In Florida, Obama And Hillary Clinton Together Again
(CBS)
(CHICAGO) Barack Obama heads to Florida today to kick off the first day of early voting in that battleground state and he'll be joined by Hillary Clinton for the first time since her June in-person endorsement of Obama in Unity, N.H.
With record numbers of Democrats registered through out the country, Obama is trying to prompt as many voters as possible to go to the polls as early as possible.
“You can vote today, tomorrow, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, you just find a day and go out and cast your ballot,” he told supporters in North Carolina yesterday, “We want to get as many votes in as possible as early as possible.”
Former rival Clinton will be on her own campaigning most of the day and will join Obama at an evening rally in Orlando.
Obama has been mentioning Clinton more frequently on the stump, telling crowds that she taught him not to get overconfident during an election. “I learned a good lesson from my friend Hillary Clinton up in New Hampshire – that you can’t let up or pay too much attention to the polls. We’ve got to keep making our case for change,” he said this weekend.
Obama has spent the majority of his time this month in states, cities, and counties that voted Republican. This is part of the campaign’s overall plan to expand the map come November 4.
I''m early voting and volunteering today, watching "W" with friends tonight, and attending the rally in Miami tomorrow.
The GOP and John McCain are running the dirtiest campaign in history, but with $150 million, Obama will be able to fight the smears and take Florida! This is a great American success story! A US President funded by real Americans - no crooked PACS/lobbyists - FINALLY!!!
President Obama is funded by and will answer to people like me... millions of voters sending small amounts of cash ($100 or less) each month and volunteering to help bring change... This is REAL public financing!
BUT WE NEED EVERY VOTE WE CAN GET!!! VOTE TODAY!!! VOLUNTEER!!! CANVASS!!! MAKE CALLS!!! DRIVE YOUR FRIENDS TO THE POLLS!!! WE WILL ONLY WIN IF WE SHOW UP AND VOTE!!!
OBAMA/BIDEN ''08
Expand Health Care Coverage - $115 Billion
Reduce Health Care Costs + $50 Billion
Close Medicare Part D Drug Coverage Gap - $43 Billion
Reduce Medicare Costs $43 Billion
TOTAL - $65 Billion
Source: Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
That is an interesting study. With the consideration more small employees would drop their employees'' coverage if Obama were elected and provided a federal health plan, the numbers would go higher. They would also go higher if Obama raised the taxes of small businesses as he has stated.
This is the cost of Obama''s program and remember, health care is an ongoing cost...yearly....$65 billion dollars,opposed to approximately $13 billion for John McCain.