My wife is at the convention and I'm at home. . She was a big Hillary supporter and I was a big Barack supporter. We had many interesting debates and arguments, but we both made a deal that if Hillary won I would go to the convention and support her and if Barack won that she would go to the convention and support him.

So to ease my pain of not being there, I am doing a fundraiser. I've already raised $120 including my own $50. Go to My Act Blue Page and give us another $10, $20 or whatever you can afford.

My fifty reasons.

1. I am a lifelong Democrat

2. My best friend from law school just had his second child - second baby girl this morning. He's also a big Barack supporter.
 
3. I saw Barack speak three times this election cycle:

4. I marched with Barack and the Clinton's across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma in 2007.

5. Beau Biden gave an emotional heartfelt speech last night that brought his father, Michelle Obama and myself and millions of others to tears.

6. John Kerry gave the best speech of his life last night including my favorite line - "Before McCain can debate Obama he needs to finish the debate with himself."

7. My Congressman Artur Davis from Alabama gave a phenomenal nominating speech yesterday.

8. Gov Sebilius gave us this gem - I'm sure you remember a girl from Kansas who said there's no place like home. Well, in John McCain's version, there's no place like home. And a home. And home. And home.

9. My mother in law cried yesterday when Barack won the nomination

10. Brian Schweitzer is great

11. I just read Kos's endorsement of electronic filing for the Senate FEC reports

12. I only own two houses. Well the bank really owns both of them.

13. Chris Van Hollen gave a good speech yesterday that nobody saw.

14. One of our Two For Tuesday Candidates took the Stage with Van Hollen - Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico 3

15. Another one of our Two for Tuesday Candidates took the stage yesterday - Jeff Merkley of Oregon

16. Hillary Clinton ended the roll call yesterday in support of Obama

17. Republicans like Jim Leach and some other guy I saw from Iowa support Obama

18. "No way, no how, no McCain!!!"

19. That's not Change, that's more of the same.

20. Did I say that I like Joe Biden

21. Bill Richardson gave a great speech tonight.

22. I get to rub it in my wife's face that I was right and she is wrong.

23. I'm proud of my wife for being at the convention today

24. Because Left in Alabama <a href="Left'>http://www.leftinalabama.com">Left in Alabama</a> has provide great coverage throughout.

25. Because CSPAN has been great.

26. Al Gore gave a solid speech. Loved the recycling line.

27. Because i only have to come up with 23 more reasons

28. That's not Change we can Believe in

29. Fire it up

30. I'm a big Dick Durbin fan. We met at the DuQuoin State Fair and he remember me two weeks later in Chicago and then four months later in the halls of Congress.

31. Dick Durbin still doesn't know I was the one that wrecked his campaign truck (it really wasn't that bad, but just wanted it to sound dramatic)

32. AlObama voted for Barack on super tuesday.

33. I have a picture of me with Hillary when i was 17 at a conference in DC. that I kept up the entire primary season

34. I endorsed Barack for President in 2008 4 years ago

35. Because John McCain was a POW - had to be in here somewhere right?

36. John McCain is not a maverick - he's a sidekick says Sen. Bob Casey

37. McCain will announce his awful VP choice sometime in the next 48 hours

38. Al Gore will give a great speech tonight

39. Ted Kennedy - enough said

40. We can't have 12 more years of Bush economics

41. McCain doesn't understand the economy by his own admission

42. Only 8 more to go and after 8 we are rid of W.

43. John Conyers said he will hold Rove in contempt

44. Michelle Obama gave a great speech

45. 45 years ago Martin Luther King had a dream on this very same day.

46. 4 more to go and only 4 more months of Bush

47. 3 more to go - 3 states to tour this weekend or Obama-Biden - Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Ohio

48. 75,000 plus at Invesco field tonight

49  Obama- Biden supported the GI Bill

50 Change is something I can Believe in !!!