Obama '08?

INDIANAPOLIS - Sen. Barack Obama has just finished his political rally, exhorting a crowd of thousands in Downtown Indianapolis to vote Democratic and make Indiana a "blue state" for the first time since the 1964 presidential election.

The Democratic presidential nominee told the crowd his economic policies would protect the rights of working Americans while restoring balance and fairness to the tax code. He blasted the approach of his Republican rival, Sen. John McCain as amounting to "Wall Street first, Main Street last."

Obama spoke on a raised stage before a blue "Change" banner bordered by U.S. and Indiana flags. Frequently the crowd interrupted him with chants of "Yes we can, yes we can."

Obama, a U.S. senator from Illinois, is trying to become the first Democratic presidential nominee since Lyndon Johnson in 1964 to carry Indiana - which brings with it 11 electoral votes. He urged Hoosier voters to break with tradition.

"If we can spend $10 billion a month rebuilding Iraq, we can spend some money rebuilding America," Obama told the crowd.

Supporters lined up on a chilly fall morning well before the gates opened, and thousands filled the open-air field at American Legion Mall, four blocks north of Monument Circle in Downtown Indianapolis, to hear the nominee.

To Obama's right was the massive spire of the Scottish Rite Cathedral, and before him he could see the imposing edifice of the Indiana World War Memorial in the distance. Behind him were four columns, capped with gold eagles, comprising a veterans memorial complex.

In scheduling the Indianapolis rally this morning, Obama canceled two others as he reshuffled his campaign itinerary, in order to fly to Hawaii later today to visit his gravely ill 85-year-old grandmother, the campaign announced.

With just 12 days left before the Nov. 4 election between Republican nominee McCain and Democratic nominee Obama, typically "red-state" Indiana finds itself thrust into an unexpected role as a battleground state. Several warmup speakers mentioned turmoil in the economy and stock market.

After the rally ended, many in the crowd marched to an early voting location nearby to cast their ballots in advance of the Nov. 4 election.

Former Bush press secretary backs Obama

Former Bush press secretary Scott McClellan backs Obama

DAVID BAUDER
AP News

Oct 23, 2008 17:01 EST

James Carville once famously referred to Pennsylvania as Pittsburgh on the west, Philadelphia on the east and Alabama in between. I think that was his way of sort of mimicking what John Murtha said. But it's a conservative part of the state. And then if you take the far southwestern corner, over there near Pittsburgh and the suburbs, that's coal country and that's the kind of people who really do cling to their guns and their faith.”

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World's richest Jew loses billions in wake of global financial crisis

By TheMarker

Tags: Sheldon Adelson, LVS

U.S. Jewish billionaire Sheldon Adelson lost an approximated $10 billion in October, after shares in his Las Vegas Sands (LVS) corporation fell by 80% since the beginning of the month, according to an assessment made by "Forbes" magazine.

McCain Versus the Juggernaut
We stand with him.
by William Kristol
11/03/2008, Volume 014, Issue 08

It's always darkest before it goes totally black. This is one of John McCain's favorite remarks, ascribed (apocryphally, it seems) to Chairman Mao. Well, with 10 days to go before the election, it's getting pretty dark out there.

Still, we hope for a McCain-Palin victory, for the sake of the country. And also for the pleasure of seeing the dejection of the mainstream media, the incredulity of the leftwing triumphalists, and the humiliation of the pathetically opportunistic "conservatives" who've been desperately clambering on board the Obama juggernaut. We're proud to stay off that juggernaut. We're proud, in our modest way, to stand with John McCain and Sarah Palin against it.

Re: Cycloptichorn (Post 3447049)
The Obama movement is based upon emotional connection, a malcontent appealing to the unhappy and malcontents out there, that want what somebody else has, not based on that of reason, cyclops. I hope you have a wonderful day, cyclops, I hope electing Obama will give you a sense of validation and happiness? I have pretty much given up on the malcontents. I will cast my vote for McCain Palin, but beyond that, I have no power over any of this, but don't say your weren't warned. And I will not cut out expressing my opinion. You would love to shut me up I am sure, but as long as I am free to do it, I will talk. If I reach just one person, it will have been worth it.

"There is no single English word for McCain the hero, the moral entity. But in Hebrew he would be called a tsaddik"a man of such nobility and moral substance that he approaches holiness. If this assertion sounds crazy, that only shows how little we have thought about the issue," - David Gelernter, Weekly Standard.