Illegalities and evil activities are nowhere in the campaign.

As of a week ago, almost one million Americans have contributed to the campaign of Democratic presidential contender, Barack Obama.

This unprecedented foundation of support has built a campaign that has shaken the status quo.

It has proven that political processes must not be manipulated. It has shown that ordinary people can compete in a political process and that special interests can be eliminated.

"We've crunched all the numbers and discovered that we are within striking distance of something historic: one million people donating to the campaign of Barack Obama. Think about that.nearly one million people taking ownership for this movement, five dollars or twenty-five dollars at a time. We've already more than 900,000 strong, including over half-a-million donating so far this year.

Obama says:

"We haven't taken a dime from Washington lobbyists or special interest PACs. Our campaign is responsible to no one but the people. One million donors would be a remarkable feat-something that has never been done before in a presidential primary and something no one ever thought would be possible for us.

"I learned the power of ordinary people coming together as a community organizer on the South Side of Chicago. I worked side-by-side with people who had been laid off from the steel plants that were moved overseas. These were people who needed new jobs to rebuild their lives and their political leaders were ignoring them.

"But even though the odds were stacked against them, they discovered that by coming together as one voice, they could no longer be ignored.

"We started this improbable journey a little over a year ago in Springfield, Illinois. And because you've joined together to make your voices heard, this journey isn't looking as improbable anymore.

"Since our victory on February 5, we've won ten straight contests. March 4, Texas and Ohio, who will vote along with Rhode Island and Vermont. If we can reach our goal. we can send a powerful message that the Washington establishment and big-money interests cannot ignore. As one million people with one voice, we can tell them that their days of dominating Washington are coming to an end-the old politics are crumbling and a new voice is breaking through. Our voice."

Meanwhile, one startling news is that the Clinton campaign just announced that Hillary and Bill Clinton injected $5 million of their personal fortune into her campaign. This is a dramatic move, and a clear acknowledgment that the Obama campaign has the momentum. We have gotten to this point thanks to an unprecedented outpouring of support from ordinary Americans.

Barack Obama's victory in Virginia won 142,000 more votes than all of the Republicans combined and his victory margin over Senator Clinton was larger than John McCain's entire vote total.

With the Texas primary coming up, Obama issued an appeal to a crowd estimated at 15,000 Austin voters to join his crusade for change as he ended a four-day swing through Texas this weekend.

Senator Obama is no stranger to large Austin gatherings. Last year, he drew 20,000 for an event along the shores of Town Lake. 'There is something about me and Austin. We just get along.' The dream that so many generations fought for is slowly slipping away. We cannot afford to wait. Change in America does not happen from the top down. It happens from the bottom up.'

As Americans decide whom they would like to be their next president, the world is watching. The decision of whoever next becomes president of the USA impacts the rest of the world.