tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77366390883947590132011-10-29T23:41:52.169-07:00aalynoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736639088394759013.post-29860031167168683992008-09-15T11:43:00.000-07:002008-09-15T11:44:30.714-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8ct1wd0YaRE/SM6tBIMAP6I/AAAAAAAAAd0/Yq-ohXY5QXA/s1600-h/barack_obama.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246320850822512546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8ct1wd0YaRE/SM6tBIMAP6I/AAAAAAAAAd0/Yq-ohXY5QXA/s320/barack_obama.jpg" border="0" /></a> If you've been looking for something to get you fired up, here it is: Barack Obama earlier today in Concord, New Hampshire, laying out the foundations of what change really means -- from energy (which he knocked out of the park) to education to foreign policy to the economy.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR1VruSYu7c">YouTube link</a><br /><br />This is Barack Obama at his best, especially when he talks about why the same old politics just won't do, and about how when we are united, there's nothing Americans can't do. This is the fire that carried this campaign to the Democratic nomination. This is the fire that will carry us through the election.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7736639088394759013-2986003116716868399?l=barackobamatemplate.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>aalynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736639088394759013.post-79635907034712501692008-09-15T11:39:00.000-07:002008-09-15T11:40:54.880-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8ct1wd0YaRE/SM6sMEW5IaI/AAAAAAAAAds/H_mgDrySNjQ/s1600-h/alg_bamhil.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246319939261374882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8ct1wd0YaRE/SM6sMEW5IaI/AAAAAAAAAds/H_mgDrySNjQ/s320/alg_bamhil.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />If John McCain wanted to poach the women's vote from Barack Obama, he shouldn't have tapped a running mate who dubbed herself a "pit bull with lipstick."<br /><br />At least, that's the assessment of women Democratic operatives who seem tickled at Obama's prospects for November.<br /><br />"So much of the information about her [Palin's] agenda and her experience did not resonate with women voters outside the Republican base," said Ellen Moran, executive director of EMILY's List, which promotes Democratic women candidates.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7736639088394759013-7963590703471250169?l=barackobamatemplate.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>aalynoreply@blogger.com0