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To: coug who wrote (75867)	1/12/2008 8:34:16 PM
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Hillary Clinton and her White House Years mydd.com

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Why I Voted For Senator Obama alligatorreport.wordpress.com

To: coug who wrote (75867)	1/12/2008 9:16:31 PM
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Obama 'the real deal' ___________________________________________________________ by BARRIE BARBER / THE SAGINAW NEWS Saturday January 12, 2008, 8:42 PM Mary K. Bacon of Midland has flown to Obama Camp in Atlanta, studiously attended Obama University in Chicago, traveled to Iowa during the Democratic caucus to campaign and criss-crossed Michigan from Ann Arbor to Petoskey to get out the word about Barack Obama. All at her own expense. Still, it's a little more than frustrating for her that Obama's name -- and that of fellow leading Democratic contender John Edwards -- won't appear on the presidential primary ballot in her home state Tuesday. "I'm disappointed in the political machine," she said. "This man is the real deal." Her advice to Obama supporters: Pick "uncommitted" on the ballot, she said. "It's really important that people in Michigan who want to make a statement for change ... vote uncommitted," she said. Bacon's conversion as an Obama disciple began when she witnessed the freshman U.S. senator from Illinois give a galvanizing speech on TV at the Democratic National Convention in 2004. "All of a sudden I heard this man speaking," she said. "I stood there riveted listening to him give that awesome speech." Fast forward to last year. His message of change and hope brought her to the campaign ranks. She signed up for the campaign, she said, within the seconds she heard on a newscast Obama was in. At age 50, she had never before participated in politics. But to the retired nurse and mother of four, including two adopted children from China, Obama is a "once-in-a-lifetime candidate." "He lights a fire in us," she said. "His message speaks to what people (have) in their hearts. He has an uncanny ability to unite people across all walks of life. "We've been divided by a lot of forces," she said. "The current administration is a very polarizing administration. People don't want to feel at odds with each other ... We've gone off in such a bad direction in this country that I feel driven to make that change." She also knows the candidate personally. "Once I met the guy, I thought, 'We can do this,'" she said. "He looks you in the eye, he shakes your hand, his message resonates." At an Iowa caucus, she watched neighbors cajole and plead with each other to stand behind their candidate at caucus sites in school gymnasiums, town halls and churches across the Midwestern Corn Belt state. And, Obama won. "The air was electric," she said. "It was one of the most exciting experiences that I have ever participated in." Today, she treks throughout Michigan to spread the message of Obama. "It's a labor of love," she said. "I'm driven."