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Responsibility

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Keep up the rhetoric on fathers, responsibility, and education

Never before in my knowledge has a presidential campaign been so outspoken on the problems of society and the solutions to them being responsible parents who emphasize education as the means to solving social issues. The problem is not an "African American" problem but one of many families across the US.

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Green Streets - Blue Skies

The economic, social, and environmental choices that we make every day - in our homes, in the workplace - are the key to the future. We need Obama's leadership. We also need to recognize the importance of our individual responsibility.

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Don't re"fool" America, re"fuel" America!

Americans have to take responsibility for our "consumer factor". As less than one sixth of the world's population, a number that is constantly dropping, we consume a grossly inrporportionate amount of the world's resources.

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Stress Personal Responsibility in the General

A key psychological block for many independents is the idea that liberals are all about entitlements. They don't want to see people "take advantage" of the system. Obama has mentioned personal responsibility, along with compassion and helping each other in the past (memorably in his '04 convention speech).

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How should Obama respond to McCain's negative campaign?
Stay above the fray - this campaign is about a new kind of politics
7%
Respond forcefully when necessary but keep talking about the issues
51%
Respond forcefully and hit back hard but make everything pass the truth test
36%
Get in the gutter with McCain and beat him at his own game
3%
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4%
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