Deciding which of the candidates running for president of the USA must surely be one of the most important decisions as an American citizen can make this fall. As a Canadian living in the US as a permanent resident, I don't have the vote. However, I would urge anyone reading this blog who can vote to vote for Barack Obama in November. I won't attempt to make an argument today for why you should vote for Obama. Instead, I'll simply express my support for Obama and follow my friend Lloyd's lead by embedding one of Obama's latest political ads ("Plan for Change"):

Lloyd quotes the text of the speech, which you can find in many places, including an analysis of the speech in the NY Times today, which concluded that the ad "is substantive, providing a simple, easy-to-follow outline of Mr. Obama’s campaign promises, but its length and monotonous visuals could lose the viewer’s attention."