9, 2007

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RHODE ISLAND TO PUT BARACK OBAMA ON THE BALLOT FOR PRESIDENT

DECEMBER 8, 2007 BARACK OBAMA GRASS ROOTS SUPPORTERS PUT OUT THE EFFORT BIG TIME

Here are pictures of our Petition-Drive-to-Gather-Rhode Island-Registered-Voters Party Saturday Night in Providence, RI, USA

William Pierce, Sandra Hammel and Marshala Lee in Providence, Rhode Island ~ Obama Supporters and "New Friends" after tonight!

Marshala Lee, ?, William Pierce (wpierce@electpierce.org) and Sandra Hammel

Joe Fernandez

Craig Robinson and Sandra Hammel
Craig Robinson coaches Brown University basketball and is Michelle Obama's brother

William Pierce and Matt (I forgot his last name ~ sorry Matt!)

Talking around the table of petition notarizing

Craig and Kelly Robinson

The blue papers are the signature petitions that will officially put
Barack Obama on Rhode Island's ballot for March 4

Craig Robinson and Marchala Lee, Med student at Brown University

Craig Robinson and Sandra Hammel

Coach Robinson and William Pierce ~ who is running for RI House of Representatives

Coach Robinson and Marshala


Filling out the petitions

Joe Fernandez
checking the picture ID

AT LEAST TWICE AS MANY REQUIRED SIGNATURES WERE GATHERED IN ONE DAY IN THE GREAT LITTLE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND DECEMBER 8, 2007.

INSPIRATION TRUMPS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL

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Oprah Winfrey Hits Campaign Trail for ObamaU.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama greetsOprah Winfrey as his wife Michelle looks on at a rally in Des Moines.

By JEFF ZELENY

Published: December 9, 2007

DES MOINES, Dec. 8 — When she begins a typical show, seldom does Oprah Winfrey question the power of her brand or wonder aloud about the influence that accompanies her golden seal of approval.

But when Ms. Winfrey strode onto a stage here Saturday, imploring Iowa voters to support the presidential candidacy of Senator Barack Obama, she acknowledged not knowing whether her endorsement would matter. And as she waded into American politics deeper than ever before, she declared: “It feels like I’m out of my pew.”

Still, Ms. Winfrey’s arrival on the campaign trail and her irrefutable appeal was threatening enough for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York to invite a famous guest of her own, daughter Chelsea Clinton, to appear with her on the political circuit in Iowa.

It was, perhaps, the best way Mrs. Clinton could be assured attention on a political day devoted to Ms. Winfrey, who drew more than 15,000 people here and a second audience of about 7,000 in Cedar Rapids. In a state awash in presidential politics, with a competitive fight on both sides of the ticket, it was the largest spectacle of the campaign cycle.

“Oh my goodness,” Ms. Winfrey said. “At last, I’m here.”

The intersection of politics and celebrity began the moment that Mr. Obama’s wife, Michelle Obama, declared, “It is my honor to introduce to you the first lady of television, Oprah Winfrey.” A wave of camera flashes illuminated a downtown convention center here as Ms. Winfrey entered to a thunderous roar.

Ms. Winfrey, of course, is hardly a stranger to speaking before large crowds. But as she explained her rationale for supporting Mr. Obama, of Illinois, she stood behind a lectern, reading from prepared remarks. She paused for a moment, saying: “Backstage, somebody said, ‘Are you nervous?’ I said, ‘Damn right I’m nervous.’”

But for 17 minutes, Ms. Winfrey delivered a testimonial for Mr. Obama arguing the nation was at a critical moment in its history that required a candidate who could heal divisions and chart a new direction. She did not mention Mrs. Clinton or any of their rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination, but dismissed suggestions that voters should choose a candidate with the most Washington experience.

“If we continue to do the same things over and over again, I believe we get the same results,” Ms. Winfrey said. Later, she added: “When you listen to Barack Obama, when you really hear him, you witness a very rare thing. You witness a politician who has an ear for eloquence and a tongue dipped in the unvarnished truth.”

In his quest to win the party’s nomination and to become the first black president, Mr. Obama is working to expand his reach beyond the traditional set of Democratic primary voters. The campaign hoped to use Ms. Winfrey’s visit to Iowa on Saturday, followed by New Hampshire and South Carolina on Sunday, to expose his candidacy to a new audience of prospective supporters.

“There are those who say that Barack Obama should wait his turn. There are those who say that he should take a gradual approach to presidential leadership. But none of us is God,” Ms. Winfrey said. “We don’t know what the future holds, so we must respond to the pressures and the fortunes of history when the moment strikes. And Iowa, I believe that moment is now.”

Ms. Winfrey ticked through a list of Mr. Obama’s accomplishments. When she hailed his opposition to the Iraq war, “long before it was the popular thing to do,” the crowd responded with a roar of approval.

The Obama campaign captured the names and addresses of thousands of those who attended the rallies. Those who agreed to volunteer for at least four hours over the past two weeks received premium tickets.

“I think Oprah is John the Baptist, leading the way for Obama to win,” said Dale Cobb, 40, of Des Moines, who has never participated in the Iowa caucuses before. Yet, she added, “I’m still kind of in between Hillary and Obama.”

Cate Doty contributed reporting.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/us/politics/09oprah.html?hp

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From The Sunday Times

December 9, 2007

Hillary Clinton wobbles as her backers turn to Barack Obama

Sarah Baxter, Washington
The presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton, the Democrat frontrunner, is facing a wave of defections by supporters to Barack Obama, as an aura of “inevitability” about her nomination fades.

With Oprah Winfrey, the talk show host and Obama enthusiast, challenging former president Bill Clinton for star power on the campaign trail, the coronation of Hillary has been put on hold.

A few days ago, Helen Quarles peeled off the Hillary for President bumper stickers from her car and replaced them with Obama ’08.

“I didn’t think anybody could turn me away from Hillary,” said Quarles, who worked as a volunteer for Clinton’s first Senate election campaign in New York. “I liked her and was very fond of Bill.”

Quarles now lives in South Carolina, which holds its primary election next month. “In the South, a lot of people don’t like Hillary, so I felt it was up to me to turn things around for her. I really wanted her to win, but there’s something about Obama,” she said. “To me, he is the one who is going to make a difference.”

Quarles, 69, has a “golden” centre row ticket to see Winfrey in action with Obama and his wife Michelle today at the University of South Carolina’s 80,000-seat football stadium.

“I think Oprah can change anybody’s mind. I really do. She can draw people in and get them to listen to him,” Quarles said.

The decisive factor for her was hearing Michelle Obama talk on television recently about her husband’s family background and values: “I didn’t really know who Obama was. She touched my heart.”

Former “Friends of Bill”, who served in the White House in 1990s but defected early on to Obama’s campaign, are not surprised by the drift away from Hillary.

Betsy Myers, a White House adviser on women’s issues - and sister of Dee-Dee Myers, Bill Clinton’s former press secretary - is now chief operating officer for Obama’s campaign and responsible for much of its organ-isational prowess.

Read more http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3022206.ece

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Oprah Winfrey Presents: Barack Obama http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=3965092&page=1

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=4tkxa2o2Ocg
Time For A Change

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next week
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President Bush's Comment Phone Line
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He needs a push to do something right.

Thank You!

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