Obama-Related Links

• Yesterday there was a horrible Metrolink train accident in Chatsworth (San Fernando Valley) that killed 23 and injured 135. Mitchell Schwartz, the California State Director for the Obama campaign, sends this along:

Many of you have asked what you can do to help. The UCLA Blood and Platelet Center will be open Monday through Friday to accept blood donations. Healthy donors of all blood types are needed to donate blood. Appointments can be made by calling 310-794-7217 ext. 2. Contact the Red Cross at 800-RED-CROSS or visit www.redcross.org for other information about blood donation or ways you can help.

Thank you, and please keep your thoughts and prayers with the families and victims affected by this terrible tragedy.

Please help if you can. It's great that the Obama campaign is sensitive to this kind of thing, especially considering that there's little electoral value in it.

• I also wanted to mention this great tool put together by the Obama campaign called Vote For Change. This is the easiest-to-use tool I've ever seen to register to vote, confirm your voter registration, find your polling place, and apply for an absentee ballot. It's not only a resource for yourself, but something you should forward to everyone you know nationwide. We know that the Republican ground game in this election is primarily concerned with voter suppression and intimidation. Vote For Change is an amazingly simple tool that can help you fight back.