Many people have paid attention to the part of the speech (watch the video, it is a good one) where Obama reminded us of his opposition to this war, and firmly stated he would no longer fund an inane strategy that gets our troops killed. And this was and is VERY IMPORTANT.

Equally as important, however, is this:

We hear eerie echoes of the run-up to the war in Iraq in the way that the President and Vice President talk about Iran. They conflate Iran and al Qaeda. They issue veiled threats. They suggest that the time for diplomacy and pressure is running out when we haven't even tried direct diplomacy. Well George Bush and Dick Cheney must hear - loud and clear - from the American people and the Congress: you don't have our support, and you don't have our authorization for another war.

We need more of our leaders standing up and challenging this madness, coming from Fox, The Weekly Standard and the mouths of Bushies. You want more unnecessary war. Fine. Your kids first.

Here's the Blue Majority page:http://www.actblue.com/page/bluemajority

Upon receiving the endorsement and small dollar donations, Franken's campaign sent this for us to post.

After his Wednesday appearance on The Daily Show (watch a video of his initial appearance here) Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama answered a few questions from CBS News about why he enjoys coming on shows like Jon Stewart's. When asked why he appeared on the show, the Senator responded: "First of all, I'm a fan because I think that Jon is able to break though a lot of the silliness of the campaign season, and in a way you actually end up being more truthful and end up talking more substance on a show like this than sometimes you do on a lot of these other shows."

What "other shows" do you think Obama was talking about? Here's my guess.