The "Yes We can" video supporting Obama is my favorite.

Just search "yes we can" on youtube and you are there.

The video was posted 4 months ago and has 204K+ views. That's hardly viral.

Obama's video was posted 1 week ago and two separate versions each have 3500K+ views. Now that's viral.

The "Yes We Can" video was captivating. I watched it several times, passed it on to many friends.

This one feels like a way over-long TV commercial, complete with a generic jingle. I gave up halfway through.

Hilarious. Although posting it might be a touch mean, I can understand how you couldn't resist. (This was just at circa 6000 views when I saw it earlier today.)

The Clinton campaign shouldn't be blamed for the submissions of some supporters. But hilarious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iu9r040blE&feature=related

It's like having a front row seat at Jonestown sans the ending.

I saw that the other day. I can watch it for about 8 seconds before I start laughing uncontrollably.

The Clintons are at the point of complete desperation.

Sorry, but I think I have a Clinton allergy (not just to Hillary but to both of them -- especially to him). I sure hope she's not the nominee, because I've never voted Republican in 29 years of voting ... and I'd love to keep the streak alive.

I think it is representative of the culture of the two campaigns. It also shows why younger generations are going for Obama.

The reaction video J posted is hilarious -- much better than the video they're reacting to.

Obama' Yes We Can is still the best. But this "John McCain" parody of that video is pretty funny as well.

I'm an Obama guy and was floored by the "yes we can" video.

But come on, people. In terms of who should win the election, if Obama is 100 and Hillary is maybe 60, McCain is minus 100. Let's not buy into the "anyone but Hillary" stupidity and ridicule her campaign or supporters. Look what purism got us with Nader in 2000.

You can tell when a video truly goes viral by checking out the viral video chart. The Chart has a ton of fun graphs and numbers that illustrate the magnitude of popularity for the Top 20 videos of either the last 24 hours, the last 30 days or the last 365 days.

This Hillary video did finally go viral when bloggers started posting the video on their sites, which multiplies viewings exponentially. It was on the chart for about a week, and has been re-entering the Top 20 sporadically since then.

You can see the Obama video "Yes We Can" has a ton of views. It's been viewed more times than any other video in the last year, and it's only been online for a couple of weeks.

I've never voted Republican in 29 years of voting ... and I'd love to keep the streak alive.

I feel it necessary to do my part to give 'suicide voters' a little reality check whenever I can. I've never in my life voted Republican and would saw off my own hand before I did so. I strongly hope, and also expect, that Obama will end up being our nominee. But in the unlikely event that Hillary wins it, let's just take a look at what a knee-jerk vote for McCain will get you.

McCain has no desire to end the war in Iraq; his willingness to stay there for a century is well-known. Despite her vote to authorize the war, Hillary is committed to ending it and bringing the troops home soon. So a vote for McCain is a vote for the Bushite policies that keep us in an unwinnable conflict. McCain is a hawk with a strong desire to go to war with Iran. Hell, he even thinks it's funny.

McCain will not lift a finger towards making sure that all Americans receive affordable health care. Hillary supports the most comprehensive universal health care plan of any candidate. A vote for McCain is a vote for continuing the unforgivable disparity in health care coverage in America.

McCain supports making permanent the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, having flip-flopped on that issue to appeal to the conservative base. Hillary would preside over an administration that would put an end to these oligarchical perks.

John McCain is opposed to a woman's right to choose. He would be 'just fine' if Roe v. Wade were repealed. Hillary Clinton is pro-choice.

John McCain has said that he will appoint 'strict constructionists' (read: conservative activists) to the glut of vacancies that are likely to come open on the Supreme Court during the next administration. We already have a 5-4 conservative majority in the court: McCain appointments could lead to a Supreme Court that would undo many of the hard-won civil liberties that past progressive courts have given us. Hillary Clinton would not nominate such judges.

Need I go on? What is it with suicide voters? Are you trying to teach someone a lesson? Will it give you a personal feeling of satisfaction to put a conservative back in the White House just to spite Hillary Clinton?

I know there are many, many so-called 'progressives' who will vote for McCain if Hillary is the Democratic nominee. I am not addressing this to the rabid, hate-filled, slavering, tin-foil hat wearing leftist loonies who will do this no matter what.

But if you're sitting on the fence, wondering if you should sell out America's future just because Hillary's candidacy leaves a bad taste in your mouth, please reconsider. If you honestly believe that there is no difference between McCain and Clinton, please see above for just a few examples of how dead-wrong you are. I hope to hell that Obama wins the nomination, and as more time passes I expect that he will. But in the off-chance that he doesn't, I implore Hillary haters not to sell your country down the river just because Hillary Clinton isn't Mother Teresa. Maybe she doesn't deserve the presidency. But she'll do a helluva lot better job than John McCain.

Pat Ryan,

Although I can't quite figure out why you think I'm wrong on some of the other points I mentioned (is Hillary really anti-choice?), the one that you do agree with is reason enough to hold one's nose and vote Hillary should it come to that. I really hope it doesn't.

I know my post was off-topic, but I feel strongly that a 'revenge vote' that would help elect a maniacal turd like John McCain is anathema to every progressive ideal I can think of, so I thought I would address it right where I see it.

That's the saddest video I've ever seen.

And the lyrics? They don't know why we're fighting this war? Well ask Hillary, since she loves them so much.

Obama/Schweitzer 08

gag me with a spoon,

it's as fake as her laugh

Yeesh, that's almost cringe inducing. Whatever happened to the catchy jingle ala JFK? Hillary is still my gal, though.

Ah, here it is. You gotta love this classic

Brian, although I am old enough to remember the 1960 election, I don't remember that one. Sounded like Frank Sinatra was one of the singers. Saw some pictures of Bobbby Kennedy in there also.

The one I do remember is this one--just text, not a video.

http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/High+Hopes+Lyrics.htm

Steve said:-"Hmmm.... "suicide voters", that's a new term. I've been calling them "purity trolls", but it amounts to the same thing. I'm an Obama supporter, but if Texas, Ohio, and Pennsylvania all suddenly decide to go 70/30 for Hillary and she pulls it out, I'm voting for her."

I think it's hard for many Dems to comprehend the amount of visceral Hillary-hate there is out there, mainly because it doesn't necessarily exist in our circles of friends and family. However, there some Dems, Indies, and many Repubs who will never, under any circumstances consider voting for Hillary. That category has polled from the upper-forties to over 50 per cent in the past several months. That's why her electability is a part of the equation. The match-ups with McCain look especially terrible. I think if she somehow snatches the nomination in a fashion that thwarts actual voter preference for Obama, or pulls something like changing the rules on Mich. and Florida to win, that will so alienate the Obama people, especially the young ones, they will simply sit it out, and their affiliation to the Dem party will be lost for a generation.

One can say that is irrational but the choice for a president is more often a choice for a person and not a policy, and actions that inspire distrust, or a public persona that is truly unlikeable dooms a candidate. It is a visceral and affective choice for many. HRC's campaign narrative has also been so crafted that it fits with the narrative already in people's minds that she "will do anything to win." And statements by her campaign that they intend to win with the supers, regardless of how the primaries end up, her jr. high efforts to change the rules on Mich. and Florida play into the meme very well.

Ronald Reagan is a case in point. Well documented polling shows the American voter disagreed with Reagan on a major part of his policies. But they loved the guy, or his public persona. Probably most Americans agree with HRCs policy statements, but they distrust her and don't like her personally. Her campaign behavior and her record of influence peddling and capitulating to the Washington game, her reliance on husband Bill to advance ambitions, they all play into the narrative that paints her unlikeable and loyal to her personal ambition above all else.

@ Brian - My kids LOVE that Kennedy video. I was trying to explain to them who the song "Peter Pumpkin Head" was about when a friend directed me to that ad from Kennedy. They just don't make them like that anymore.

That is a great ad. Even though it was slightly before my time, that jingle has stuck in my head for decades. Is it just me or does it sort of remind anyone else of the old drive-in movie ads at intermission?

wait a minute... i thought this video was a joke??? don't tell me it is serious!?!

too cheese...viral? i clicked for curiosity but i am for obama ...no umpph...it says we fight for what we KNOW is right? whats the message? whats right?

There is something about Hillary so remarkable that she inspire all my family. As far as Obama charisma, there is plenty of doubts..Hillary definitely takes my heart !

Better Barack Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw4fRvFhuh4

Something about the man...please watch it and spread the link....

Hope that no one votes for a candidate based on an endorsement video. Such a waste of money and time on both sides better spent on getting the info out about the candidate's stand on the issues. Re the Barack video: why should anyone believe that a bunch of super rich musicians and actors could actually CARE that so many Americans are without health care? Hillary has worked devotedly to this issue, and can make a change.

here's my new favorite...even this is better quality

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