A good week for Obama

Wow, I was surprised to hear this, but I thought it was good news:

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/carville-great-likelihood-for-obama/

. . . according to a South Carolina newspaper, James Carville said the following: "I'm for Senator Clinton, but I think the great likelihood is that Obama will be the nominee. As soon as I determine when that is, I'll send him a check."

Also saw a terrific new Obama ad, but didn't realize it was sponsored by MoveOn.org:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/136707

In it, John Weiler, a Southern California police detective, say, "I'm a veteran, I served under President Ronald Reagan and under the first President Bush. I've been a Republican since before I could actually vote. We need somebody in the White House that is strong. We need somebody who's gonna represent the left and the right, the Democrat and the Republican, everybody. I'm a lifelong Republican and I'm voting for Barack Obama.

Top entertainment figures, including Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, selected the ad in a contest run by the liberal group MoveOn.org for the best 30-second pro-Obama television spot.

MoveOn is spending $200,000 to air the ad for one week in Cincinnati, Denver and Milwaukee, all cities in states considered general election battlegrounds. The ad will also air nationally on cable networks [obviously that's where I saw it].

Watch the ad:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YvO1xELHp3k