But in a sign of the urgency to raise campaign cash, Rendell said Obama didn't want to reschedule tonight's fundraiser, even though the governor warned him that many Philadelphia donors were headed to the New Jersey shore for the weekend. Rendell said Obama told him: "We don't need the people. We just need the checks."
USA Today

You can read about it here.

Telling them they should not vote for McCain because he's horrible doesn't do it. They know how horrible he will be.

Similarly, telling them Obama is about the same as Clinton on the issues doesn't do it. If a Clinton supporter either has a feeling they are similar, or things because Obama is in the party, he'll be pushed to be similar, then that's not the issue. If a Clinton supporter has doubts that Obama supports the same issues, then that's Obama's problem (see below).

Telling them how stupid, or emotional, or racist, or uninformed, or clingy, or whatever other put down, believe it or not, does not win someone over to your side. Shocking I know.

Telling them they were never democrats in the first place, or "so called democrats" or slimy republicans or whatever, believe it or not, also doesn't work.

OK, so that's about what not to do. Here's what to do.

Obama has to earn their votes. Just because someone might be in the same party does not automatically mean they'll vote for you, or even not vote against you. And yes, that includes "real democrats". That means he has to be sincere and believable in what he says he'll do. Oh, and he has to say what he'll do. He has to do a bit of a flip flop and change from his non pro choice stance to a real pro choice stance, that is, he has to come out and say when he believe life starts (not at conception), or say something like what Hillary said. But to say he hasn't decided yet when life starts is a show stopper.

Obama has to right the wrongs of the dnc, or get close to it. He has to fix the count in MI and FL even though it's too late. But every little bit helps. And that means take no votes from MI. Well, if you want to know and want those votes. Sorry, bitter pill I'm sure.

As for the VP slot, if he wants to be sure to win, he should offer it. But I don't want him too myself because I don't want her to take that position. But that's just me. Many Clinton supporters would like that I think.

And finally he has to unequivocally throw and and all of his supporters that are bigoted towards Hillary. That means msnbc, that means those church leaders he likes, that means a lot of blog supporters, etc. I'm not sure how best to do this, but some statements about it and being consistent about it could help. That includes at least naming a few names (like TPM, some Orange posters, Matthews, Olberman, etc.). Once KO and others are tossed under the bus, we can talk.

But this time out, as the Democrats got ready to embark on another of their periodic self-purifying rituals, she turned out to be the designated sacrifice, the past life that needed to be cursed and stoned by the tens of thousands of low-cholesterol, high-tech progressives gathered to have the new prophet wash away their sins in the Willamette River. What was left for her to do? Only to accept the love of the lowbrow sinners who didn't want to repent. She could tumble into bed with the less educated and more prejudiced and just plain tasteless, the way Bill had spent a lifetime seeking relief from Hillary Clinton with girls who looked like Paula Jones.

ick.

And for more evidence of FITH (see Corrente), check out The Real Mick Jagger of Politics

None of these camps, however, can compellingly defend Clinton's recent moment of wondering aloud about the RFK assassination.

And her undeniable and sometimes inexcusable mistakes. Her invocation of the assassination of Robert Kennedy. How could we not interpret this, in Freudian terms, as an expression of her daydream, her unconfessed desire? And therefore the manifestation of her subconscious in broad daylight...

I thought Michael Kinsley had proudly admitted that her remarks were "willfully misinterpreted"...

Isn't that just great?  One show about a woman maintaining her family's standard of living by selling pot, and another about a woman paying her bills with sex.

What next?  Hey, I know - a show about a mom who kills people for money - she can do bake sales and car pools and hit jobs all in the same day - how cute and interesting and compelling would that be?

Gosh, is it any wonder people think it's all just peachy to demean and belittle women when this is the entertainment industry's idea of what we should be watching?

Yes, it's just TV, it's not "real," but how women are portrayed in the imaginary world has a lot to do with how we are seen in the real one.

How can Obama reach out to you? What things can he say/do that would raise your comfort level with him? I ask this with all sincerity, because I am going to work for his campaign, and voters just like you are the ones I want to speak with.

So, how do we talk to you? What do you want to hear?

Independent Voter wrote this yesterday but the Gallop thread was closed. I thought about this and have an answer:

The only way that Obama can reach out to me is to put Hillary on the ticket. I will hate that she has to be the water bearer, but of the 3 top candidates, she is the only one who I believe can actually get something accomplished in the next Presidential term. Yep, that will do it IV. As for what do I want to hear and how do you talk to me? I believe for me, it is too late. I keep thinking of that finger, brush off, dust off, etc that Obama used in regard to Hillary. What kind of leader (Except GW) would use those hand jestures when they are suppose to be such a eleoquent speaker? Did someone tell him to do that or was it his usual way of dealing with people? The finger bothers me. Try scratching your face right now. Do you use just the middle finger? This was crass. Like the good Rev humping the podium. So Obama pulls the chair out for Hillary and flips her off for the crowd. I would have liked to have heard an apology like I was just funning for the crowd. Too late now.

1. Shouldn't the VP candidate have the opportunity to choose his or her own chief of staff? Unless there already is one (see question 2 below).