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While some of us were hoping for a big surprise win last night, the fact is that today Obama is actually in a much stronger position than Clinton.

Don't take it from me, read Politico.com's Five reaseons Hillary should be worried.

Yes, We Can!

One Last Push

The scene at MKPR tonight during the final night of Obama phone banking.

Fired Up, Ready To Go

Another day, another song using Obama's speech to amazing impact...

I mean, c'mon.

When was the last time a politician actually inspired people to make good music.

Making Fired Up, Ready to Go

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If you haven't heard where Obama picked up the phrase: "Fired up, ready to go."

Watch this:

Holy Shit

That's the exact words that Daily Kos (the web's most popular liberal blogger), just used to describe Maria Shriver, Arnold's wife, showing up to endorse Obama today in Los Angeles.

A Mama for Obama

From my good friend Yvette:

Friends and Family,

In case you haven’t heard, I’ve been practically living at the Obama HQ in LA this past week. I haven’t seen the kids in three days (ok, they are asleep when I crawl in). I haven’t been inspired like this since Barbara Boxer ran for Senate in 1992. I’m not the only one inspired — our little office can’t keep up with the demand of volunteers and incredible energy that has come our way in the past couple of days.

I have been handling the Spanish language press and earned media program. My cell phone has been ringing off the hook with press inquiries coming in from all around the world. Everyone wants to talk about the Latino vote and the impact Latinos will have in this election. This morning I woke up at 5am to staff our volunteers in East LA for an interview with Tom Brokaw and his crew from NBC Nightly News. This afternoon, NPR producers from All Things Considered came in to talk to our supporters about the Latino vote; and this evening, the Mexico City TV network of Televisa showed up to film black, brown, white and Asian young volunteers on the phone banks. It is incredible.

I want to make sure that whether or not you vote for Barack, that you vote on February 5th. It is so important. And if you are voting for Obama — thank you. Thank you for believing and for helping our country lift up this man with his incredible gift of bringing people together to change our world for the better. !Si se Puede! Check out this video below and enjoy!

All my love and friendship,
Yvette

UPDATE: Here's the behind-the-scenes story on the video above.

My final pitch

A few people have emailed me telling me they're on the fence and don't know what to do.

I sent the following email to someone who was undecided and she told me it pushed her to lean Obama. Maybe she was just flattering me, but, hey it's crunch time...so here goes:

I can tell you, from having worked in politics for 20 years, that I really sense this is a historic moment.

I see it in the 15 people that came to my office on Wednesday and, because there were no desks left, sat around my conference table with their own laptops and their own cell phones to make calls in support of Obama.

I've never seen anything like it. 

I also worked in Congress under Clinton - all the Republicans that I knew who worked on Capitol Hill really disliked - hated - Bill Clinton. They worked solely to prevent him from doing anything - thus the gridlock.

One of the big things I've come to believe is that in order to make the changes we all want is that the next president is going to need to win with more than just 51%. I fear that it's statistically impossible for Hillary to win much more than 50%. Her husband never got over 50% and everyone supposedly loves him more than her.

There are just too many people who will never support her - both voters and members of Congress - to give her the mandate we all want. I think that's why you're seeing so many swing state governors endorsing Obama. They know he can win in their states, while it will be an uphill battle for Hillary.

I really believe that is a once-in-a-generation chance.

Last Night

The two most important lines of the night from Obama:

I think I will be the Democrat who will be most effective in going up against a John McCain -- or any other Republican, because they all want basically a continuation of George Bush's policies -- because I will offer a clear contrast as somebody who never supported this war, thought it was a bad idea. I don't want to just end the war, but I want to end the mind-set that got us into war in the first place. That's the kind of leadership I intend to provide as president of the United States.

And:

The reason that this is important again is that Senator Clinton, I think, fairly has claimed that she's got the experience on day one. And part of the argument that I'm making in this campaign is that it is important to be right on day one -- and that the judgment that I've presented, on this issue and some other issues, is relevant to how we're going to make decisions in the future.

For me, that is what the choice on Tuesday is all about.

On the single most important issue of our lifetime, she fell victim to George Bush's mindset. She made a really bad decision and is unable to defend it. She knows it was a mistake, but it is politically unfeasible for her to admit it, so it's just back to politics as usual. More of the same. We've had enough of that for the past eight years.

We've all talked a lot about the fact that no one has been held accountable for this war. Voting for Obama is our one chance to say that this historic vote does indeed have consequences in the voting booth.