Mid America Mom's Page

As I blogged about in June..."And no matter what you do for Barack Obama- no matter how small - it is like throwing a pebble in the ocean in that you will make a wave."

Wednesday I had a phone conversation with someone in Los Angeles (note I am in the midwest)! I connected with them as part of this phone banking tool on the mybarackobama.com site for the Canvass on Saturday.

This young mom with young kids was excited and charged up for Barack Obama! We spent 30 minutes chat

It is late but I wanted to throw this out there for those undecided friends.

Many on both sides want the same things but differ on how it is to be achieved. As a parent and wife I know the power of compromise. Compromise is what makes things supported and successful!

"I have the battle scars to prove .." is not moving us forward but keeping us back. The my way or the highway and VETO stick in Washington has got to GO. This thought p

Last night I was one of many who were staying up watching the campaign tally of 350,000 and 500,000 on the home page! I threw in a last $5 thinking - Come On Tally!!! It was like a game show - Will they get it? When? Who gets us over the top and will they get profiled?

Is this sane?

Our own hopes for that experience of being brought to the mountain and living history is mighty.

I think our supporters have this expectation. We are always looking for th

What happened to the covenant of common good?

We look out and see deep pockets of corporations profiting from war and paying politicians, thousands dying in a war, middle class in debt and paying more taxes, prisoners spend years in a Cuban prison with no rights, families suffering w

Today is a day of mourning for the world. We lost citizens and first responders and numerous immigrants and foreign nationals.

In that tragedy we pulled together. People got in th