From what I've seen, this is pretty good stuff.  Hopefully, people will be able to relate to the stories they've seen, and relate a bit to Barack Obama.

Most importantly, not a hint of arrogance at all.

For those who were concerned about Barack Obama's 30 minute television campaign special being too risky, fear not!

This was truly a home run, and Obama is on his way to victory next week.

Thanks!

Steve  

Bravo!

That was a nice 1/2 break.  But dang... gotta go back to the phone calls to voters.  Gotta hit my daily quota!

I'm at a place with no televisions but there is WiFi and several of us would like to watch it.  

Please post a link if there is one.  Thanks!  

Enjoy!

It's right here:

http://my.barackobama.com/page...

or, more specifically, right here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Steve

instead of the link.  Just copy and paste it.

As for the first half....well I had a two year old and a 4 year old climbing all over me, so it wa a bit hard to follow.

Right on target.  Nice choice of stories (and I'm sure their locations were no accident--Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio...).

Hit all of the points that McCain has been trying to score on and basically neutered McCain's arguments.

The whole thing had the potential to implode by coming across as smarmy or condescending or over-the-top.  It wasn't.

Bravo!

Note the appearance by Gov. Kaine. :)

It was perfect!  I can't wait to have a President that can speak well to the people.  He commands attention.  The longer it went the more excited I got about the change that is just around the corner!  Great ending in Florida!

Though I'm also biased.  Watching him and then McCain on Larry King (painful, but I wanted to hear him) there was just no comparison.

From that side of it, it was brilliant.  The human interest stories and his own personal stories really tugged at the heart strings.  If this was a charity, I would have had the check book out about mid-way through it.  

From the logos perspective, eh! wasn't doing a lot for me.  Not that I don't like the ideas.  They are just the same things I have heard over and over again.  And they aren't particularly bold initiatives.  Why can't we just get rid of the employer based healthcare system all together an emulate the UK?  Life would be much simpler.  

And clean coal?  Really?  It's nice to see that coal and big utilities still have a seat at the table.  ;)  I like the natural gas push though.  I'd been meaning to bring this up, but did you see EIA's most recent report on natural gas reserves?  My God!  The future's so bright, I have to wear shades.  =)  Here is the intro for everyone's benefit:

In 2007, the U.S. recorded record-high additions to dry natural gas proved reserves totaling 46.1 trillion cubic feet (Tcf), more than double the 19.5 Tcf of dry natural gas actually produced in the United States during the year. The resulting 2007 year-end total proved reserves of dry natural gas in the United States rose 13 percent above 2006 levels to 237.7 Tcf, the highest level in the 31 years EIA has published annual reserves data. The record additions mostly reflect the rapid development of unconventional gas resources made up of coalbed methane and those resources that use advanced technologies like horizontal drilling with hydraulic fracturing including shales and tight, low permeability, formations.

The questions I have about this are: how many people really watched the whole 30 minutes?  And of those, how many weren't the core constituency or people who weren't already definitively voting for Obama?  Did all of the people tuning in for the World Series watch this too?  

But the German system might be worth borrowing from as well: universal coverage, half the cost per capita of U.S. health care, several closely regulated insurance companies, and shorter waiting times even for elective surgery than in the U.S.

Or France.

Or Spain.

Or Canada.

Why not adopt the best features from each to improve health care in the U.S. while slashing costs in half? Right now the U.S. ranks 42nd in the world in life expectancy; 37th in overall quality and availability of health care. Can't we do better?

 

and contributing ideas, excited to know the door to our future is finally opening. For far too long we've been forced to hold back, knowing that every time an innovative idea or a penetrating question was raised by a common member of our society, it would be stunted, downplayed, overlooked or denigrated by the Powers That Be who were all protecting the status quo and the profits of the mega corporations... besides, it was obvious the Big Boys thought we were all stupid sheep, who had to be told what to think and who could be permitted only a limited role in running our own society.

Something about Barack Obama is taking the lid off, giving us our country back, and we know he will listen because he promised he would. What a heavy responsibility lies on his shoulders because he has let the genie out of the bottle. He will need the support and understanding of us all, because the system will be tenacious in resisting the changes he is proposing. The national Democrats as well as the Republicans will fight tooth and nail to obstruct and delay and take our victory away if we let them. We must not expect too much, and not blame Obama if everything does not instantly change, or if his promises are not fulfilled to the last iota, or are modified by The Powers That Be. He isn't  promising it will be easy, and he expects us to contribute, helping him to deliver.

And we thought the campaign was long, hard, and demanding. When (think positively!) he wins the election, understand that actually making The Change we demand will be longer, harder, and more demanding than the campaign. Get ready.  

beginning on Saturday. Full court press. Two-minute drill. Flood the zone. Sprint to the finish line. No excuses.

Let's run up the popular vote in "unreal" Virginia and nail down 13 electoral votes.

And let's prove to the Republican Party that it can no longer achieve a majority in Virginia or in the nation by pandering to a motley coalition of racists, bigots, xenophobes, jingoists, torture advocates, Constitution shredders, and medieval, science-denying know-nothings--all of course manipulated to support the agenda of an unchecked looting class.

It's time to leave the 13th Century and to embrace the 21st.

I watched the whole thing.  I thought it was good, particularly the second half.  However, I'd liken it to the type of film about about the nominee that typically plays at a national convention. It even felt that way, with the film giving way to Obama speaking live in Florida at a big rally.

I didn't know what to expect, but I assumed there would be a message to match the dramatic gesture of buying a block of prime time.  Ross Perot was the last one who bought a block of prime time like this.  Remember Perot's charts and graphs showing how the country was headed for financial disaster?