A beautiful video that was shown on the jumbo-tron at the Grant Park Rally in Chicago after it was announced that Barack Obama had been elected the next president of the United States.

Thank you to all the volunteers, the brilliant campaign staff (shout out to the New Media Team!), the masses of people who donated their time, money and creative energy to this campaign. Now the real work begins…

Happy Election Day everyone! And no matter who you choose for office, we’re glad you got out there to exercise your right to vote. No but seriously folks, vote for Obama.

Dorothee with that post-voting glow…

Dres of the platinum-selling hip hop group Black Sheep has revitalized the 1991 hit The Choice is Yours, rewriting lyrics and donating his time to create this pro-Obama voter initiative video. He partnered with Austin based creative teams at Voodoo Cowboy Entertainment and Super!Alright! Media, all of whom volunteered their time. Dres re-recorded and shot the updated version of The Choice is Yours in Austin, Texas in just under two days.

Thanks to @natesayer for the tip!

Check out this goofy Ferris Bueller spoof (starring yours truly as Sloan!) This election day–why not take the day off for a change? Your help is needed across the country to make sure we get the change we need. Go to barackobama.com/taketheday to find out all you need to know.

And of course, don’t forget to vote!

This is our favorite coverage of the presidential campaign season so far. 5th grade reporter Damon Weaver asks Joe Biden “What a does a VP do?” during an interview on Sept. 2, 2008 in Palm Beach County, FL.

In the spirit of the Girl Effect , the Obama campaign has released this cool video to accompany their Obama Tax Calculator.

Calculate YOUR taxcut!

Apparently, I screwed up…

Props to Moveon.org for putting together this awesome get-out-the-vote campaign. It is truly engaging and proves that customized media is a great way to spread a message virally. Click here to customize a cnnbc video for your friends.

Special thanks to Hans Royal-Hedinger for the tip!

Sarah Palin is a woman, so she’s probably the best candidate for women, right? WAY wrong.

If McCain and Palin win, Women Lose.

Eleanor Smeal, President of Feminist Majority, says, “Obama/Biden are running on the strongest platform for women’s rights of any major party in U.S. history”.

That’s why Feminist Majority launched www.FeministsForObama.org, a side-by-side comparison of the Democratic and Republican nominees on four major women’s issues: Violence Against Women, Abortion and Contraception, Women and Work, and Breast Cancer and Health Care.

To reach as many people as possible, Feminist Majority created three striking PSAs that illuminate some of the grave truths about the McCain/Palin record on women’s issues.

One in Six
“Under Sarah Palin, rape survivors were forced to pay up to $1200 for rape evidence collection kits.”

Unholy Trinity
“John McCain voted against funding to fight and prevent domestic violence”

Violation
“John McCain and Sarah Palin are running on a platform that seeks to outlaw a woman’s right to an abortion even in cases of rape and incest.”

McCain on Breast Cancer

McCain voted against funding breast cancer research if it meant taking away from military funds. Breast cancer affects all women, even the 370,000 women currently serving in the US Armed Forces. Since breast cancer attacks 1 in 8 women, that means 46,250 members of the US military will deal with breast cancer. And John McCain voted NO.

McCain on Violence Against Women

Senators Obama and Biden have sponsored and supported legislation, including funding, to reduce violence against women and to assist women survivors of domestic abuse. Biden authored the federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Obama cosponsored the reauthorization of VAWA and authored legislation on violence against women as an Illinois State Senator.

Not only did McCain vote NO on VAWA, but he also failed to co-sponsor VAWA reauthorization although many Republican and Conservative Senators did.

Quick Facts

Did you know Senator McCain voted against establishing the Army’s Breast Cancer Research Program? This program, which started modestly, appropriated hundreds of millions to Breast Cancer research.

Did you know Senator McCain opposes the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act? The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act would restore a woman’s right to fight pay discrimination in court.

Did you know Senator McCain has ducked questions on contraceptive insurance discrimination as recently as July 2008?

Visit www.FeministsForObama.org to read more.

Ok people, the deadline for registering to vote is coming up! Don’t be a slacker, VoteforChange.com makes it easy.

YouTube description for the 5Friends video:

Leonardo DiCaprio, will i. am, Tobey Maguire, and Forest Whitaker have created public service announcements to encourage American youth to register to vote. The non-partisan PSAs, produced by DiCaprio’s Appian Way, were created to engage and inspire young people to register and vote and participate in the upcoming election.

As an enthusiastic fan of the McGlaughlin Group, I can’t help but find this clip charming and amusing. According to the YouTube description, public radio’s Faith Salie asked rock star Andrew WK to put the McLaughlin Group to music; and these are the results! The very cool animation is done by Scott Bateman of Salon.com’s Video Dog series.