Speaking for myself, my enthusiasm has not waned.

Perhaps, you're probably not appropriately motivated since the anticlimactic finish of the HRC Battle-Royale. Just wait till McCain gets on his chariot, er horse and buggy, to declare war on the American future later this summer.

can you explain this "rightward tack" that you've been witnessing, because i haven't seen it at all.

sounds like you're just buying into the corporate media's convential wisdom.

and if the corporate media says it, it must be true.

i share the concern about enthusiasm--mine has dropped, in part, due to the end of the primary and also, I don't think McCain is much of a contender. (I think it's ridiculous that anyone thinks McCain has a snowball's chance.)

My enthusiasm for and donations to Obama have fallen because the Democratic party is so consistently spineless that I have once again become too cynical to participate productively.

The MSM covers nothing more than political gossip.

Also, I know this is tough, I really do, but Obama has to start looking like he's having a little fun. Maybe TPM can stop posting the angry looking Obama pictures.

I don't think there is an enthusiasm gap.

Many of his biggest critics now were not in fact supporters. They wanted Edwards but settled for O when it was him or HRC.

Perosnally, I am taking a bit of a break. It was a long primary, so I need a break. I've been deliberately avoiding the MSM because of its aggravating nature. I plan to get revved up late Summer for the general.

Let's hope his enthusiasm for us hasn't diminished.

It's up to his supporters to keep him energized and to motivate each other and his campaign.

Just think how tired and dispirited he must get - day in and day out with all the media crap and naysayers in his face 24/7. And all the armchair critics who know oh, so much better than him and never hesitate to shout it out and him down!

If we want him to keep goin' strong - best take a shot of Vitamin 'B' - because the truth is, it's just as much up to us as it his up to Obama.

Too many are micro-managing their own 'campaign' for him - losing sight of the ever so critical goal.

If we want him to be and do better, then shouldn't we apply it to ourselves too?

Too many are bitchin' about problems and seldom, if ever, putting forth solutions. Stop it. If you don't, our country will be the biggest loser.

And a sincere Happy Fourth of July! Have some iced tea and chill!

My enthusiasm hasn't waned but I read his books and was also pretty clear-eyed about his positions, his judgment and the quality of his mind. When I read his speeches or listen to him, I hear a man of reason, a man who thinks through the issues. I might disagree with his conclusions or wish his positions mirrored my own but on the most important issues (#1 being getting these Republican assholes out of power) for me he's right on target.

I've also worked on enough hard Democratic campaigns in Red States to know that getting Democrats elected ain't always pretty and your conscience ain't always singing a sweet song. I've worked for candidates who had some individual positions that made me want to puke. But they had positions on healthcare and the economy and a host of other issues that were far better than the Republicans running against them. And I knew that in that state that would make a real difference to the people who lived there.

So just think of all the people who will be affected by this election. The people who need healthcare, the people who can't find a job, the
soldiers who will die . My own concerns with Obama look small compared to the consequences of not doing everything I can to help him be elected. I just think of all the destruction that happened in the last 8 years because some fools in the year 2000 couldn't see a difference between Bush and Gore and didn't see the coming disaster that was right before their eyes.

Gore wasn't pure enough, he was too centrist, he was a liar, wasn't a true progressive- all the same shit I've been hearing people who should know better say about Barack Obama in the last two weeks.

And before people start on this slippery slope of Naderite thinking again just remember every awful thing that the Bush administration has done in the last 8 years and remember that there was a point where reasonable people could have stopped it but they wouldn't because they thought their candidate, who we have all now seen is the most decent of men, needed to be taught a lesson about progressive ideals. And what a lesson it has been.

I've relaxed because the primary was close, but McCain doesn't have a chance. Maybe I'll send more money later, but Barack is moving to the center which is more effective than the netroots donations that brought him this far. That gets him a thousand votes for every one that switches to Nader. Barack's one smart cookie. We'll all be fine. My mom says his spots are on everywhere on Fla TV. Drives her nuts.

I have abandoned him. He is a sellout. He lies about pacs. He purposely confuses the FISA issue by claiming the stupid worthless criminality portion means something. He marginalizes followers of the constitution like we were wrestling alligators for god. He throws decent people under the bus for "the greater good." Would anyone like to have a discussion of his "Chicago style" use of pacs? He is more dangerous to Americans than McCain.

I guess I'm part of the radical left or some troll. Either way, no more bake sales for this asshole.