So far, nearly 3 million hits on youtube for Obama's speech. Watch for his #s to rise even higher.

[jenmito]

This is the first weekend after Obama's speech. Now more people have the time to watch his video. And for anyone else who cares about Obama's response to the Wright "controversy," I bet they'll be watching this speech and having a new respect for him.

For anyone who wants to watch it (again) or send it to someone else to watch, here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWe7wTVbLUU

[azmouse]

1. I'm glad so many people are hearing that speech.

Obama was amazing and very Presidential.

[jenmito]

3. So am I. BEFORE this weekend, they said "over 1 million" people viewed it. And even THEN

his numbers were improving. I just know this trend will continue the more people see the speech. And with all the praise the speech got, I bet it got a LOT of people interested in watching it.

[uponit7771]

2. ...and those are the ones who've done the WHOLE download which takes around 5 minutes. That's...

...broken a lot of records

[jenmito]

4. I hate to sound stupid, but what do you mean by "the whole download" taking 5 minutes?

I know the whole SPEECH is 37 minutes, but I didn't realize it took some people time to download it first...

[NoBushSpokenHere]

6. Not all of us are fortunate enough to have high speed internet

I have it at the office, but not at other locations. The download is long on dial up.

[jenmito]

10. Oh, ok. Thanks!

I guess I don't appreciate how lucky I am to have such a high speed modem.

[VolcanoJen]

49. jenmito, that's why The Speech is offered as one 37-minute speech...

... and also offered in five segments, to ease the load on dial-uppers.

Very cool that BarackObama.com makes it as easy as possible for EVERYONE to watch and listen! :-)

[GarbagemanLB]

7. I think he means that red 'bar' that loads in the youtube videos (where it shows how far you are

progressing through any given video).

[jenmito]

11. Thanks to you, too! Mine just plays instantly.

:hi:

[GarbagemanLB]

5. That is ONE video of it, and there are more of his speech on Youtube alone. This also doesn't includ

e the other websites carrying the video or those who watched it live. It really has been an amazing response.

[jenmito]

12. Good point! True.

With all the hype it got, I just KNOW more people will be watching it and turning back to him or going to him when they hadn't been with him before. :)

[BeyondGeography]

8. Even my father was at least pretending to be impressed

and he's a 70-something paleo-con.

[jenmito]

13. That's funny...

"...at least PRETENDING to be impressed." Well, that's a start. :D

[Scurrilous]

9. K & R

:thumbsup:

[jenmito]

14. Thanks, Scurrilous!

:hi:

[OhioBlue]

15. on one of the Sunday shows

they were talking about how many hits the youtube video had.

I think the talking heads are starting to change their tune. We still have the rabid right wingers that follow talking points, but it seems that the focus has changed and more people are even defending the Rev.

[jenmito]

16. I heard that, too...

And if you haven't seen his 3 ads he now has running in PA, you can see them here: (I think they'll help him): http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/index.html

[hisownpetard]

17. K&R. I'm so glad people are still watching it. The more, the merrier!

:hi:

[jenmito]

19. Thanks, hisownpetard! Yup, the more the merrier. And there are more merrier people by the day!

:hi:

[WillyT]

18. Here It Is In Hi Res !!! - K & R !!!

Link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=5167221

Enjoy!!!

:hi:

[jenmito]

21. Thanks for that, WillyT!

:hi:

[WillyT]

22. You Are Quite Welcome !!!

:hi:

[jenmito]

25. I like looking at the high res. ones better!

:hi:

[quantass]

20. Jaw... meet Floor

[jenmito]

23. My jaw's right down there with yours!

:D

[me b zola]

24. This speech will be in the history books

K&R

[jenmito]

26. I agree...

I just showed the speech to my white sister who has a black husband and 3 biracial kids and she LOVED it!

[jackson_dem]

27. "rise even higher." They haven't risen and some polls show they have went down slightly

Only in the Obama echo chamber that is blogosphere was it hyped as the greatest speech ever.

[jenmito]

29. Gallup has him back in the lead. He was down by 7 before he gave his speech.

[jackson_dem]

30. Gallup is the only poll to show this

And even there all he did was return to where he was before pastorgate. Every other poll, whether it is a national poll like Rasmussen and CBS or state polling has him down or unchanged.

[jenmito]

31. "...all he did was return to where he was before pastorgate"? Mission accomplished.

[jackson_dem]

32. In one poll. Right now it looks like an outlier

[jenmito]

33. Did it look like an outlier when he was DOWN 7 points?

[TheDoorbellRang]

35. Here's the average of latest polls

from RealClearPolitics

Democratic Presidential Nomination

Polling Data
Poll Date Sample Obama Clinton Spread
RCP Average 03/13 - 03/22 - 46.3 43.4 Obama +2.9

Rasmussen Tracking 03/19 - 03/22 900 LV 44 45 Clinton +1.0
Gallup Tracking 03/19 - 03/21 1227 V 48 45 Obama +3.0
FOX News 03/18 - 03/19 388 RV 38 40 Clinton +2.0
CBS News 03/15 - 03/18 LV 46 43 Obama +3.0
CNN 03/14 - 03/16 463 RV 52 45 Obama +7.0
USA Today/Gallup 03/14 - 03/16 530 A 49 42 Obama +7.0
Reuters/Zogby 03/13 - 03/14 525 LV 47 44 Obama +3.0

See All Democratic Presidential Nomination Polling Data

[biglefthander]

52. The newspapers in my bird cage...

are newer than these polls. Not surprised by the results of the Fox poll.

[cooolandrew]

28. Very impressive.

[cooolandrew]

37. kick

[azmouse]

34. ...

[Shine]

36. I've now seen it three times and each time I've been moved to tears

I saw it alone my first time

Then yesterday with one of my best friends and my 14 yr old son

Then tonite with my husband and my mother.

:thumbsup: It's a brilliant speech. Even my mother, who claims to be a McCain supporter, was impressed.

[cooolandrew]

38. kick

[cooolandrew]

39. kick

[cooolandrew]

40. KICK

[cooolandrew]

41. Kick

[cooolandrew]

42. kick

[cooolandrew]

43. kick

[Bonobo]

44. I'm on the "Obama Line"!

[cooolandrew]

45. kick

[Cha]

46. Kick!

:hi:

[cooolandrew]

47. kick

[zonkers]

48. Wow, the comments from around the world are wonderful.

[quantass]

50. Approaching 4 million now! WOW! We are living in WONDERFUL Times!

[FrenchieCat]

51. 4,478,732 from what I could gather thus far......

as there are various ones out there.....not just that main one.

That's viral! :thumbsup: