You can view it for yourself below.

The spot is meant to encourage volunteerism (and that is absolutely a noble goal), but with it’s ultra-exagerated slow-motion, it really just comes off as cheesy and ripe for parody. In fact, the Weekly Standard, already has a wonderfully mocking video posted.

What really concerns me about this though, is there no instance, no moment, no day on the calendar which Obama feels he cannot inject himself? Do I really have to endure “Hope and Change” at my dinner table on Thanksgiving? Does he ever think he has reached over-exposure or is that not even possible in the Obama universe?

Hoffman acknowledged that he would not have conceded on Election Night had he known the vote was this close. In order for him to overtake Owens, Hoffman needs to garner more than 65% of the absentee ballots, a tall order. Even Hoffman admitted it was a “long shot” when he spoke to Beck.

Owens was sworn in on November 6th, just in time for him to be a part of the healthcare reform circus in the House. Should Hoffman pull off the miracle upset, Owens would be removed from office.

Banning, who is openly gay, is described by many as a pro-choice liberal who clashed with social conservatives on staff. He served as Director of Administration and CFO of the RNC since 1983, and his duties covered the negotiations with Cigna, the insurance provider for the party organization. He was in charge of Human Resources in 1991 when the policy was first put in place.

Banning was fired by Michael Steele after 33 years of work at the RNC in May, but reportedly still functions as an on-call adviser for the current leadership as the result of a “secret pact” signed between Steele and his foes within party leadership in May.

Our sources indicate Banning was both the person likeliest to know that the Cigna policy covered elective abortions (other Republican groups using Cigna, such as the NRCC, did not choose that option) and someone with an axe to grind both with Steele, social conservatives, and the national party. There is no indication, according to Politico, which originally broke the story, that anyone ever used the RNC policy to obtain an abortion.

Steele was quick to say that he was working to change the policy.

“Money from our loyal donors should not be used for this purpose,” Chairman Michael Steele said in a statement. “I don’t know why this policy existed in the past, but it will not exist under my administration. Consider this issue settled.”

Banning did not respond to requests for comment from the New Ledger.

The Club’s endorsement is not a little one, as the organization managed to drive more than $400,000 to Conservative Doug Hoffman in his close loss in NY-23 last Tuesday. That was a race short on prep time where the group had little more than a several weeks to make an impact, here in Florida they’ll have a little more than eight months. Although the Club’s backing of Rubio is not really a surprise it is a great momentum bump for the conservative candidate who raised more than $1,000,000 between July 1st and September 30th for his primary challenge with Crist.

Look for the Club for Growth to throw some serious cash behind Rubio in the coming months for grassroots outreach, mail pieces, and most importantly - advertising.

In a race as high profile as the Rubio-Crist fight, the amount of money the Club will be able to raise is sure to be amplified significantly. By way of comparison, the Club raised former Rep. Pat Toomey (R) more than $1 million for his near-miss primary challenge to then Republican Sen. Arlen Specter in 2004. The Club helped raised in excess of $1 million for the candidacies of Sens. Jim Demint (R-S.C.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) that same year and, according to those close to the Club, it has grown far larger and better organized in the ensuing years.

In a state such as Florida with multiple high-priced media markets, funding for TV and radio ads is key to a winning campaign. The Club will probably focus its ad buys on drawing attention to Crist’s breaks from the Florida GOP, most famously, his embrace of Barack Obama and his stimulus program. The White House said just recently (much to Crist’s dismay) that the Florida Governor has been “very supportive” of the President’s efforts. Be ready for that to be splashed all over the TV and radio.

With the close race in NY-23 last week, conservative activist efforts will be trained on several key 2010 races, and this battle between Rubio and Crist is sure to be one of them. The Club’s backing is only going to fuel the conservative fire among activists looking to show the national GOP that they cannot forget the wishes of the grassroots when working to get candidates elected to represent them in Washington.

First, the GOP now must recognize it will either lose without conservatives or will win with conservatives. In 2008, many conservatives sat home instead of voting for John McCain. Now, in NY-23, conservatives rallied and destroyed the Republican candidate the establishment chose.

I have said all along that the goal of activists must be to defeat Scozzafava. Doug Hoffman winning would just be gravy. A Hoffman win is not in the cards, but we did exactly what we set out to do — crush the establishment backed GOP candidate.

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Secondly, and just as importantly, there has all of a sudden been a huge movement among some activists to go the third party route. We see in NY-23 that this is not possible as third parties are not viable.

Third parties lack funding and ability for a host of reasons. Conservatives are going to have to work from within the GOP. The GOP had better pay attention.

The only blemish on the Republican record tonight in the three major races is sure to shake up the GOP in Washington. As Erick points out, the GOP is nothing without it’s conservative members and grassroots activists around the country will use this loss as a rallying cry to ensure that the party leadership does not forget their largest voting contingent with next year’s key mid-term election just around the corner.

The next target for conservatives in the GOP: Florida’s 2010 U.S. Senate race between Washington establishment favorite Governor Charlie Christ and conservative grassroots rock star Marco Rubio. As they say on Iron Chef: “Let the battle begin!”

The one and only Dan McLaughlin put it thusly:

Obama tried to help Deeds and Corzine, and was unable to do so. He can help nobody but himself. And that fact alone is hugely significant.

Obama had no coattails tonight. None.

The excitement of last year, the euphoria of Obama’s election that drove many young people and independents to passionately vote for Democrats did not continue as Americans had their first chance to vote on the policies and practices of the philosophy they elected last November. Today, Americans rejected Obama the politician even if they still like Obama the man, as indicated in some exit polls.

This may be a blow for 2010, that’s yet to be seen, but one effect that is sure to reverberate through Washington tomorrow is Obama’s loss of political capital. “Blue Dogs” in the Democratic party, especially those from swing districts across the country, saw tonight that Obama’s endorsement cannot help them win and may even help them lose. That will be a blow to liberal efforts in Congress in the health care and cap-and-trade debates, as many of the Democrat fence sitters may start to side with the GOP, running away from drastic Obama-backed policies that could come back to haunt them in next year’s elections.

Now comes word that New Jersey’s next Governor will also be a Republican. Chris Christie is going to win, probably by about 5 points giving the GOP two key victories over Democrats in what many are seeing as a referendum on the liberal agenda of President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats.

One important race is left this evening, the NY-23 battle between Conservative Doug Hoffman and Democrat Bill Owens. At this point Hoffman is down 4% with just over half of the vote in, however, there are at several cities where voting machine problems will delay the reporting of results until at least tomorrow morning. If the GOP goes three for three tonight, it could be a bad omen for Democrats in next year’s mid-term election.

In New Jersey, Republican Chris Christie took 58 percent of the independent vote while incumbent Gov. Jon Corzine, a Democrat, got only 31 percent . Independent candidate Chris Daggett got just 9 percent of the independent vote. Independents made up 28 percent of the voters in New Jersey race.

New Jersey is still too close to call, but these numbers are good for Christie. And if he carries the trend started by Republican Bob McDonnell tonight, the GOP could pick up their second big win of the evening. McDonnell got an estimated 65% of independents in his 20 point blowout in Virginia.

Something to keep in mind, independents supported Obama over McCain in 2008 and were key to his victory, however, since then the President’s approval rating among the politically unaffiliated has plummeted. It looks like those votes may be moving back to the GOP. If those numbers hold in Republican races across the country in next year’s mid-term elections, it could be bad news for Congressional Democrats and the President’s liberal agenda.

St. Lawrence County Board of Elections Deputy Commissioner Thomas Nichols said the new election machines had scanner malfunctions in some communities earlier today.

Results from these counties may not be available until tomorrow.

In Virginia, voters who expressed the highest levels of economic concern supported McDonnell by a very wide margin, 73-26 percent. Moreover, 46 percent called the economy the single top issue in their vote, far and away No.1, and those economy voters favored McDonnell over Deeds by a 10-point margin in preliminary results.

This support for McDonnell led to his early victory and a sweep for the GOP of all the top statewide elected offices in the Commonwealth tonight. We’ll see in the coming hours how this effects the outcome of New Jersey’s election. For 2010, if this astronomically high worry about the economy (and our current 10%+ unemployment rate) continues, it cannot be good news for the Democrats (and maybe some incumbent Congressional Republicans) in 2010. As Bill Clinton’s once famous Democrat consultant James Carville once said, “It’s the economy stupid.”