Whenever I hear that citizens of other countries want us to do something, I become skeptical because only rarely do those citizens want us to do something in our own best interests. Well, it turns out that those citizens want us to elect Barack Obama.

I’ve been making the contention lately that the Republican Party and the McCain campaign haven’t been trying as hard as they must to win this election. The rhetoric over the weekend is a good start, but they still have a long way to go if they want to win.

An example of why I think the way that I do can be found in an event going on at Sinclair Community College today. Cuba Gooding Jr. will be at the college to take students across the street to vote early on behalf of the Obama campaign and the Ohio Democratic party. This is the third event like this in three weeks and the second in a week to feature a Hollywood celebrity. [...]