The calls, begun over the weekend in several battleground states, echo the message being delivered this week in more than $10 million worth of television advertising.
Brandon Lee, 22, who knew Mr. Sterling and whose father bought CDs from him, expressed a belief that did not exactly echo the message of the service.
Next week, Mr. Obama will crisscross the country visiting five swing states in three days to echo the message he delivers on Tuesday in the annual, nationally televised State of the Union address.
Even senior US politicians echo the message: "If the United States doesn't move, I don't see a treaty on the cards," said Senator John Kerry, the Democrat who is fighting the uphill battle to get strong climate laws through Congress.
So, the next day, I participated in a demonstration in front of the White House to mark 1m deportations and echo the message to the president that "Yes You Can" do something to prevent the needless deportations that are breaking up families.
Richard Perle, Paul Wolfowitz and Bill Kristol echo the message of Eliot Cohen, author of "Supreme Command": "As Lord Salisbury said, 'If you ask the soldiers, nothing is safe.' To which the politicians must respond, 'Neither is inaction.' " They paint the military brass as wimpy.
