I believe that the potential for life begins at conception. I am a Methodist, as you know. My church has struggled with this issue. In fact, you can look at the Methodist Book of Discipline and see the contradiction and the challenge of trying to sort that very profound question out.

But for me, it is also not only about a potential life; it is about the other lives involved. And, therefore, I have concluded, after great, you know, concern and searching my own mind and heart over many years, that our task should be in this pluralistic, diverse life of ours in this nation that individuals must be entrusted to make this profound decision, because the alternative would be such an intrusion of government authority that it would be very difficult to sustain in our kind of open society.

In order to get 50,000 people there. They wouldn't come for a political candidate alone. Isn't that how they got the crowd in Portland? They had Obama follow a concert. In fact, I'm going to do a new post on this.

Question: Who will it be? Springsteen and Stevie Wonder or The Black Eyed Peas?

I'd rather see Bon Jovi or the Eagles. Or Tom Petty (they sure use his songs enough, between American Girl and Won't Back Down.) Of course, none of those groups were declared Obama supporters before the nomination was decided.

Mellencamp played at the DNC in Boston in 2004 in in 2008 he campaigned for Edwards in Iowa and elsewhere. He never chose between the candidates before the primary was decided -- his last shows after Edwards dropped out were one for Obama and one for Hillary. The Goo Goo Dolls also played for both candidates.