*********Heads Up: Barack and Michelle Obama Now Live - started 1.39 PM EST - 30/04/2008*********

[Hope And Change]

Sen. Obama in Indianapolis

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama campaigns in Indianapolis.

http://edition.cnn.com/video/live/live.html?stream=stream2

[SharonRB]

1. Thanks!

I love these live streams.

[livetohike]

2. Thanks!

Michelle is there too :-).

[ShortnFiery]

3. Thanks Much!

:hi: :thumbsup:

[Hope And Change]

4. Kick!

:kick:

[Bigleaf]

5. Thanks Hope and Change. By the way, are you Canadian? The date format you used (mo/day/year)

is the way the Canucks do it.

[Hope And Change]

6. European.

[Bigleaf]

12. I see. The date thing is a dead giveaway. It took me a while to get used to writing the

date using the US format after moving from Canada.

[livetohike]

7. Michelle is so cool - really

:hi:

[SharonRB]

9. She's doing great today

[TexasLady]

8. wow this is a cool gathering!

interesting!
kick

[SharonRB]

11. Seems like a new format

Must be a very small, intimate group.

[livetohike]

10. Taking questions now n/t

[JimGinPA]

13. Thanks

K&R

[Hope And Change]

14. Kick!

:kick:

[ShortnFiery]

15. He's now "getting real" and talking to people about the ISSUES which matter.

Go Obama! :patriot:

[futureliveshere]

16. details please....man i gotta get me a tivo

[MadBadger]

17. Obama is talking about Reverand Wright.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

20. And doing a damn fine job.

[futureliveshere]

21. What is he saying? Could someone PLEASE post some details.

[ClayZ]

18. K and R

[SemiCharmedQuark]

19. He's looking/sounding good today

He seemed shaken yesterday.

[jenmito]

27. It's like the weight of the world has been lifted off his shoulders. Now he can continue

to run for president so he can help CHANGE the country and the world for the better!

[livetohike]

22. Michelle and I both come from modest backgrounds

....in each of our families, we always believed you could make life better for the next generation.

In the next couple of months.....we want to get back talking about you. This campaign is not about me.

[jenmito]

23. K& (5th) R! They are obviously in love. What a beautiful couple!

[SemiCharmedQuark]

24. Michelle speaking about the hopes she has for her children.

Her voice is breaking as she talks about working for more for our children.

"But we also know that the lives that our kids are leading are not available to the children of the vast majority in this country and it’s not right."

[Hope And Change]

25. Kick!

:kick:

[livetohike]

26. Michelle is talking about thinking about the future for the kids

How every child should have access to a good education. Every child should not have to wait for hours in ER to get their health care (no primary health insurance).

Have to get ourselves as a nation to level the playing field so our kids can live out their hopes and dreams.

[goclark]

32. I'm yelling ~ Thank you Barack,thank you Michelle!

Finally ISSUES from real people.

Finally talking to ordinary people instead of Wolf, Tweety and all the other Rethugs.

No Debate~ the candidates need to listen to the voters.

This is it!

I love the easy way that he talks to people, like adults and like he truly values them.

This is fantastic.

Never again should they face false questions from people with agendas.

We don't have time for Agendas and SPINNERS, this is grassroots at it's finest.

[knixphan]

34. THAT'S what I'm talkin' about! - well said.

[livetohike]

35. This is a really nice format for them

I wonder how many people are there??

[goclark]

38. I like the focus on Michelle and Barack

but the questions are real concerns and the speakers are down to earth and sincere.
EXCELLENT!

K and R

[IndianaGreen]

28. For what is worth, we are going to be canvassing for Obama this weekend, again!

Hoosiers for Obama volunteers are working very hard to get Obama's message of hope and new politics out, particularly to low-info voters that tend to forget the role the Clintons played in NAFTA. Indiana is one of those states that has been hit particularly hard by NAFTA. My then-life partner saw the GE plant where she worked close down and moved operations to Mexico. NAFTA is not just an acronym to many of us.

I will return to my normal DU posting habits after Tuesday's primary, until then, I will only post whenever I get a free chance (like now!).

Best wishes to Obama volunteers in Indiana and North Carolina. Let's win for our future!

[livetohike]

29. Thank you for doing this. Good luck out there

:patriot:

[uponit7771]

30. good luck!!

[Adelante]

31. Thank you, IG

Best of luck :hi:

[goclark]

36. Let's win it ~ I've sent 200 postcards to Indiana voters

for Obama!

My message is written on the back of lovely picture postcards from California....

Hello,
I hope you have decided to...
VOTE FOR OBAMA!

G.Clark
California

It was so easy and three of my friends helped me.

I'm on my way to the post office to mail 100 more cards and I'll finish the rest of the batch tonight for mailing tomorrow. Those are for the Primaries after IA.

[Window]

50. Thank you for your hard work!

Peace:thumbsup:

[livetohike]

33. Now answering questions from a reservist about

benefits for veterans (reservists and active duty) are treated fairly.

[Hope And Change]

37. Kick!

:kick:

[EnviroBat]

39. His ideas about kids getting "job exposure" in a field that interests them

is phenomenal. I wish that I had something like that available to me while I was in high-school. An internship would have been really beneficial. I might have been inspired to go to college. This guy could really turn this country around.

[Hope And Change]

41. Obama brings out the best of people.

[oviedodem]

40. 2 of the smartest people I have seen in a while. As an AA male

I am going to try to emulate the rest of my professional career after him. I don't care who roasts me for it either.

[goclark]

46. You are absolutely right! This was far better than any debate

I felt like they were in my back yard and we had a group of friends over.

What a refreshing CHANGE to see them actually listening to people and not in sound bits.

This made my day.

And oviedodem... take it from me,you nailed it.
Everything that we watched on the video tells us why they are successful...
1. They really listen to others
2. They value the people they meet
3. They speak to you like a treasured friend that sincerely wants to make your life better
4. They believe in our country and yet they know that it can be better
5. They believe in Education, not just to get a better job, but to enhance their ability to help others
6. They care

Bravo to Michelle and Barack Obama!
We love you and will work night and day to see you in the WH.

You.CAN. MAKE our country a better place.
God Bless America!

[crankychatter]

42. k // r and thanks

.

[Hope And Change]

43. Kick!

:kick:

[goclark]

48. K and Keep kicked please

[ClayZ]

44. Michelle, "Let's not elect someone who has been there and NOT DONE IT!"

Bravo!

K and R

[futureliveshere]

51. Ooh.. That is a GREAT line!! They should use it more often.

[Cha]

52. Great line, indeed! That's hilary in a nutshell..

she's been around for a long time and what does she do? She votes YES on the IWR with reading the 90 page NIE..and continued to support the bushits until mark penn told her it wasn't politically expedient anymore.. Since she can't figure out anything for herself.

[Jensen]

45. There are so right in what this country needs and if we fall for the old tried and true

of the past we will have none to blame but our self's!

[quantass]

47. .

[bigbrother05]

49. Thanks for posting

Listened to all of it, and then Donated again.
I want a new America, and I think this is the man that can get things in motion.
I lived in Germany for 5 years and have been back for almost 2 years now, the inequalities that are here are just mind boggling, and why. because our policies don't work for the people.
I see adults with their prejudice against everything, that does not amount to nothing. The divide is caused by lack of involvement.