Actually 23 is the number, and it's the percentage of voters in Texas and Ohio who decided to vote for Hillary Clinton in the three days prior to Tuesday's election.

"If you're being attacked every day, it creates a sense of turbulence in the minds of people," Barack Obama was quoted by USA Today. "We do things differently. It's worked for us so far," he said. "I'm not going to do things that I'm not comfortable in doing."

Obama will stay positive. That's good to hear.

As difficult as it is to believe, there are people who still think that smearing your opponent with false accusations and baseless innuendo is a proper way to run a campaign for President of this country. Negative campaigning seems to have worked for the Clintons on Tuesday, when fear mongering ads and debunked rumors hit the airwaves in the week prior to the election, fueled by the media's desire to keep the public questioning. Negative campaigning may have helped the Clintons to a win in Rhode Island and Ohio, but it's not what the American people are looking for in a President. What they're looking for is the truth.

The truth is that there is nothing in Hillary Clinton's resume that better qualifies her to protect your sleeping children from harm, in fact there is less. When you consider she's expressed a reluctance to talk to our enemies, she sounds a bit more like her pal 'Bomb, bomb Iran' McCain than someone who is willing to repair our foreign relations.

The truth is that the Canadian government has confirmed that the statement about trade attributed to someone from the Obama campaign and flogged by Sen. Clinton and her surrogates was never made.

And the truth is that the Obamas paid about 15% below the asking price for their home in Chicago after their third bid on the property. Probably close to the same deal as most of us got on our own home purchases. In fact, it might be best for the Clintons to drop the whole Rezko non-story, as their donor ties are looking a little shady.

But the Clintons aren't letting the truth get in the way, and chief Clinton smear merchant Terry McAuliffe made sure the rumors stayed in the news. As Senator Kerry says, it's pretty desperate.

I really hope that the American people aren't looking for another four years of the same old Washington politics. I also hope that Tuesday's numbers are not a reflection of the Limbaugh effect, because our primaries are supposed to represent the will of the people, not some sneaky right wing gamesmanship. The truth is that the Republicans are looking to run against our weakest candidate, and they'll do whatever it takes to see Hillary v. McCain in November. What's sad is that the Clintons are willing to risk a McCain win to do the same.

The good news is that Obama has a significant delegate lead, even after Tuesday. Despite the last few days negative turn by the Clintons, the American people still believe that we need change in Washington, and that Barack Obama is the person to bring it.