I sent this to over 100 people in my address book and the responses are now flying back, and they are so passionate and hopeful it gives me goosebumps.

From NH--I’m mad about him, too! I voted for him in the NH primary. Couldn’t believe he didn’t win. I sent this to everyone I could think of. It’s a wonderful video.

From Florida--Beautiful. I wish the black community voted more here. They did not much. I keep harping.

From Knoxville--Yes, I’m pumped. Was at the Mkt Sq meetup yesterday and phonebanked later. I’ll be at a voting place on Tues w/my T-shirt on. The local ofc is desperate for volunteers; one woman is trying to keep up with computer end. Talk it up.

From Massachusetts--In the best sense of the word, the music/video/message IS intoxicating: "Yes, We Can". Who wouldn't WANT that as a new mantra!

See, this is what worries me. It smacks of 2000, when folks told me there was no difference between Gore & Bush.

See where that got us.

I can appreciate Obama supporters not being thrilled about Hillary, but Bush-lite? Come on. So you think McCain would be better and his policies more like Obama's?

If nothing else sways you, think Supreme Court. Think 3 more ultra-conservative appointments. Think about how long the effect of that is.

More like McCarthy, IMO. It's not a perfect analogy, but Gene McCarthy was a poet, and really inspired a lot of young anti-war people back in the day.

He was running for the nomination before LBJ announced that he wouldn't run again. Bobby Kennedy had declined to run against Johnson, and at first, nobody thought McCarthy had a snowball's chance in hell. But he started doing so well that LBJ shocked the world by announcing that he as going home to Texas.

RFK was the much more "Establishment" party candidate who only decided to run after the LBJ announcement. Pretty soon, RFK's candidacy was sucking the air out of Clean Gene, and felt very opportunistic to me. His assassination, of course, ended all that, and old-line liberal Hubert Humphrey ended up with the nomination.

It's all gotten muddled up in the Camelot myth, but for me, Gene McCarthy was The Man.

At first, I was leaning toward Edwards because I like him and his policies. And because I didn't think that Hillary can be elected. With negatives consistently in the high '40s and the GOP attack machine locked and loaded for her, I just did not think it is mathematically possible for her to win.

But now that it's down to two, I'm finding myself downright sick of the Clintons. We haven't had a president not named Bush or Clinton since 1988 (not that I was crazy about that other guy, Ronald Somebody or other). If perchance Hillary gets herself elected, her ambition will be that we tack another eight years onto the Clintonian Era, and, hell, that'll just about do it for me.

And to tell you the truth, I've had real mixed feelings about Bill for years. I defended him against Gennifer Flowers and Paula Whatshername and laughed off all those other rumors for years, even after I started hearing that he was screwing an intern in the White House. I secretly wished Hillary'd kick him to the curb, but I knew she wouldn't -- that would have screwed up her plans. And I kept my doubts to myself and stuck up for him to the end -- and beyond, even when I privately felt nothing but disgust for his creepy, weak, selfish behavior. Reminded me too much of my second husband.

For me, the last dog died (remember how he used to say that?) with his borderline racist language in South Carolina. I'm done with him. He's just not that cute.

Maybe my feelings are heightened by my recent entry into grandparenthood -- I'm going to have a second grandchild this spring, and I've all of a sudden realized that my children are full grown adults who are way smarter and braver than I will ever be.

And so is Barack Obama. There's something in the wind, and I'm ready to welcome it. I'm ready to turn the page and step into the future. It's time.

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Given Obama's heritage, the JKF/MLK amalgam seems pretty apt. He sure talks pretty.

It's like an election caravan all of it's own! Independents have reported being convinced to vote for Obama. Thos intending to vote for Hillary are switching over. Republicans are shifting, and the whole country is understanding more about the man and why he really can deliver what the nations needs and wants.

Cyberpower! Wow!

No televised town hall meeting could be as effective as that video.