Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
We Fight For This Guy
Oliver Willis —
Late Afternoon/Early Evening Open Thread
Daily Kos —
This is why I love being a Democrat ... the other Democrats: Thanks to debha for bringing this inspirational video to the community's attention.
...
Overly O-motional
BlueOregon —
I have Obama election anxiety. I think about him winning - or losing - all day long. I watch TV news with heightened stress and pray there is no October surprise. I fret while listening to the multi-cultural NPR shows that thoughtfully debate and discuss the impact of race, age and gender on voting. I worry about Election Day celebrations and hope that we can all keep our heads, no matter the outcome. But there is a whole other section to my Obama anxiety; my ridiculously emotional reaction to everything Obama.
I cry when I hear the swelling of his voice at the climax of his speeches. I cry when I see pictures of him and ...
Thanks, Charles
Firedoglake —
Try watching this and not be moved. Charles is an 86 year old volunteer for the Obama campaign in Boulder, Colorado. In one fell swoop he defines why he has always been a Democrat and why he believes in electing Obama.
I've yet to see a McCain ad that emits on one-hundredth of ...
This is really awesome
Rising Hegemon —
Watch it: via Digby
Five And A Wake Up
Comments from Left Field —
(h/t O-Dub)
What more can I say?
Why He's Winning
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Meet an Obama volunteer in Colorado who remembers FDR.
Have Your Kleenex Ready
ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES —
HoneyBearKelly found this touching video about a volunteer in the Obama campaign.
Remainders: Hide the berry
Ben Smith's Blog —
Obama (and all the other candidates) gets the Cabbage Patch treatment.
Sally Ride endorses Obama and Biden, for the sake of future astronauts.
McCain's pollster likes the internal tracking numbers.
Mitch Daniels will skip another Palin rally.
A political and business unknown has given a lot of money to the GOP.
Ben's kids hide his blackberry, and other social costs of campaign journalism.
Emptying the oppo drawer: Tape of Obama coming late to hearings.
Jon Stewart only has two gift bags remaining.
An ...
Unity
Matthew Yglesias —
I’m not going to embed this video because it’s an official campaign product. But it reminded me of something I kept meaning to say during the primaries, to wit: When you listen to white people talk about Barack Obama, talk of “uniting the country” is almost universally taken to mean some kind of gesture toward bipartisanship or postpartisanship. Then then gets taken as either a good thing or a bad thing, according to your views on feisty partisanship, and either a ruse or a real commitment, according to your views on Obama.
But when I’ve heard Obama’s black supporters, the ones from the ...
Amygdala — I REALLY MISS BOULDER. The ice cold water. The mountains. The great buses and walk-to shopping. And on and on. And I'm really sorry I didn't meet Charles Alexander. Meet him: Lots of other good people in Boulder, too, much as I sucked at meeting anyone. And much as social services in Colorado are awful and non-existent. Read The Rest Scale: 3.5 out of 5.
do it
Bitch. Ph.D. —
For Older Blacks, Election Offers Fruits of Hard Journey Why we stand in line to vote - a historical photo essay Obama-Inspired Black Voters Warm to Politics Obama's rise reflects a dream realized for many Detroiters
Teary 86-Year-Old Volunteer Meets Obama (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
Charles is an 86-year-old Obama campaign volunteer from Boulder, Colorado. He won a raffle to meet Barack at the rally in Denver on October 26th. Watch him emotionally recount the experience below.
**See other teary-eyed people meet Obama.**
**See more Obama slideshows.**
More on Barack Obama<br style="clear: both;"/>
<a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' ...
Meeting Obama
The Republic of T. —
I just dare you to watch this and not feel something.
He didn’t say it in so many words, but I’m willing to bet that Charles Alexander has thought to himself at some point, “I never thought I’d live to see the day…”
To understand the reason for his emotions about this election, you have to understand the context.
…In my gut, I know there’s a chance that the first African-American to make a serious run for the presidency will lose. But that is precisely what’s new, and, in a sense, ...
Meeting Obama
Booman Tribune —
I just dare you to watch this and not be moved. He didn't say it in so many words, but I'm willing to bet that Charles Alexander has thought to himself at some point, "I never thought I'd live to see the day..." To understand the reason for his emotions about this election, you have to understand the context.
A Change
The Republic of T. —
It’s been a long, long time coming
But I know, a change is gonna come.
Oh, yes it will.
Sam Cooke, “A Change is Gonna Come”
At 11:01 p.m. last night, after the polls closed in California, I just had to call someone. I’d spent the night at the National Public Radio headquarters with a bunch of other bloggers, liveblogging the election results. I called home and spoke briefly to my partner, then found myself walking aimlessly down a hallway. I stopped in a reception area, looked at the night sky from the second story window, and though how strange it was that the world ...
A Change is Gonna Come
Booman Tribune —
It's been a long, long time coming But I know, a change is gonna come. Oh, yes it will. Sam Cooke, "A Change is Gonna Come" At 11:01 p.m. last night, after the polls closed in California, I just had to call someone. I'd spent the night at the National Public Radio headquarters with a bunch of other bloggers, live-blogging the election results. I called home and spoke briefly to my husband, then found myself walking aimlessly down a hallway. I stopped in a reception area, looked at the night sky from the second story window, and though how strange it was that the world — my world had changed so dramatically — yet the sky ...
Terrance Heath: A Change is Gonna Come
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
It's been a long, long time coming
But I know, a change is gonna come.
Oh, yes it will.
Sam Cooke, "A Change is Gonna Come"
At 11:01 p.m. last night, after the polls closed in California, I just had to call someone. I'd spent the night at the National Public Radio headquarters with a bunch of other bloggers, liveblogging the election results. I called home and spoke briefly to my partner, then found myself walking aimlessly down a hallway. I stopped in a reception area, looked at the night sky from the second story window, and though how strange it was that the world — my world had changed so ...
Unfinished Post: Between Mountaintops
The Republic of T. —
Editor’s Note: Since it takes me more than two days to find any time to write anything of any kind of substance, and since I don’t see the point in writing a four paragraph post that can be read just about anywhere on the web, I’ve decided that any post I don’t finish within the same twenty-four hours that I start it will simply be published as an unfinished post. If only so that I can get something published while it’s still remotely relevant.
At this rate, if I were to finish this one and write it the way I want it to be, it’d be next week before it saw the light of day. Unless I ...
America’s Mountain Top Moment
The Republic of T. —
Editor’s Note: Since it takes me more than two days to find any time to write anything of any kind of substance, and since I don’t see the point in writing a four paragraph post that can be read just about anywhere on the web, I’ve decided that any post I don’t finish within the same twenty-four hours that I start it will simply be published as an unfinished post. If only so that I can get something published while it’s still remotely relevant.
At this rate, if I were to finish this one and write it the way I want it to be, it’d be next week before it saw the light of ...
America's Mountaintop Moment
Booman Tribune —
"Well, I don't know what will happen now. We've got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn't matter with me now. Because I've been to the mountaintop. And I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land. And I'm happy, tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the ...
Terrance Heath: America's Mountaintop Moment
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
"Well, I don't know what will happen now. We've got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn't matter with me now. Because I've been to the mountaintop. And I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land. And I'm happy, tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory ...
