Star
Tribune Minnesota poll.:Minnesotans are thoroughly soured on President Bush's performance and
are even more sour about the nation's path.
http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/19159959.html?location_refer=Homepage

Reuters: Nigerian Rebels considering Obama truce appeal
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL0444578520080504?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=22&sp=true

Video: Kentucky Rep. Ben Chandler Endorses Barack Obama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__Ypv-NGo6o

When facing discouragement in the face of obstacles I believe in doing 5 things that are encouraging. Since Josh reports hearing from a lot of discouraged Obama supporters,  I offer the following possible actions for building our collective resolve.

1. See how Barack has fine tuned his stump speech to focus on "regular folks"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFfhEQUdx04


2. See how Barack has fine tuned his stump speech to directly address some of the recent trash talking and at the same time see that Barack now is effectively reminding people he's one of them

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7NAcKtlTkw&feature=user


3. See how the campaign is getting excellent connection to regular citizens (especially republicans and independents) by having regular citizens (not always elected officials) introduce Barack

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp_Xut5R8G4&feature=user

4. Take heart in Barack's own resolve. Toward the end of this wonderful but rather long interview with Dan Rather Barack says when he gets exhausted after 15 mos of campaigning he thinks about the troops on 15 month rotations in Bagdad and figures he has no room for complaint. Talk about the character of the man!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZa1KIR5o-U

5. Do one thing to encourage at least one other Obama supporter.  If this post worked for you, an easy step could be  to recommend it so others see it. Other options include making some phone calls for the campaign or making a donation to the campaign since Obama supporters also take heart in those counters going up and up.

We ARE this campaign. It's up to us to keep up the energy.
Yes We Can!