[newbie] Looking for a good introduction to object oriented programming with Python

[shearichard at gmail.com]

One reason you may be having difficulty is that unlike some languages (C++/Java) object-orientation is not a be all and end all in Python, in fact you could work with Python for a long time without really 'doing it' at all (well other than calling methods/properties on existing API's). Having said that here's what I would suggest ...

Could do worse than this :

http://www.diveintopython.net/object_oriented_framework/index.html

and this 

http://docs.python.org/tutorial/classes.html

read together.

Judging by your question this is a probably a little advanced for now but you could bookmark it for the future: 

http://www.catonmat.net/blog/learning-python-design-patterns-through-video-lectures/

Here's the corresponding PDF to go with the video:

http://assets.en.oreilly.com/1/event/45/Practical%20Python%20Patterns%20Presentation.pdf