The Frog's Redemption



Ok, okay.

After yesterday's post, I'll try to redeem myself.

Out of Broward County--

"At the DEC meeting last night, it was announced that attorneys will be available at the polls in case voters need legal help relative to their right to vote. They will be wearing blue baseball caps. Don't know if Brevard County is doing this or not. The attorneys were at the last general election. Also, people with t-shirts, buttons, etc., and they can wear them in the polls where they vote. These attorneys are coming in from all over the U.S. Strictly volunteer, get here on their own, etc. I know the one I met previously was a nice guy, and fit right in with the voters, poll workers, etc.".

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Four years ago Time photographer Callie Shell met Barack Obama backstage when she was covering presidential candidate John Kerry. She sent her editor more photographs of Obama than Kerry. When asked why, she said, "I do not know. I just have a feeling about him. I think he will be important down the road."

Her first photo essay on Obama was two and half years ago. She has stuck with him ever since.


My favorite pic by Callie, simply because it gave me goosebumps.



These two boys waited as a long line of adults greeted Senator Obama before a rally on Martin Luther King Day in Columbia, S.C. They never took their eyes off of him. Their grandmother told me, "Our young men have waited a long time to have someone to look up to, to make them believe Dr. King's words can be true for them." Jan. 21, 2008.

Check out the rest of Callie Shell's beautiful photographs here.

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Obama danced it out with Ellen recently via satellite but check out the footage from almost one year ago today.



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And last but not least. The one poll that--in this Frog's opinion--counts.

Zogby has Obama (51.6%) up ten points over McCain. (42.0%).

Pollster John Zogby: “Three big days for Obama. Anything can happen, but time is running short for McCain. These numbers, if they hold, are blowout numbers. They fit the 1980 model with Reagan's victory over Carter -- but they are happening 12 days before Reagan blasted ahead. If Obama wins like this we can be talking not only victory but realignment: he leads by 27 points among Independents, 27 points among those who have already voted, 16 among newly registered voters, 31 among Hispanics, 93%-2% among African Americans, 16 among women, 27 among those 18-29, 5 among 30-49 year olds, 8 among 50-64s, 4 among those over 65, 25 among Moderates, and 12 among Catholics (which is better than Bill Clinton's 10-point victory among Catholics in 1996). He leads with men by 2 points, and is down among whites by only 6 points, down 2 in armed forces households, 3 among investors, and is tied among NASCAR fans.”

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How sweet it is.