Obama Warns against Over Confidence:

[amborin]

Hey, Dems, we need to fight as we're 10 down, until Nov 5.

Even Obama warns against complacency:




"By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent
Thu Oct 16, 2:10 PM ET



NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama warned his supporters to guard against overconfidence on Thursday as he and underdog Republican rival John McCain opened a 19-day sprint to Election Day.

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The two candidates hit the campaign trail -- Obama in New York and New Hampshire and McCain in Pennsylvania -- after their third and last presidential debate on Wednesday, a testy face-off that made an Ohio plumber famous.

So far, all the stars seemed to be lining up in Obama's favor. He leads in national opinion polls and in many of the battleground states where the November 4 race will be won or lost.

A confident but cautious Obama told supporters in New York "We are now 19 days not from the end but from the beginning. The amount of work that's going to be involved for the next president will be extraordinary."

Traders betting on future events in the political prediction markets are overwhelmingly predicting an Obama victory, giving the Illinois Democrat a better than 80 percent chance of winning.

Ireland's biggest bookmaker, Paddy Power, was already declaring Obama the winner. The Dublin-based bookmaker said it would pay out early more than 1 million euros ($1.35 million) on bets that Obama will be the next U.S. president.

But Obama pointed out to deep-pocket contributors at a fundraising breakfast in Manhattan, and later to supporters in a driving rain in Londonderry, New Hampshire, that he was supposed to win New Hampshire last January in the Democratic primary but lost the state to Sen. Hillary Clinton.

"We are 19 days away from changing this country -- 19 days. But for those who are getting a little cocky, I've got two words for you: New Hampshire. I learned right here that you can't let up or pay too much attention to the polls," he said.

In New York, he said: "I've been in these positions before when we were favored and the press starts getting carried away and we end up getting spanked."

NEW POLITICAL STAR

The new star in U.S. politics -- at least for a news cycle or two -- is Joe Wurzelbacher, "Joe the plumber," who told Obama at a campaign stop that he wanted to buy a small plumbing business in Holland, Ohio.

Joe came up about two dozen times during the debate as each candidate argued that their prescriptions for America's economic ills would help the plumber best."

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[texastoast]

1. I'm block walking this weekend

Every one of us needs to be working our asses off.

Until we are up 15 points, we need to remember that the puke Plan B is to steal the election.

There must be no question.

[mickeymusic]

2. The Real Fight For The White House Is On!

The Real Fight For The White House Is On! This is not a time for overconfidence, precisely! I'm very proud to be an Obama supporter because he is the best man for the job as President of our United States of America. Get out there and be proactive showing Obama support! When you are in line at the supermarket, the bank or post office take time to introduce yourself and talk about supporting Obama. I only worry about the privacy of the voting booth. 1860 is not so removed in time or culture. If you do not have an Obama button to wear, then make one! I've got an Obama button that I wear everyday and it starts conversations for me. Just the other day I was sitting in the dentist chair and my dentist said, so you're an Obamaq supporter, as he pumped the drill a few times looking at me. He's a McCain supporter originally from communist Rumania. We had a good talk. I'm not sure if I changed his mind, but I sure gave him things to think about. I made a sign for my car that reads: A Rock! That's Obama. Vote Obama Biden 08. It's not the time for complacency - YOU make a difference, and DO IT TODAY!