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To all of the people complaining about all of the money Senator Obama spent on this commercial–he has the money, why not spend it. His campaign is not going into debt like our ecomony (or like Hilary's campaign). The money was donated for his campaign and that's the way it's being used. Get over it. If he used it any other way it would be bribery (or worse *gasp* SOCIALISM).

Obamas broken promise on campaign finance that affored him this air time was genius.Since the republicans will lie,steal, and cheat their way to an election Obama had the gonads to make a very intellegent decision in the best interest of the party and more importantly America.This is one of the best Executive decisions made in the last eight years.You want to call him on breaking a promise go ahead.This proves that he knows how to make the right decisions, even it means that he wont win miss congeniality.Smartest decisions are not always going to get you a pat on the back from the other side, but this could end up being one of the smartest and well thought out political decisions made, and for the good of all Americans

I have never donated to a campaign, but I did this time, and my money was well spent!

If you're undecided at this point you're probably not sure who's going to win the World Series in 2008 !!

Obama/Biden/Phillies '08

I loved it the dialog with the people.
It was brilliant.
Perfectly done.

Bravo

What a lot of you John McCain/Sarah Palin fans don't understand is that the money that was donated to him HAS to be spent for campaign purposes. I would be upset if Obama took my money and used it for other purposes (i.e. to buy clothes for the V.P.) other than to do what he needs to do to win the election. I feel that the money I donated was well spent and I will continue to support him in the future. I loved the ad!!! It was very emotional because it showed the problems that many Americans regardless of race, creed or color are going through. He also showed how he is an American and human just like the rest of us. I really saw a new more personal side of Barack in this ad! I was hoping that he didnt mention McCain and he didnt and I was very proud of that!

Go Obama/Biden!!!!! 5 days til the finish!!!

Brilliant and very well done, Barack Obama!

It will be refreshing to have a President that America can look to for vision, trust, brillance and a President who truly cares.

Oh yes, I love Obama's campaign funding strategy. He tells McCain that he will go with public funding if he does, and McCain falls for it. That was like taking a kid to the candy store.

For decades the reps have outspent the dems, how does it feel the other way.

Barbara, my friend in NC – In NY we can't vote early unfortunately. But don't worry it's a solid Obama state and my vote WILL count on Nov 4!!

Great speech I was so into it, I turned my cell phone off . Barack Obama knows how to connect with Americans. I stood in line for 6hours waiting to vote the other day after working for 12 hours. It was 1:00 a.m. when I got home, Believe me it was well worth it.

Obama's ad was very touching. Obama is a good man.

I am so glad I donated to the Obama's campaign throughout this election. I feel my money was spent very well – especially on last nights ad – very well done.

Already voted for the 'Smart Team – Obama/Biden' – Woohoo!!

This was a brilliant move for Barack Obama. At this point, I don't believe that there really are any undecided voters out there. They just do not want to say who they a voting for. After 8 years of George W. Bush, there is no way, under any circumstances, I would ever vote for John McCain! I have watched this race for 21 months; John McCain has not been able to convince me that he is not apart of the Bush machine. He has not given us his plans for the economy and how we could get out of this mess. He said out of his own mouth that he doesn't understand economics, and then he went out and made the worst decision with selecting Sarah Palin for his VP, someone who really does not understand the economy, foreign policy, or big government! What an idiot! He has flipped flopped so many times; it has been a crazy ride for him and anyone else that has watched him! John McCain keeps crying about how much money Barack has and is spending, well, I have been donating to Obama's campaign since the primaries, and I am happy with the way he has put our contributions to good use. He is not wasting our money! This is what we donated our money for, to help him win this election! So far, so good! Please stop talking about how much money his campaign has, we gave him this money because we believe that he is the best person to change this country and put us back on the right track!

An unqualify plumber, an unqualify VP, both pick by an unqualify and unfit Candidate.

We'll be there for you Obama! – Nov. 4th. I don't care how long those lines are.....I will vote!!!! Let's get this show on the road people. The time is now! Obama 08

eat your heart out john mccain. we the people that voted for obama and yes the hillary voters are the ones giving money to obama. you can mouth off all you want to about where the money is coming from but WE the supporters know where IT IS COMING FROM.....WE ARE DONATING TO MAKE SURE HE BEATS THE PANTS OFF YOU AND SARAH WHAT'S HER NAME!!!!!

Obama is so sickly and puny, he doesn't have a muscle to show. He looks like a skeleton already; probably smells like that, too.

The special was pure brilliance on the part of Sen. Obama's campaign. He used the opportunity to highlight American familes and the problems they are facing to let us know that he has not forgotten what this campaign is truly about. Sen. Obama has totally changed the face of how presidential campaigns are conducted. Well done!

Obama has run a great campaign and has shown that he is progressive and running a campaign that isn't "traditional". He clearly thinks before he acts and surrounds himself with people who are competant. A campaign will reveal much about how the person will govern.

To the PEOPLE OF AMERICA
Let the rest of the world be proud of you again
Vote for honesty, integrity and most of all CHANGE
Vote BARAK OBAMA
His 30 minute ad was watched by milloins around the world, and I can't understand how anyone can still be undecided

The silly Obamercial was just more of the same. I kept waiting for the “order in the next five minutes” countdown clock in the corner of the screen….order now and receive a !!!! Free Bamboo Streamer!!!!…just pay shipping and handling!

One thing is for sure, Mr. Obama loves to hear himself talk….and talk….and talk….and talk………………..

Congrat President Obama, I really enjoy the 30 min airtime yesterday. You are a true leader. We all love you and you deserve to be our next President. We are all proud of you. Keep running a possitive campaign and we will be with you all the way to the White House.

I voted early, and I am so glad that I did! I was undecided until I got tired of Mcdummy, and Stupid Sarah, I was so glad to see the Obama ad last night. He is a young, smart man. One that I will be proud to call my President. He is not trying to divide this country, he will bring back the respect that we once had. It is time to send the other 2 nut cases back to where they came from. This grandmother and the rest of Ohio are for Obama / Biden '08 !!

Clearly–he's got a populist message that transpires typical party divisions fior many of us.

He's successfully exploited multiple media venues, and he's successfully crafted a message that transcends party lines.

If elected–can he really pull it off?

Actually it shows what an extra 4 million dollars in the hands of someone with a giant EGO does for television. KUDOS to CNN and ABC!!!

Painfully cheesy. I would've mocked this thing regardless of whose it was...

Hey california voter, I would think that you would be concerned about the RNC spending money on Palin's clothes, because its most likely coming out of the tax payor's pocket (that's what I call real welfare). As to Obama spending, his supporter gladly gave him money to spend as he please (private money, private dollars). Its time for change vote Obama.

Kim October 30th, 2008 10:24 am ET

The only reasosn Obama had the money to do this Production was because of his BROKEN PROMISE. Now let's think, if he will spend this much money on a commercial all about himself, what do you think he will spend if he is elected? He will spend a lot of our tax dollars on stuff that is not necessary, just like this commercial.
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How can you say that he will waste our money on things that are not necessary, like this commercial? Then which campaign ads do you find to be necessary and which dont you? And are you really concerned that Barack "broke a promise" to not use public financing? You understand that he chose to use the money people donated to him, not tax payers money like the McCain campaign. Listen stop crying because if McCain did the same thing you'd say he was just being smart and hes not unfair! Barack can raise more money than the RNC and McCain Campaign and your upset because people like me, who doesnt make a lot, donating for something we believe in! Come on!

Frodo-

who (fake) suspended their campaign so he could rush back to Washington to support the bailout?
HInt- it wasn't Obama

He got money he can use it for anything he wants.
The question is this country does not have such money.
What can he do without money?

The worst election ever.

Both of them can't get second term.

His message was so presidential! And he came off so genuine. He's real. I am so excited that he will likely be the next president of the United States. Finally someone I can identify with, someone I can admire and respect. Someone who grew up with modest means and doesn't come from some powerhouse political family with boatloads of money.

I am SO EXCITED and can't wait to vote on Tuesday!

Interviewer: Senator Mccain and Governor Palin, what kind of plans do you have for this country?

Mccain: My friends, pow, iran, ayers, wright, khalidi, fight, right where we want them, obama this, obama that, Reagan, maverick, mavericker, maverickest, experience, pitbull, russia, joe the plumber, joe the plumber, joe the plumber, pelosi, reid, obama, vote for me…

Palin: Alsooooo, up there, and also because too that they were up there (wink) mavericky, (wink), joe the plumber, socialist, ayers, wright, khalidi, maverick, wardrobe, consignment shop, russia, up there, also, too also, Katie Couric, liberal, liberal media, tito, hannity, great state of Alaska, fight, energy, oil, alaska, wasilla, down syndrome baby (supersize that), also up there, pit bull, lipstick, also, too… Thank you, vote for me! Oooops. I mean us.

Frodo – I voted 5 times in 5 different states in two days, but I did vote straight Republican (because I have a brain).

What prize do I win other than a real president who isn't hiding from his past or his family?

the repugs are grrreeeen with envy that they can afford to campaign like Obama/Biden.

Sen Obama did an excellent job last night, now I will go and vote for him.

I can just imagine the conversation at GOP headquarterts now.
"I can see an iceberg on the horizon, John. "
"No worries, I'll ask the band to play another song ,Sarah. Joe wants to dance with you."
Thank you for your leadership, Barack.

I am almost as sick of Joethe plumber (and wasaboud the second time I heard about him) as I am of little miss dipstick (AKA Sarah Palin).

I used to think McCain was a good choice who could breakaway form the mainstram of his party (a good thing) since he is old enough that a second term would be practically impossible and so had nothing to owe to the special interests and he would be able to do the right thing and to hell with the GOP establishment. Picking Palin just showed he can't get a way from them. All he needed was someone competent and not a GOP/neo-con stooge as a fall back for when he has his inevitable heart attack in year 3, Say Mitt Romney.

Re Miss Palin – likable enough and a good campaigner, but the last thing this country needs is a non-intelectual, with little real experience, who thinks that can be compensated for by extrordainary amounts of Hubris.

I contributed to the campaign and feel my money has been well used.
It is true – WE the contributors have purchased success for a candidate who we believe will do a good job.

I won't buy a used psycaldelic van from this man...

The Republicans may have hi-jacked Obama's theme of change, but Obama has successfully run a Democrat labeled campaign using traditional Republican Values. Republicans.........you are done.

Obama is using money that was voluntarily donated to him by his supporters. He isn't using taxpayer money to run his campaign, including this ad. He can do whatever he feels he needs to do to win this election. That is why we donated the money to him – to help him win this election. McCain is using taxpayer's money from the General Treasury to run his campaign. That would also include some of my money, and I don't like him, his ideas, or his V.P. I resent McCain using any of my money. I just keep donating to Obama and trust he is using the money wisely, which he sure seems to be doing. God Bless Him and Sen. Biden.

It was a well produced infomercial, and completely worthless. It provided nothing for independents, who are looking for bipartisanship. Obama's idea of "bipartisanship" is voting a straight Democratic ticket. The decided independents are favoring McCain, and the rest of the independents will decide this election by choosing McCain.

Senator Obama's ad was moving and it really gripped the audience... In the end, at the live event, that was even more powerful. You just can't help but love him even more! I pray the supporters/voters come out and vote for him because he is the change we need!

I have given $1,000 of my own hard earned money to the campaign... I am proud of that and proud to know my money paid for something that was positive and reinfoced my beliefs....

This add was wrong, you should not be able buy an election and that is what Obama is doing. Not only does he have the money but also has the major networks bias favoritism. McCain has to go negative – which is wrong in order to overcome this biasness. And, no we don't need 60 Dem Senators and Dem controlled House and President,. Hate to tell, we need balance because it is not right for the Dems to push their own agenda thru cause 50% of this country is Republican/Independent and our interests need to be also represented. The same should be said if it was reversed, that the Dems need reprentation. What we really need is bipartisianship, which we have gotten little of that over the past 30 years.

To all McCain & Palin Supporters – Part III

And for those who think Senator Obama will raise taxes on middle income families. First ask yourselves, did you really look at both candidates tax relief proposals and compare them based on different income brackets?
If you have not, please do, and at the end if you could still say McCain's tax relief plan is better for the average American household (who makes between $38K and $66K), go and vote for Senator McCain.
Also ask yourself, how does a government generate revenue? In order to serve its citizens better, how can a government possibly finance / pay for all its public projects and services for its citizens to improve their quality of life?
I am a permanent resident in this country and I make over $200K a year. Like every responsible person, I pay my taxes to the government so the government can invest my tax dollars for my kids and for the future generations of this country in the form of better education, healthcare, research and development, conservation and public services.
Senator McCain claims that Senator Obama wants to spread the wealth around by taking money from average Americans and give it to the poor. Do you really think his argument has valid points? Well here it goes… according to Senator Obama's tax plan; middle income families (Average Americans) get the biggest tax relief, if so how is it possible for Senator Obama to take "Joe the plumber's money" –if Joe the plumber is an average American as senator McCain claims and makes between $38K to $66K- and spread around? Senator McCain's claim is totally false and misleading.
What senator Obama wants to achieve is that by raising the taxes only on individuals who make more than $250K and on Corporations that make billions of dollars, the government can invest into the programs such as education, healthcare, research and development, new sources of energy, and projects such as infrastructure improvements, housing and urban developments. These investments would not only create millions of jobs but also strengthen the economy, improve the quality of life of American people, save the future of next generations, give a fighting chance to even the littlest guy to be somebody by attending to the best schools in the world or working hard and realize the American dream. This is the way how this country came out of great depression and this is how the great society was formed, and unfortunately we are far from it today.

Kim, he never PROMISED to take public funding, he agreed to discuss it and decide when the time came. And if you think on your own and not use McCain talking points, you will note that the PUBLIC is FUNDING Obama's campaign. We are the ones who sent him the money. If he'd taken public funding, McCain would have had the Republican 527 teams use THEIR private money to outspend Obama, like they did to Kerry. Obama just didn't fall for it. He played by the rules; don't be mad because he played better than your boy.

@ Mary-Think about what you are doing. If you contributed over 1,000.00 to this campaign you obviously are not like the rest of us who are stuggling. Maybe you should help those of us who NEED THE HELP not someone who already has the money. God help this country if the Obama cult takes over.

Geez Mary, that sounds an awful lot like socialism-you know, that thing you wingnuts have your panties in a bunch over? Obama's campaign funds have come from mainly small donors-and many of us
struggled to give what we did. You obviously would benefit from Obama's tax program-yet you would shoot yourself in the foot financially and vote for McCain...why is that?

Three things about this ad:
1. The ad did not mention Sen. McCain or Gov. Palin or Pres. Bush even once.
2. The ad was necessary because republican convention was after democratic convention and so the republicans had the last word on "Who is Barack Obama?" at a national stage. That is why this was necessary for the Obama campaign.
3. The transition from 28 minutes recorded TV ad to a 2 minute live rally in Florida was absolutely amazing. It had to be perfectly managed to make this transition work and they absolutely nailed it...

Dear Mary,

Why don't you complain to Bush and his administration for the financial difficulties you are struggling through? Why not ask him why he spent BILLIONS on the war and the bailout to no avail of the American people?

Misdirection of blame is typical and rampant. So sad.

Obama message was awesome.... I as a Proud American felt like yes we will have another leader in my time that will fight for the average American... that is Change I can believe in!

It was an excellent program to watch and very touching. Barack just
reaffirmed what he intends to do as President of the United States of America. I was appalled to see that right after Barack's campaign ad,
McCain/Joe-the-plumber ticket took another scumbag/slanderous/cheap
shot at Barack Obama. WHAT A LOSER John McCain IS !!!

Obama/Biden – '08

To all McCain & Palin Supporters – Part II

I understand the fact that some of you like to relate to the candidates. You appreciate your candidates' "folksy" way of speaking and so you can say, he/she is one of us, he is like my uncle, she is just like my cousin, practically my next door neighbour and he/she represents American people so you can feel better about yourselves.
Well ....if being a president of the most powerful country in the world is such an easy task, why do not you nominate your cousin, your uncle, your next door neighbour?
Being a president of a country and to a nation, must require being the best of the best among the country's finest so the country can be well represented and at the same time in touch with the citizens and control their pulses continuously to understand their needs and expectations.
It's quite clear that being a hockey mom with little to no political knowledge and a governor of a state which has a smaller population than any major cities in the U.S. should not qualify anyone to be the potential president of any nation
Please do not degrade the position of U.S. president.
Being "folksy" may work on the campaign trails but in an international arena only open diplomacy, intelligent strategies that are flexible enough to accommodate ever changing circumstances and respect to one and other count, folksy way of speaking, dull, arrogant and pushy strategies count for nothing. If they did U.S would have more allies in the world

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED TO SEN. OBAMA, WE HAVE TO....... $50 A MONTH. I WISH WE COULD GIVE A MILLION!

I loved his ad last night, we watched on MSNBC. At the risk, of not having my comment posted, I need to say once more how disappointed I am with CNN.

Last night, Larry King had McCain on for one hour, FREE, and then at 10pm his show was rerun, so TWO HOURS OF MCCAIN ........FREE!

We have sadly, watched as CNN has slanted to the RIGHT! For years, we have been faithful CNN fans, but now we turn to MSNBC, which seems to be the LAST progressive station!

My husband and I were delighted that the money we have donated to Sen. Obama has been used wisely! And for such an awesome campaign!

BRAVO SEN. OBAMA..........& MAY GOD PROTECT & BLESS YOU,SIR!

I haven't been this moved since JFK was a candidate. I had tears in my eyes. An Obama Presidency could be parlayed into hope for troubled youth; along with redeeming America in the eyes of the world.

Knowing that Joe the Plumber is not a real plumber, who owes back taxes, looking for a book deal and a record contract before the election is over, McCain still befriends with the guy.

POOR JUDEGEMENT ON McCAIN' S PART!!

Obama spent his money on 30 minutes that will win this campaign.
McCain/Palin spent their money on dressing Palin up and trying to win the campaign on her looks alone – It's obvious – Palin has nothing more to offer than her looks.

Great information on this 30min of airtime!
GREAT JOB OBAMA!! (OUR NEXT PRESIDENT}

Once again McCain got it wrong. He said the 30 minute Barack-omercial was evidence of his celebrity staus. During the commercial, we saw the heart and soul of America. We saw families, people who are struggling to survive. It made me a little emotional to watch that. It's not about race, Democrat, Republican ,Liberal, or Conservative. It's about humanity, the common denominator that is greater than the little things that seek to divide us.

Besides being in favor of Obama in respect to key issues, I am greatly inspired by Obama’s story and his mother raising him as a single mother at a time in the society when raising a bi- racial child was not easy. I share a connection with his mother and maternal grandparents for devoting themselves to his upbringing, and providing him the environment and the balance that a child in non- broken happy family couldn’t perhaps have had. A salute to Obama's mother and maternal grandparents!

From "bj" – "This is the guy who says he is going to be fiscally responsible?
He pisses away $4 Million of other peoples money in half an hour to act like he's already president. My vote already went for McCain and I'm proud of it."

You obviously didn't watch, or you'd know he wasn't acting like he was already President. He was asking for our votes and for our commitment to working TOGETHER to turn our country around.

Mary....if you are supporting McCain, then I would think that you wouldn't openly ask those with money to REDISTRIBUTE their wealth to those of you who NEED HELP. I thought you all said that expecting the HAVES to help others was SOCIALISM. See the natural hypocracy of being a conservative? You all clearly disagree for the sake of disagreeing. You know that giving a break to those in the middle is not socialism, but common sense.

I didn't get to see the AD, but I heard a lot of positive feedback about the AD. I am a Democrat and I contributed $900.00 to the campaign and if I had more I WOULD OF CONTRIBUTED MORE!

I VOTE OBAMA 2008! AND PROUD OF IT!

@ BJ-Using campaign money on a campaign ad is not "pissing" anything away. Spending campaign money on a wardrobe is. And if you did not donate, you have no right to cmplain.

Besides being in favor of Obama in respect to key issues, I am greatly inspired by Obama’s story and his mother raising him as a single mother at a time in the society when raising a bi- racial child was not easy. I share a connection with his mother and maternal grandparents for devoting themselves to his upbringing, and providing him the environment and the balance that a child in non- broken happy family couldn’t perhaps have had. A salute to Obama's mother and maternal grand parents!

The TV spot was even better than I had anticipated. It centred on some real families and issues that they are confronting. He offered solutions and support. It was brilliantly done and was very moving at times. It should have been uplifting for all Americans not just Democrats. It was another example of how the Obama campaign has been thoughtfully and well run. If he runs your country like he has run his campaign, the Free World is finally in good hands again.

Obama has had a brilliant campaign. He is a real team player surrounds himself with other intelligent people. I can only imagine what type of cabinet he will put together. We need to look outside of our political affiliation and race and vote for the best candidate. I truly believe his heart is in the right place and he is our chance of fixing the messes our country has gotten into. Obama/Biden-we love you!

It was an awesome ad that was 100% positive and 100% true. I cant wait until he wins on Tuesday!!

Obama Biden 2008

The republicans are just sore that McCain didn't have the money to do this!
Also, have you ever noticed that anyone outside of the country that posts here is always for Obama? I've not seen one for McCain. Keeping in mind that the rest of the world has a lot riding on the US economy I find this encouraging. Of course, they all thought the US had gone completely insane when Bush was re-elected. Can't say I disagreed with them!
Can't wait for the global cheer that will go up next Tuesday!

Kim and Mary....The money Obama spent was from supporters to his campaign. The money is to help get his message out and Obama did that brilliantly.
As to having that money help pay the national debt.....Think about it...we wouldnt have such a large debt if we had not invaded Iraq , we are spending 10 billion a month there. Admit it....the republicans have torn our country down the last 8 years.
Obama will help lift this nation up and bring respect back to the U.S.A.

That is right Obama, spend someone else's money. You seem to be enjoying that and now you want to SPREAD THE WEALTH. Why don't you suppose the Clinton's are now campaining for Obama? Go figure, he is going to help Hillary pay off her dept.

PoliticoPundit-
Let's talk about Cindy McCain's half sisters that she disinherited, shall we? For every finger that you point, you have five pointing back.

you are the one that is blind

I am glad I donated to him. It was worth it.
I voted for the person that won for president every time I voted since 1984. I am 49 yeawrs old. ( some republicans and some democrats) I am an independent voter that voted for Bushes and Clintons, and this time I am voting for Barach.
I think my streak will continue and I think Palin sealed it.

It is amazing that Obama is experiencing surplus in his campaign, and i feel very certain that when he is elected as the next president of the USA in November that we too will share the same successes and blessings the same. Bottom line: if his campaign can raise that much money imagine what he can do for our economical crisis.

The infomercial was brilliant. One thing that impressed me the most was that it was about America: American families, Senator Obama's family (parents, grandparents, too), all of us and the struggles we go through daily, and what he will do to guide us (with his steady hand and calm demeanor) through this very difficult time. He didn't attack John McCain once. John McCain negatively attacks Senator Obama every single day because he has nothing else to tell us. Senator Obama spent the entire half hour presenting his message, telling us how he will help us - without one swipe at McCain. Can you imagine if Sen. McCain's supporters gave HIM enough money to show a commercial like that? The entire half hour would have been spent bashing Sen. Obama. I have so much respect for Sen. Obama. He's a man of great integrity and decency, and he certainly proved that - again - last night!

Great Job Barack. I enjoyed every minute of it and loved how you explained your plans for this country, and never once did you attack McBush. Barack is the example of what a president should be. Get out and Barack the Vote America!!

Obama/Biden '08

Kim, was it really all about him or are you just as stupid as you sound?

This was a very inspirational 30 minutes, it was a wonderful idea. I have allready voted. No mc cain, no palin, no way, no how. Obama/Biden 08-12

Grandstandings a big turn off to most people.

Noah – Obama never said anything about anyoen making 300k gettin a tax cut – what he has consistantly said is that anyone making under 250k will not see a tax increase – and anyone making under 200k will see a tax cut. I know you McCain supporters don't like facts – you would think after 8 years of Bush lying to you that you would embrace them.

I was undecided, but now that Obama has promised the world and explained how he'll deliver it,

I'm voting for Bob Barr.

Perhaps McCain should sell one of his 7 houses to get his own 30 minute time slot if Obama is eating at him that much.

I love it, Go get Obama, this will not be another Al Gore year. We the American people failed Gore by not standing up and fighting for what we knew was a stolen election.

I am extremely disappointed in CNN's coverage of this ad. I understand the need to not run the ad, but to not even acknowledge it as news is absurd. I go to CNN to get all my political information and today, I was very upset to see NOTHING about the ad last night. All I read today was a fill-in-the-blank follow up article. To say that you have journalistic standards is understandable, but to ignore the 30-minute ad that ran last night – along with the "best political team on television" – completely misses the mark.

Last night I watched Obama's 30 minutes.

This morning I am listening to McCain rant on about Obama and Joe the plummer. Spread the wealth. Same old. Same old. No plan.

The ad was amazing! I, like Kevin, can not wait to see NC turn blue!!! Voting early is so easy! It is so refreshing to see a candidate talk about hope and restoration. Even Obama saying he will not be a perfect President is refreshing after the 8 years of a President who refuses to admit he was wrong and to say that he is sorry!

"The next president will have to scale back his agenda and some of his proposals." – Wow! Obama just promised not to keep his campaign promises! In 2006, Dems promised to bring us home from Iraq. They gained control of both houses of Congress two years ago but never brought withdrawal from Iraq up for a vote. If Obama was so against the war in Iraq, why has he never proposed legislation to bring us home? He just says what the voters want to hear. He can't be trusted to actually do what he says. Move over Slick Willy. Slick Barry is here to take your place!

No..it doesn't show muscle. It shows what lies and deceit can buy. He paid for this because he lied about campaign finance. How noble. Well, we're not buying his lies.

To those who think Obama is misspending his money... People donate to a campaign and they expect that money to be used to campaign. Obama is using the money for its intended purpose. That is NOT fiscal irresponsibility. It is totally responsible to his donors to use the money for the reason it was donated.

People need to realize that John McCain could have used his money to make a 30 min clip as well, if he hadn't blown it all on negative ads. Just look a the campaign contribution tickers on other websites. McCain has raised over $230M to Obama's $450M.

First, that's a testament to Obama's popularity among people who are willing to contribute (like myself). The populous WANTS him elected, so we're digging deep.

Second, the 30 minute ad cost $4-5M, so don't tell me that McCain couldn't afford to do the same thing.

I contributed $100 to the Obama Campaign....Best $100 I ever spent.

What a GREAT presentation. If Sen Obama can run his campaign this effectively, I am sure he will run the country even better.

OBAMA\BIDEN 08!!!

Barbara, this ad did show muscle...HEART. The most important muscle of all.

The 30 minute spot that Obama aired last night was excellent. The Republian's may bash but they wish they could have done that. I can't wait for this to be over – please go out and vote and vote for Obama

To Mary:
I am one of those who donate biweekly to the Obama campiagn.
I make way over $250,000 a year.....
I would rather burn my money than help imbeciles like your, MAry.
Because Imbeciles (Mary) like you are the reason for politics of hate, fear, and lies. You are all thats wrong with this great country. You and the likes or you.

This Infobrainwashing shows that the race is tighter than the polls show. Considering the amount of money Obama has spent, he should be farther ahead. McCain is doing better campaining at a lower cost. Absurd spending like this 'show' will reflect how he'll handle finances, if he gets in office. Thanks, but no thanks Mr. Obama.

The 30mins ad was heart touching and shows that all us of are in need of a break and we are hurting under the Bush/McCain.

Obama really cares and is concerned about the future of America and its dreams.

If it gets the disastrous Republicans out of office for at least 4 years, if it keeps the past-his-prime McCain and damaged-in-shipping Palin out of the Oval office, and it helps the US restore some of the international goodwill Clinton built up and Bush 2.0 destroyed, then the money on the infomercial was well spent, as was the money spent up to this point. Hint to the naysayers: Obama doesn't have a billion bucks stuffed into his mattress - the fact people are willing to give him this money in order to keep the Republicans out and they aren't lining up to do the same for McCain is a clear message that people want the Republicans out.

Some of your are idiots..its his campaign money and you use campaign money to advertise – people donated the money to him to use to help him advertise – so thats what he did, advertise – which part of that is hard to understand – the sad part is most of you who are so against Obama's ideas are the ones who need him the most

"There are no real americans and fake americans, there are no pro americans and anti-americans, they are just dumb americans and smart americans." – Jason Hussein

Deb M- There is no early voting in PA.. Don't lie like your candidate

Let's all hold hands and weep at the wonderful hope for change.

Or, let's make change. True, real, everlasting change. Let's stop spending our future on bank bailouts, car bailouts, and more. When everyone is promised a handout from a candidate, many will vote for that candidate.

Others, will see that this house of cards cannot last. Companies that can't make products should not be supported by the government. Obama and McCain's policies and current actions will hammer America into the ground.

Vote Bob Barr, Libertarian. http://www.lp.org

GET ON THE PHONES OBAMA NATION!! IT AINT OVER YET

OBAMA 08/12

This mayy not get printed but if does here goes.
I think it is unfair to cross examine the presentation when you refuse to air the 30 minute segment. I was really surprise, shocked and thought that is was an undue fairness to Obama after you have Larry King asking dumbie John McCain questions he did not answer.

People what have McCain said that would prove he is fit to lead this country. Obama Obama, Joe the Plumber, Tito the Builder, Ayers, Wright, Khadi and etc. Now this is a man that don't have a plan and don't plan to get one.

I think Obama is good for this Job b/c he has never since day one come out of character in which we saw Mccain do so on different occasions. He is always trying to make side jokes when we the people arent looking for jokes but solutions. As a person who has never voted I will be there next week to cast my vote. Its funny b/c up until now I never even watched a debate but was happy and thrilled to watch and educate myself on whats happening. I think God is the true answer for us all but since we are here on earth Its Obama who is for us. Thats me though. Thank you CNN for letting me share my opinion.

Meanwhile, Mccain Talks About Veto Everything So We Will Know There Names And He Will Make Them Famous!

That was great! God Bless America and thanks President Obama

I contributed $845.00 to the campaign and I approve this message!

This was more than a infomercial. Anyone watching it that is still on the fence has been shown exactly what he stands for and what he will try to do. BTW, Arizona is a statisctical dead heat. Many of us have been working hard to get the vote out here in Arizona and it is working. I am looking forward to election day to see Arizona in the blue column.

All paid for by the dishonest dough of a broken campaign promise. But hey, who cares about honesty anymore...

This is the face of the new generation of presidents to come! This generation can be proud of their accomplishment when Obama is elected president of this great country. Continue to vote, and don't let anyone or anything stop you. God Bless America!

Barack’s info message over the networks also served to reach the states and areas of the nations that he has not visited very much during the campaign. North Dakota, Montana, Georgia are getting closer. This might help to put Obama over the top in those states

Yes America, go back to sleep, your new masters are in control. Big brother will take care of everything for you, no need to think for yourselves, follow blindly, we have it all under control and will give you everything you need......or at least everything WE think you need.

Looking at the polls it is apparent that brainwashing techniques have improved since Germany in the 1930's and Russia during the cold war.

I thought his ad was very moving... and powerful. Undecideds should really take a second look now.

Wait, maybe today McCain will find the solution through his new advisor:
JOE THE DUMBER

To all supporters of both sides!!!
Last night i saw the greatest Ad of this campaign...
Not because of the substance but because for straight up 30 mins i didnt HEAR anything about the opponent.
Its overwhelmingly suprising.
I waited to hear Sen Obama say sometheing negative about Sen Jmac...He didnt...
Just like the last debate..Sen Obama wa given a clear opportunity to pull down Gov Palin he didnt he respected her...
If America doesnt see any leadership quality in him...I dont know what they are lookig for then.

How idiotic that there are still people trying to question where he was born. Do you know how dumb that makes you sound? So baby Barack Obama as an infant planned to fake his birth location. Give it a break. See this is why some of you who are swallowing all of these tall tales will then go out and try to witness about Christ. But since you practiced no discernment here you will not be believed.

Note to bj. I was very happy to have him 'piss away' some of the money I donated to the Obama campaign. I gave the money freely for him to use as he sees fit to become elected. And my total donations for the entire year are around $100, so I'm not a big-money person by any means.

If it wasn't your money, what do you have to complain about?

I've already voted Obama/Bide. VOTE!!

I WILL NOT BE RULED BY FEAR AND DOUBT!

Excellent message. Positive, hopeful, honest and on point. I so glad I get to vote for the SMART GUY this time. I don't know about anyone else but I am sooooo tired of DUMB GUYS running things I could just ....

"Obama/Biden 08"

It was nice to see a candidate for the presidency speak in positive and specific terms of the changes he would make. It was a half hour break from the mud slinging. And what does the used-to-be honor campaigner John McCain do? Let's all of us who would believe in change and have the audacity to hope for a better day -he let's all of those people know that he thinks those people are fools who are decieved by his opponents. Guess you have to throw garbage at people and choose an idiot for your running mate to be the credible candidate who would continue the believeable plans for no change and no hope.

I have got to hand it to the OBAMA guys...
They finally got me. I expected some defensive info and attacks but got none of that. The last part especially, brought chills to my skin.
If this man is what he says, we will be ok. Still skeptical... but
COME TUESDAY... I WILL BE VOTING FOR OBAMA.

Noah, your facts are completely wrong. People, regardless of political affiliation, please read plans and understand the facts before you spout out on discussion boards. Simply spitting out what your hear your favorite pundit saying without getting the facts yourself makes you look ignorant.

30 minutes and not one ill word about McCain ... only a discussion abut what his detailed steps are.

Try that GOP ... we are tired of your gimmicks too fool, obfuscate and mislead the public.

Here ended the lesson.

The ad was absolutely brilliant. It just reinforced why he has my vote. The fact he was able to make such an impact without mentioning McCain's name once, speaks volumes for him

Even if he is unable to pull off everything that he says he wants to do in office, he has a plan for the future. Something that Senator McCain clearly does not have. And frankly the idea of a unified country seems so much more attractive to me than the constant division that the McCain camp has been peddling the past couple of months.

Mr Obama is without a doubt the best choice for President – he is calm, cool and collected. He displays in manner a true leaders demeanor. The last thing we want at this time in history is a man at the helm of ship in hurricane weather to be "spitting" in the wind. I ask you as one american to another vote for OBAMA/BIDEN on Nov 4.

Reading these blogs, its very clear to me, who is racist, filled with hate and stupidity, and who sees "change" coming, and is willing to embrace change and go with it, and who is trying to UNITE the nation..
Let the people speak...
VOTE OBAMA

The last time this was done was by Ross Perot and the press was all over him for taking 30 minutes of prime time to indulge in self aggrandizement. While the "infomercial" was different, the motive behind it was the same. I think the question needs to be asked if Obama did it for the good of the campaign or if he just needed to feed his overwhelming ego. I'd bet on the latter.

I think the presentation was uplifting and also a sense of pride for this country. Obama is not tearing down his party nor paying stupid people to make the American people John McCain is wrong.

John McCain is a crook and will always be a crook and continue George Bush policies and principles. So if that is what you want vs chnage then vote for crooks and robbers. McCain/Palin

Obama represent the "Real" american. LoVE -HOPE-Peace!
We are all people.. We need to learn how to LOVE one another even if we have different belives.

OBAMA – BIDEN

I get Denver cable....only one station showed Obama's infomercial at the right time (MSNBC)...NBC and CBS showed it an hour late, and FOX cut it off after 3 minutes to show the Simpsons. Is anyone out there aware of this? No one else had it on....

Great 30 minutes of TV!
As a Canadian I only wish we had someone like Barack to run in our country! Don't let this leader down – get out and vote! It will not only benefit USA it will change the world!

A steady hand at the helm.

Mr Obama you have our votes.

Go early voters!

Registered Republican "voted" Obama/Biden 08

When MONEY talks, everyone seems to listen.

Awesome, awesome, awesome!!!!
Job well done Obama.

BO did nothing for many us in his Million Dollar
Commercial but spill the same GARBAGE.
Listening to BO is like eat Cottan Candy, sweet going in, but no substance going down.

McCain in 08

McCain is such a sore loser. If he's so jealous that Obama was able to have a 30 infomercial, then why didn't McCain sell one of his 7 houses to get the 8:30pm time slot and run his own infomercial?

I love, go get them Obama

Great propaganda I must say,

He promised everything to everyone. He covered all of the criticisms and talked about how everyone would win.

Lies.

McCain too, Lies.

Only Bob Barr is not for spending your kids social security on bailing out wall street.

Any infomercial that sounds too good to be true probably is. Caveat Emptor–Buyer Beware.

bj:

It's called campaign money. McCain pissed away how much on CLOTHES for Palin and her family? One could argue that instead he could have sent that money to a womens shelter for clothes for them and their children.

To "don't be an Obamabot,"
Don't you mean, don't be "informed" by the NY Times, CNN, MSNBC?

If I didn't read and research Obama, I would be led to believe by fringe goups, emails, RNC commercials, FOX news and the McCain/Palin team that Obama is a Muslim terrorist who wants to tax my water, take away my guns, doesn't say the Pledge, can't find his birth certificate, and who should be water-boarded with Osama.

If the Republicans and their friends would have run a decent, honest campaign, perhaps reliable news sources wouldn't have to constantly work to get the truth out to the people!

Obama has the election in his sights. But lets not get cockey. There still alot of work to be done!

Teamsters for Obama

You know what really feels good after seeing Obama's 30 min clip? The uplifting message that people can work together, that people don't have to by cynical or afraid of their government, and that there is hope for something better.

This may sound all like Motherhood and Apple Pie, but the fact is that Obama presents himself incredibly well, and he has common sense solutions to many different problems that McCain is not addressing. And he leaves no stone unturned, explaining how he plans to cut some programs to pay for others, bringing fiscal responsibility to the wealth of programs that he's offering.

And best of all, he doesn't once attack McCain or incite fear. He doesn't need to. He's talking about the future and his policy ideas. He doesn't need to attack the other guy's character or patriotism to win. In fact, he gives McCain props on his heroic past.

In my opinion, nothing makes a better president, and I am so happy to have contributed money to Obama's campaign. Everyone should see this 30 min clip, even the skeptics, because closing your eyes and ears is just ignorance. Even if you disagree, you can at least say you looked at both sides objectively (and by the way, I have read McCain's plans and his rally transcripts as well!).

This is similar to what a Republican strategist suggested McCain do – buy 2 minute increments of commercial time and spread it over a week to get out his positions without attacking Obama. Funny that now McCain is now ridiculing Obama doing it – in a Maverick kind of way.

His follow-up interview with Jon Stewart really showed off his sense of humor and his ability to laugh at himself, something I think has been seriously lacking in politics.

Which ad addresses the upcoming social security crisis?

Senator Obama laid out his economic plan without attacking McCain's character and ideas.

Inversely, all McCain seems capable of is appealling to the lowest common denominator of ignorance and fear in people who don't have the education and experience to think globally and progressively.

This year's election season truly revealed the True Face of rural, conservative white America for the entire world to see; as best displayed in the effigy this morning in Kentucky of Senator Obama.

The muscle this article is referring to is HEART. Exceptional.

At last a real candidate for POTUS. Senator Obama's infomerical
was amazing. If Americans cannot see the stark difference
between Obama and McCain they are sad. We can not afford
to put our country in the hands of McCain, Palin or Joe the Plummer.

That was amazing it was a video for America The Beautiful. U go Obama. Shame on anyone who found something to complain about with this.

Acorn's Bertha Lewis Says Thanks and Vote Working Families and Barak Obama

Wow... what a surprise... Their Tax exempt status needs to be taken away immediately.

Barbara NC- Stop the hating... Go Crochet something.

Obama doesn't show campaign muscle he just shows he has more money to spend, I don't see him spreading the wealth around, so this is another lie. I think it is a shame that the poles and everything that the election used to stand for has changed just for the Black votes, what is this world coming to. I know the good lord is looking down and thinking what has happend to his world, he may destroy it because it is getting out of control. I didn't watch Obama last night , I watched the biography of John McCain, there is no compairson between these two men. John McCain has every thing that I would want in a president , Obama has nothing I would wan't

The ad might swing some undecided voters. I watched and didn't really see anything new that I didn't already know. I don't think it hurt him.

ALL THE OBAMA SUPPORTERS – GET OUT AND VOTE!

The 30 miniute infomercial was too short.

30 Minutes Without Taking The Low Road Like Mccain! Amazing! Keep Campaigning With Joe The Plumber Mccain! Thats What Americans Want To See! And We Cant Wait To Hear His Country Album!

That's a leader !
Voted For "That One" this morning. Had my 23 month old son select Obama and I cast the ballot. A very proud day for me and my family, Historic.

Mike, FL: Exxon Mobil has $14+ BILLION PROFIT! If anybody can cut checks for all Americans it's Exxon Mobil – one of the corporations that McStupid and Sarah Disgusting want to give more tax cuts to.

Palin has resorted to pure venom in her unrelenting attacks on Barack Obama. There were many people who gave parties for Obama (and McCain) during this campaign season and I doubt that security and background checks were done on any of them. Does that mean that a possible, terrorist, socialist or PLO may have backed the McCain campaign too? Every time I think she can't get any lower she surprises me with another misleading attack.

I am so sick of hearing the slur of the day from the McCain campaign and I'd love to hear what the are going to do for the American people who make less than $200,000/yr.

PoliticoPundit ......they may choose to stay in the life they have .....even if Obama has offered to help them. Look at Jennifer Hudsons tragedy..She tried t o persuade her family to move out of their crime filled neighborhood. She could have afforded to put them anywhere ...they chose to stay

When I saw the wheat field I was waiting for Obama, Michelle, and his daughters to come running through the field playing the theme song to "Little House on the Prarie". (that's what the music reminded me of.

I liked the stories of fellow Americans who are trying to cope with awful circumstances. I hope Obama (should he win) is really able to do what he says and that this isn't the usual Chicago Bull we are used to gettting from politicians.

In Philadelphia... There was much anticipation about the World Series than this Infobrainwashing stunt. You can't convince voters with your promises--brainwash them with a Prime Time show...

As Tony the Tiger would say It"Grrrreat.

PoliticoPundit:

Do you help out every single person in your family who have less than you? Pay their bills, their mortgage, etc.

I watched thsi last night. When it was done my wife was crying saying that it was so powerful, and that this is man that this country needs.
It was a positve message and not once was the repubs mentioned not the smears of them against this man.
This is the person that this country needs...
McCain/palin should be ashamed of themselves for running such negative campaign.
I am still waiting to hear what they will do and how..not this "I ahve a plan"...I also want to know how McCain can calim he is 'tested" and has the expereince. 30 years in the Senate is not experince running the country, and he has never sat at that desk in crisis...so when was he tested?

Koombayah,

Obama will move jobs off-shore, hallelujah,
McCain will move jobs off-shore, hallelujah,

Only Bob Barr will restore the Constitution, hallelujah....

More PROOF Obama is bought and paid for.

Thank God in a week, Obama will be going back to the South Side of Chi-town to cry in his arugula.

bj:
You are seriously uninformed. The money spent can be used to campaign and he did so.

Obama has run one of the best political campaigns in history. It does not matter if we agree with his politics or not, this man knows how to sell himself. Unlike McCain who only knows how to pimp Palin out. John why have you not been to Indiana? If hanging on to Indiana, John is so important why did you not send Palin until October? Obama had already been here three times before Palin showed up. John McCain has run a worst campaigns then Hillary’s train crash. Fact of the matter is McCain has never gave us a reason to vote for hi and spends most of his times telling up not to vote for Obama. I think McCain is starting to have a man crush on Obama because he can’t even talk about himself for talking about Obama so much.

MUST BE NICE TO HAVE MONEY...HOWEVER YOU CAN GET IT...LEGALLY OR NOT...VOTE MCCAIN FOR HONESTY

Excellent!!!!!!!!! Obama is a genius hence his leading in every imaginable poll and poll of polls. McCain is wasting time with his Joe the Unlicensed plumber slogan.

Obama/Biden '08

The presentation was more than I expected. It showed what he wanted to do, the types of real people that he wants to help and most importantly, it wasn't negative. America is tired of the fighting and slander. It's time to stand shoulder to shoulder. Job well done!

I don't think it was "muscle" as much as it was strength of conviction, judgment, and knowledge.

MUSCLE denotes the McCain RULE by WAR. A negative

Strength is a positive.
Watch your words CNN.

Obama/Biden '08 – I voted early. Recommend it if possible.

We need overwhelming Democratic ticket victories at all levels to send a unified message to all America (and the Republicans in particular) that bombastic messages of hate, distortions and lies will no longer be accepted in political campaigns.
Maybe, then in future, we can have all contestants from all parties focusing upon substantive issues that affect our lives.
IF WE VOTE LOUD ENOUGH MAYBE WE WILL BE HEARD.THE BEST WAY TO SHUT DOWN THE GOP TACTICS IS TO MAKE SURE YOU AND EVERYONE YOU KNOW VOTES 100% DEMOCRATIC. GET OUT THE VOTE; TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED; IRRESPECTIVE OF THE POLLS.

It was 30 miins. og a whole lot of positive goodness. Did not mention John McCain once! It was really nice, and I am so proud to be an American!

OBAMA'S AD WAS GREAT.

MCCAIN IS TOAST.

If he has all the money to spend on an infomercial maybe he should pay of the national debt. People get real!!! Are we trying to elect a President or a King. Think about what you are doing. If you contributed over 1,000.00 to this campaign you obviously are not like the rest of us who are stuggling. Maybe you should help those of us who NEED THE HELP not someone who already has the money. God help this country if the Obama cult takes over.

The only reasosn Obama had the money to do this Production was because of his BROKEN PROMISE. Now let's think, if he will spend this much money on a commercial all about himself, what do you think he will spend if he is elected? He will spend a lot of our tax dollars on stuff that is not necessary, just like this commercial.

This has to be the worst choices in history, where are the real leaders our nation deserve. All we have is what the Media, corporate business, and lobbyists say are Presidential?
I say do not vote for the lesser of two evils, vote for your Country's Freedom and Liberty.
VOTE Bob Barr and the Libertarian party!
This is only person worth my vote the person who will reduce Big(brother)Government spending. And neither Obama or McCain are committed to do this.
This is the only person committed to reduce spending, thus reduce taxes, that is Bob Barr of the Libertarian party.
Smaller government lower taxes, a responsible government for a responsible citizen.
Lets return to a free country again

Very well executed. When someone puts together a team like Obama´s, it tells how he´ll go about doing things in the Oval Office.

You now have my vote Mr. Obama !

"If the Democrats win and have substantial majorities, Congress of the United States will be more bipartisan." -Pelosi

Change you can believe in

I only could afford 55.00 but I do approve the use of the money ... he made a good case for his presidency and all positive!

Rediculous.... This tops buying the election.

Magnificent half hour – I wish it had been an hour! Anyone who watched it had to be moved emotionally. Obama cinched it with this ad (seems strange to call it that) – he is the clear choice in this election.

Read The New Yorker's endorsement – the best argument yet for voting for Obama. http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2008/10/13/081013taco_talk_editors

It was refreshing to hear something positive instead of all the negative crap being shoveled out of the McCain Campaign. At least Obama is talking about the issues while McCain seems to have forgotten what the issues are.

Don't be an Obamabot:

No, I am not intimidated by anyone, that is why I am voting for Sen. Obama. John McCain and Sarah Palin, along with their hate-spouting supporters have done everything possible to intimidate an electorate ready for real change. I most certainly am NOT intimidated by all of the well-respected politicians, military, financial, and education leaders who have endorsed Sen. Obama. Pres. and Sen. Clinton, Colin Powell, my personal hero Warren Buffett. These are representative of the people who support Sen. Obama.

McCain has Palin and Joe (Sam) the Plumber. Please.

Well done, Barry! With Joe as their plumber, no wonder the GOP Titanic is sinking fast. You just closed the deal. Now let's vote and get this whole sorry mess behind us. Bye bye Johnny, be good.

But, WAIT, there's more, if you vote for Obama in the next 5 days, you too will be promised a bailout. And if you vote twice in the next 5 days we'll throw in a second bailout for FREE!!

THAT'S RIGHT–call now and support Obama, and we'll throw in a SECOND BAILOUT FOR FREE.

Folks, this is a limited time offer. It won't be around forever. Never before will you see a deal like this were you'll get EVERYTHING you've been promised –AND MORE!!.

So CALL NOW>

We should all be proud that we have a candidate that truely cares about the little people.

What Little Money I Was Able To Donate Has Been Well Spent!

I donated 50 bucks to Obama, and it was money well-spent.

a pretentious and brainwashing waste of money.

i want a man of action, not a man of fluffy goodness; sadly neither candidate has that first part

sorry this is off the topic, but sarah failin is being cited for another ethic violation!!! this one has to do with using peoples tax dollars for ungovernmental business trips for her family!! just like stevens, another one will come up soon about the house and flawed pipeline deal!!!
SAY GOOD BYE SARAH!!!

Wow!! I THINK THIS MAN IS VERY PRESIDENTIAL, EVERYONE I TALK TO WAS IN TEARS. HE REALLY TOUCHED ME. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED IN THE WHITE HOUSE. MCCAIN IS VERY UNSURE OF HIS SELF AND DON'T FORGET IS VP. YES IT GOING TO BE TALK ABOUT HIS 30MIN TV PROGRAM BUT THEY CAN'T SAY ONE BAD WORD ABOUT. THIS IS SERIOUS NOT A GAME, PEOPLE IS LOSING THERE HOMES, JOBS, AND SAVINGS. MCCAIN HAS 7 HOUSES AND 13 CARS, WHAT DO HE KNOW ABOUT STRUGGLE.

PS: I DON'T THERE IS Undecided voters i think everyone by now know who they voting for.

I thought it was excellent. I believe it will set a new standard in American presidential campaigns.

Most importantly...

I trust Barrack Obama.

What a great Inspiring real American story,very touching and Barack Obama will be a Great President to ALL AMERICANS!! WONDERFUL!

I didn't intend to watch the "info-mercial" but my hubby turned it on. I thought I had heard everything I needed to hear. Within seconds I was captivated. It was a very well done production. I have always thought that Obama displayed genuine concern for our country and its troubling economy. Everyone says it's "the economy stupid" but Obama showed us it's about the people! Its about America...the UNITED States of America. Not once did he mention McCain. Following the info-mercial, Larry King was interviewing McCain. Each question was an opportunity to talk about what McCain would do for America and EVERYTIME, McCain had to dredge up unsubstantiated negative comments about Obama.
November 4th is a no-brainer. OBAMA/BIDEN all the way to the White House.
BTW – let Sarah keep the clothes as a consolation prize!!!!!

He looks and presents himself as Presidential! Vote Obama/Biden!!!!!!!!!

Boy, I enjoyed seeing my 25 dollars and 50 dollars and 100 dollars contribution help pay for something well done. Yes McCain I am one of those little donors to the Obama campaign. Don't hate, just get a better running mate next time.

Alot of Americans are tired of Obama being shoved down our throats. He needs to be careful, people are sick of him. People need to educate themselves on the issues and the candidates' voting records, not empty promises.

CNN it's non of your business. You refused to carry it live and so you have no business to complain about it. More so, it's the people's money. We donated it to the campaign and so far it it has paid off. It's patronizing the economy.

The dem donors really mean business. Looks like many americans are tired of the same failed policies brought abt by the rethugs. The dems are sailing with money while the rethugs behave like spoilt brats smear tactics, grumpling etc. Vote americans VOTE Obama bring the change the whole world needs and yearns.

don't be an Obamabot: Puh-lease! If NYT, CNN, MSNBC and nearly two hundred newspapers that endorsed Obama can't be trusted, who can? Fox News perchance?

Are you serious obamabot? your probabaly the same type of uninformed voter who believes that Barack Obama is a terrorist, socialist, and muslim. Check the facts, read the articles, listen to the speeches. Don't make a fool of yourself again.

Obama can't buy my vote with his infomercial.

I'm still voting for BOB BARR!!!

Both McCain and Obama are dangerous for supporting the Bailout and claiming that it is necessary because some banks were "too big to fail". Now the car makers are asking for handouts and Northwest and Delta have merged...are THEY too big to fail? and when their profits drop, McCain and Obama will bail them out too?!!!!???!!?!?!?!

This must stop! America, wake up, you are spending your social security, your children's social security and grandchildren's on bailing out current companies.

Only Bob Barr will restore sanity and smaller government.

I actually tried to watch the ad, or infomercial, and couldn't. It was slick and it was nicely edited. That doesn't sell me. I'm much more concerned about the lack of information about his past, including people and his more than liberal voting record. He hasn't been around long enough to prove himself to take the top seat in the country and what I have found out, I don't like. A 30 minute commercial doesn't change that.

Obama = inspiring
McCain = depressing

BRAVO

i was very impressed. i had my mind made up already. but seeing that he was human and how much interaction he had with us, the voters. positive thinking gets positive results! Obama/Biden '08

THAT ADVERTISEMENT DEFINATELY SPOKE TO ME AND MILLIONS!!IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. IF YOUR MIND IS NOT MADE UP BY NOW, "THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE CLINCHER!!!!!!! "HE IS DEFINETLY "THE ONE"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The infomercial convinced me to buy the Ginsu steak knives!!

Keep trying to buy the election.

Keep lying to America like you lied about public financing. You even signed that one Messiah Obama

I think it's ridiculous. Had he stuck to his promise that he not only made to McCain, but that he mentioned during a debate with Hillary then he wouldn't have this money to begin with. I think this commercial will hurt him more than it helps. It will show that a man who can't keep his word on the smallest of agreements probably shouldn't be trusted with bigger decisions.

CNN - stop calling the Ad and infomercial. It was a campaign ad. There was no infomercial nature about the ad. Calling it infomercial trivializes the content of the of the ad, makes it negative and makes CNN seem negative.

I saw it and it was brilliant! I had tears rolling down my cheeks.

Barry the bomber over Joe the plonker anytime! Hope versus hate.

It was an excellent use of his resource, an excellent use of airtime cause it got the point.

Way to go you are just continue to show us that you are indeed the BEST, MOST CAPABLE, MOST HONEST, ONE WITH INTEGRITY for the job.

November 4 CHANGE WE CAN ALL BELIEVE IN YES WE CAN

OBAMA/BIDEN ALL DA WAY TO THE WHITE HOUSE - OH HELL YEAH!!!!

@Victor, you are an illiterate. Buying ad time does not pay for the presidency. In America it might though as 20 percent of the people still think that he is from Kenya and he is a muslim. He has to spend that much money because of ignorant people who are constantly brainwashed by the unrighteous right

Simply brilliant!

Oh, by the way, I am PROUD to be an ObamaBOT! Better than being a hard headed Republican that CAN'T think outside the box!

It's not a matter of muscle, it's the age old adage that the minority underdog has to far exceed his majority counterpart to even level the playing field. Simple as that.

In order to win, as the first minority POTUS, it takes an ability to fundraise better and a willingness to compete at a higher level. That competition includes putting out better ads, more ads and dominating the conduits of information in order to counteract the rebuttals of your opponent.

After this election, it won't require nearly as much in terms of resource and effort after the nation sees the competence and success of their Commander-In-Chief.

If Obama was a man of his word, he would not have all this money to buy the election with. He lies about his past, he lies about how he will finance his election, he lies about his economic plan and he lies about his tax breaks. He is a man who lies when he opens his mouth. I am voting for an American Hero, a man who dedicated his life to this country, I am voting for John McCain, the only one who is straight forward.

I thought this program was very well put together and above all else POSITIVE.

There is so much negative campaigning by his rivals, and even his campaign has taken swipes at McCain from time to time. So, to drop all that and have a half hour dedicated to Americans having normal American lives that shows how his policies will improve their lives without bashing anyone, not even his rival, just shows his character.

It filled me with pride to be an American; a feeling I have not had since last decade.

Missourian for Obama/Biden '08.

This was a brillant move! He g ot his message out to millions! Everytime Obama appears on TV, he gets a bump in the polls! So the race tightening will erode as I believe Obama will still be ahead

On top of the ad, Sen. Obama And Bill Clinton tore the house down in Central Florida last night.

OBAMA/BIDEN 08

To "don't be an Obamabot,"

Fine, can we be the Obamatronics? How about Obamaniacs?

All he did was speak the truth! This man is the real deal!

Oabma/Biden 08/12!!!!

It is truly sad that a good man like Senator Obama has to spend money like this just to get the truth out about himself and his campaign. The Republicans have been working overtime to smear and discredit him, and I am proud that because of contributors like me, Obama can fight back!

I've received false and slanderous emails about the Obamas throughout this entire campaign, including 2 more this week, and every time time I do, I send more money to Senator Obama's campaign.

Fear and smear won't work this time, and if it takes every penny in my pocket, the Republican party will go down in shame.

It was amazing.

don't be silly the choice is obvious, this man really cares about the people

I felt more patriotic watching Obama's ad than I have ever felt in my lifetime. It's all about hope and potential, not divisivness and smearing. Obama is what this counrty NEEDS.

BRILLIANT!!

Two Words: five days
(Our national nightmare for the last 8 years is almost over)

GOD BLESS AMERICA

It was awesome!!! Get out and vote for THAT ONE~!

Despite what McCain and others say and despite how they want so desperately to spin this-Obama had money to do this because people voted with their wallets. I am so glad my money went to something like this instead of going to Neiman Marcus.

If I'm typing a comment on CNN.com then I'm a bit of news/political junkie and been following both campaigns. So I'm biased from this Obamerial but it would be interesting to see how folks not that into politics and campaigning felt about it.

a 30 min ad was WORTHLESS. It made me not want to vote for him anymore now im voteing for John McCain

This infomercial was also on the SPANISH TV stations which shows that Obama totally believes in the importance of not only the Hispanic vote, but the need to educate the public about his policies. The informercial was in English but had Spanish sub-titles. I enjoyed it.

Finally, a candidate who let's us know some plans he has! Stop the drama, vote Obama!

He just sealed the deal for me.Obama all the way.

Is there any information yet about how many people tuned in to watch the infomercial?

If everyone that was watching last week watched the same channels this week during their respective time slots... then there would be more than 40 million households tuned in...

Due to the unusual nature of the event, plus the fact that FOX was delaying the fifth game of the World series, that number could have been considerably higher...

Of course, some people who are strongly decided and some who are anti-political may have changed the channel or muted the event.

I'm guessing ~50 million households saw it, with ~5 million of those households containing at least one undecided voter who watched it.

I'd LOVE real numbers. The production was excellent, and would have had a strong positive impact on an undecided voter that saw it.

When it was time for change and better future for America the Democratic Party put aside its differences and united under the leadership of Obama.

The Republican Party had short goals and due to their greed has falled apart. And McCain has shown that he is no leader as he cant even unite his own party.

In this one election there is no race, party or gender… it is all in the best interest of America, the best interest of each and every one of us.

Vote for Obama!

Barack Obama's campaign has been professionaly run from day one.
Mccain has floundered, jumped from one dirty strategy to
another, running a campaign on lies, hate, fear and trying to
divide our great country,
Barack Obama's presentation was about the American people
and how he plans to try and resolve all the crisises the
republicans have created.
It is a no brainer as to who is best equipped to lead our
country.

I think it was a good use of my donation money and I am so happy with the results and a completely clean ad that I will donate more. He did not mention a single time McCain name and this is a decent campaign that I am happy to see. I am dropping another $100 for him today.

And it shows the most important muscle–heart!

i thought that 30 min. ad was good! most of the ad was not about him (obama) but of the regular american people going thru struggles have no jobs, no heath care, and education. obama was right on every subjects thats whats really going on thru out this great land of ours!!

peace and go OBAMA-BIDEN 08 & 12

Brilliant. That is why Obama is the best candidate right now to be the commander-in-chief. He makes good judgment, surrounds himself with intelligent people, and runs a clean and successful campaign. McCain, Palin and Republicans were asking, "Who is Barrack Obama?" I guess he answered clearly who he is in the Informercial. He tells the nation about his root, family, his economic plans and how he will govern this country. Americans connect with the story. The Informercial is well documented. You cannot beat that. If you have not made up your mind (undecided) by now, you probably do not have a any valid reason anymore. If you want to see the country in the right direction – economy, policies, please make a decision, "Go And Vote For Senator Obama."

It was very good and well done and I enjoyed it.

My only thought after was "I bet John McCain is wishing he was doing the finale at 8:30 pm staring John McCain as John MCSHAME, Sarah Palin as the presidential hopeful for 2012 and Joe the Plumber as a real plumber.

This is the guy who says he is going to be fiscally responsible?
He pisses away $4 Million of other peoples money in half an hour to act like he's already president. My vote already went for McCain and I'm proud of it.

I loved the ad. I saw myself in those other people. I want to be a united country not divided like McCain and Palin are saying. I have no fear with Obama but I sure do with McCain and Palin. The hair on the back of my neck stands on end when I hear her speak.

I think it would do the United States good to realize that Barack Obama is not buying the Presidency of the United States. And for the first time EVER the citizens of the United States are buying the President we want with our own money in contributions to Obama. McCain cannot understand this and thinks something is underhanded with all the money Barack is being given by us. Nothing is up, this is how we feel. We want Barack Obama not McCain.
This time we are not allowing soft money and lobbyist to decide who runs our country anymore. This is it, and we have also had enough of the Good ol Boys and they are OUT!

Very good infomercial. I hope and pray that the American people will do the right thing and vote Republicans out of office so that we can begin the long road to recovery. It wont be easy, but this is America, the land of possibilities. May God bless this nation so that we rise from the ashes and ruins of the Republican regime.

We watched this last night, and also watched the rally in Florida with Obama and Clinton..I was moved deeply by Obamas ad, and if we had any doubts left, after watching both these, we have none..We feel we made "right" choice in already voting for Obama..Such a concerned person, who truly cares about people...He will make a great president
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Obama took the stage.

Meanwhile, The McCain vs. Palin fight continues behind the scene. Folks, it is getting dirty.

I thought the 30 minutes was done very well. He laid out his policies but they werent' overwhelming. Instead he turned to real people in America to show their hardships and how he could help!

Very well done!

All that has been shown to me is that Obama is trying very hard to buy the presidency and he can read a script. As far as believing anything he said last night...

The man is a compulsive liar, hiding from his background and true intentions as best he can.

Obama knows how to make money and he knows how to manage money.

I want a President who can do that.

The infomercial last night was amazing. I actually got just a bit emotional about it.

You know the best thing about it? McCain's name wasn't mentioned ONCE. It was positive, it provided policy statements, and it left me feeling hopeful.

McCain and Palin's speeches are nothing but snide and derisive. They don't detail policy, they don't tell us what they're going to do for us, and all they do is bash Obama.

I voted for the guy who has a shot at restoring this country to its former glory…I voted Obama/Biden.

I didn't get to see it!!!

Maybe I'll go to the website.

I don't care what anybody have to say about the ad, in my opinion it was brillant. Obama explained his agenda and he even wanted the people to see the family man side of him. i don't care what this man does you are going to have your critics, let them flap their lips, this ad was touching and most of all it gave us hope. Obama is the man.

Obama/Biden

Very good infomercial. I hope and pray that the American people will do the right thing and vote Republicans out of office so that we can begin the long road to recovery. It wont be easy, but this is America, the land of possibilities. May God bless this nation so that we rise from the ashes and ruins of the Republican regime.

The ad was excellent. Barack certainly has a standard of excellence that I personally can't wait to see play out during his Presidency!!!!

to tell you the truth.....all infomercials are..... geared to sell you a set of goods.....they are fun to watch and get you all wide eyed and watering at the mouth....but when you get the product sent to the house and open the box.....what a look of disappointment there is......when you realize that...you have been sold a set of cheap garbage.....and...you now realize what a fools you where to be taken in.....with all the false claims that where made in the pitch...........

I can begin to feel a sense of pride again about my government from the top down. As a New York we have a good mayor, that is technically independent, a democratic governor and now, hopefully, a president that is savvy, intelligent, impressive, well spoken, quick witted, organized and efficient. Now is one of those times its good to be an American. Hopefully on November 5th we all well begin to share that feeling and face the future as one country.

It was brilliant. The haters will find something wrong with it. I'm sure if offered enough money to do it, McCain, Sarah, and 'Joe the unemployed Plumber who can't speak proper English' would've jumped on it. But since they are broke, they are counting on Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, and the racist loons to get their message out. And they call US radical! Ha.

Last night Obama used Bill and Linda Gate's heavily funded charter school as his example when promising to fix America's education system. Millions of dollars per pupil, yeah sure Obama..., change we can believe in.

Think for yourselves Americans, this guy is dangerous. Don't be intimidated by The NY Times, CNN, MSNBC, etc.

Way to go Obama! I hope you cut checks for us supporters I know you can afford it when you have $600 million that kind of money can help out a lot of people

A 30 min ad without one attack on the opposing candidate. AMAZING! It was 100% about middle America.

The choice is so clear.

That ad hit the mark. It had a whole lot of substance.

OBAMA/BIDEN 08

While an Obama supporter I'm not sure this "show" wasn't a bit much. I'd much rather that money had been spent in the "leaning/tossup" states hammering McCain directly. While it may have covered a lot of territory overall...those 6 or 7 states are/should be his priority in order to wrap this up big time.

another one :

Barack Obama’s aunt Zeituni Onyango Found in a rundown Boston estate: Times.co.uk

Brother lives in Kenya with $1. Aunt and uncle in boston with modest lives.

HE has deserted all is family to get his dreams. How can he help a ordinary citizen .. Question to voters.. THINK before you vote.. don't get blind by change agent.. HE has changed HIMSELF for his likes.

This ad was nothing new. It was a re-hash of all of his past campaign commercials. It was produced well, which was no surprise since it cost over $3 million. He again promised tax cuts for people making under $200K when he once said $300K and then $250K. He is a liar

Obama campaign with President Clinton.
McCain to campaign with Joe the Unlicenced Plumber.

Great ad. Inspiring and on the level of leadership Americans havent seen in almost half a century. Ill take it and be prepared when the "other side" who violently disagrees with anything thats not them takes him from us. Be ready. We need to kick the puritans out again otherwise their gonna murder another one of our greatest leaders.

I think the infomerical said what it needed to say. It hit on every point it needed to and put faces to several of the issues that are of concern for the American people. It made tears come to several eyes that were watching it. It really made our family feel that Obama loves our country and the people in it. He is the next President by the way he acts, the way he speaks and the way he holds himself with the honor, integrity and honesty that the United States needs.

I loved the Obama infomercial. It was overwhelmingly positive in message. What a contrast to McCain's pouting and whining and Palin's baseless attacks on Obama's patriotism.

Barack Obama / Joe Biden 2008 & 2012

That was an amazing presentation. As a Canadian, it makes me very proud of America to know that Obama will be your next President.
Go Vote!

after this ad noone should be undecided. time to get off the fence and choose which field to stand in.

With Obama spending $600 million in this election campaign, I find it totally silly for ANYONE to talk about the RNC spending $150 thousand on Palin. If you want to talk about extravagance, talk about renting a coliseum and putting up Greek columns, and talk about going to Europe to boast your "overseas experience". Obama has run an excellent campaign, and he is smart, however, he spends money like an elitist!
Amazing what you can do if you have money.

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