by WhatAre Progressive Values [courtesy of Blog for America]

I just read this interesting article in the Huffington Post. It talks about Barack Obama and his ability to inspire.

Why Inspiration Will Make Obama the Strongest Candidate in November
- And a President that Can Lead a Progressive Realignment in America
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-creamer/why-inspiration-will-make_b_86844.html

Robert Creamer writes
"Inspiration comes from appeals to values, not ten point plans.

Obama's attraction to swing voters isn't that he promises to "compromise" with the right -- or adopt right wing values. It is that he inspires them with the traditional progressive values:

• That we're all in this together, not all in this alone;
• Unity not division;
• Hope not fear;
• That people are not commodities to be paid what the market will bear and discarded when they aren't needed, but human beings whose happiness and success are the purpose of the economy."

by Rodney Cruz [courtesy of Blog for America]

http://lemonton.blogspot.com/2008/02/avoiding-convention-train-wreck.html

Avoiding a Convention Train Wreck
Posted February 7, 2008 | 10:39 PM (EST)
Doug Kendall

by Sheri Divers [courtesy of Blog for America]

1)       Make a Note…, clarionledger.com

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070930/FEAT05/709300303/1023 

2)       Pre-empting the Next War, opednews.com

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_paul_rog_070930_pre_empting_the_next.htm 

3)       Pickets to Target Fox News for 'Tell the Truth' Campaign, newsblaze.com

http://newsblaze.com/story/20070929082449nnnn.nb/newsblaze/TOPSTORY/Top-Stories.html 

4)       Pre-empting the Next War, huffingtonpost.com

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-loeb/preempting-the-next-war_b_66554.html 

5)       Critical 9-30 Fundraising Goal Approaching, clint-curtis.blogspot.com

by Sheri Divers [courtesy of Blog for America]

1)       After the debate: The candidates’ real records on Iraq, health care, huffingtonpost.com

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/art-levine/after-the-debate-the-can_b_66079.html

2)       Political Notebook: Gays, lesbians rule Democratic Party, ebar.com

http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=2243

3)       Iowa City Council: Who I am endorsing, popprog.blogspot.com,

http://popprog.blogspot.com/2007/09/iowa-city-council-who-i-am-endorsing.html 

by Sheri Divers [courtesy of Blog for America]

1)       Join 650+ Democracy for America activists already on the call…, huffingtonpost.com

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-blizek/join-650-democracy-for-a_b_64021.html 

2)       U.S. Editorial Excerpts: Trashing Petraeus, asia.news.yahoo.com

http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070911/kyodo/d8rjb3r01.html 

3)       Lynne Hurwitz – a woman of many talents, bluejersey.com

http://www.bluejersey.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=5660 

4)       Trashing Democrats – A Shame for Democrats, patsullivan.com

http://www.patsullivan.com/blog/2007/09/trashing-petrae.html

5)       25 new messages in 15 topics – digest, health-999.blogspot.com

by Sheri Divers [courtesy of Blog for America]

1)       Democracy for America says Impeach Gonzales! huffingtonpost.com

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-hughes/democracy-for-america-say_b_58916.html 

2)       Getting tired of Alberto Gonzales? Commoniowan.blogspots.com

http://commoniowan.blogspot.com/2007/08/getting-tired-of-alberto-gonzalez.html 

3)       Live blogging voting rights at YearlyKos,dcist.com

http://dcist.com/2007/08/03/liveblogging_vo.php 

by Sheri Divers [courtesy of Blog for America]

1) From the Grave, a Senator Exposes Bloody Hands on Capitol Hill, atlanticfreepress.com

2) Anti-war rally scheduled for noon today, lsj.com http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070719/NEWS01/707190368/1001/news

3) Democracy for America Activist Training Weekend, theliberaloc.com http://www.theliberaloc.com/2007/07/19/democracy-for-america-activist-training-weekend/

4) Happy Blogosphere Day!, txsharon.blogspot.com http://txsharon.blogspot.com/2007/07/happy-blogosphere-day.html

5) The Narrow Band Of Democratic Elites, yborcitystogie.blogspot.com http://yborcitystogie.blogspot.com/2007/07/narrow-band-of-democratic-elites-howard.html

6) Tom Hughes: Stand arm in arm with the Senate, huffingtonpost.com