Ron Howard (Opie, Richie Cunningham), Andy Griffith (Andy Taylor), & Henry Winkler ("The Fonz"): "Ron Howard's Call to Action" Video for Barack Obama

This "cute idea" may be enough to push Obama over the top in North Carolina, home to Andy Griffith and "Mayberry." Griffith's endorsement may quietly be a big deal in much of the rural south and Midwest, and nowhere more than in his home town of Mt. Airy, North Carolina. Can't imagine how many rural voters may feel, after watching this, that it really is okay to vote for someone from a much different background than theirs. (Polling has shown that Barack Obama has recently pulled even with John McCain among presidential preferences of rural voters in 13 swing-states.)

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