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Jon Sits Down With President Barack Obama — Watch Now

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President Barack Obama made history last night, becoming the first sitting president to appear on The Daily Show. Watch him discuss all aspects of his first two years in office — from health care to the economy to the audacity of hope — with Jon in the latest installment of Indecision 2010: Midterm Teapartyganza.

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Video: Aid sits as cholera spreads in Haiti (via Anderson Cooper 360)

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Dino Rossi

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Dino Rossi:

wants to repeal the landmark health care legislation recently passed by Congress.

In our State Legislature he wrote a budget that denied health care to 40,000 low-income children, and opposed negotiating with drug companies to reduce the cost of medicine.

He voted against our Patient’s Bill of Rights, and against putting patients and doctors – instead of insurance companies – in charge of medical decisions.

Dino Rossi would vote to overturn our freedom of choice, and says he might support requiring rape victims to bear the children of their attackers.

Vote for Patty Murray for US Senate

Source: Emily’s List

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Election update …Seattle -a message from Adam

10/28/2010 Nativegrl77

Volunteers needed in Seattle: 1116
Volunteers signed up so far: 568

Hey,

I spent all night going over the latest numbers from across the country, and I wanted to fill you in on what we’re seeing with just 5 days left.

You’ve probably heard about some very scary polls. When you ask voters generically which party they’re going to vote for, Democrats are down by about 8 points. And it’s true that we’re playing defense for about 100 seats across the country.

But beneath the surface, when you look at specific races, we’re seeing that many of them are still quite fluid. Sure, some Democrats are losing ground, but others are surging in the polls, and there are some candidates who now seem more likely to win than they did a week or two ago (like Michael Bennet in Colorado, Patty Murray in Washington, and Ann Kuster in New Hampshire).

So it’s time to concentrate on the places where we can make the most difference.

We’ve decided to target 59 key races, including Patty Murray‘s, where we have reason to believe a flood of grassroots volunteers in the final push could make a real difference. And in those places, our volunteer numbers have been steadily climbing—we turned out about 20% more people last week than the week before, and we’re getting amazing feedback from targeted campaigns about how MoveOn volunteers are making a big impact in reaching out to voters.

Nevertheless, we’re still far short of our overall goals. In Seattle alone, we’re counting on 1116 volunteers, and so far we’ve only signed up 568. So our numbers need to improve dramatically over the next couple of days, in order for candidates like Patty Murray to run an effective voter turnout operation that can overcome the national trend.

So consider this a personal request: Will you sign up to volunteer for Patty Murray in Seattle?

Yes, I’ll sign up to volunteer.

Sorry, I can’t.

Thanks for all you do.–Adam