Organizing for America | Brian Long's Blog

By Brian L from Plano, TX - Nov 6th, 2008 at 9:03 pm EST

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Starting to research travel and lodging options for Obama's inauguration. Any suggestions? Know of any deals? I might be able to get the two of us there and back on Aadvantage miles, although I'd hoped to save those for a trip to Europe someday... So if anybody knows of any specials - I'm all ears! :) We'd be coming from DFW.

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$200

By Brian L from Plano, TX - Oct 15th, 2008 at 10:47 pm EDT

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I've been donating $25 a pop through Obama's campaign -- and I just hit the $200 mark tonight.

I know it's not much money in the big scheme of things, but it's a lot of money to me -- and is by far the most money I've ever donated to a campaign!

Let's all rally together and do everything we can these last few weeks to help the campaign! Whether it's donating money, making phone calls, knocking on doors, hanging information packets on doors, or even just wearing an Obama t-shirt -- let's all do something to help!

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Obama on BAIPA, & "Present" Votes

By Brian L from Plano, TX - Sep 20th, 2008 at 10:08 am EDT

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Can anybody point me to an official statement by Obama on his position regarding the Born Alive Infant Protection Act?

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ODA2YzVmYjFmZDRhZjRlY2IzNDdmZGU1Y2MyNDk1YmM=#more

I'm finding plenty of right-leaning articles - but I would love to hear/read a detailed explanation from Mr. Obama, without the spin.

I'd also like to hear him explain why he voted "present" so often.

These are difficult actions to defend...

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Where'd my Stuff Go?

By Brian L from Plano, TX - Sep 20th, 2008 at 8:23 am EDT

I was really active with the Obama campaign for the primaries, then this thing called life happened -- actually I got a new job that I actually enjoy and didn't have as much time for other stuff. So my activity level slipped...

Anyway, I'm looking to get active again and was shocked to find all my blog posts missing. I guess they delete stuff once it's a certain age? That sucks.

Well in the meantime, check out my personal blog at http://blog.thelifeofbrian.info - I've got campaign related stuff there too. ;-)

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Science Debate

By Brian L from Plano, TX - May 12th, 2008 at 7:01 pm EDT

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http://www.sciencedebate2008.com/www/index.php?id=32

Why can't Obama even acknowledge the organizers of this debate? Especially since he's clearly got the nomination in hand -- these issues need to be addressed.

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Goofy Dream

By Brian L from Plano, TX - Apr 12th, 2008 at 8:39 pm EDT

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lol

Check out this dream I had last night:

http://dfwdraco76.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-dream-about-sebastian-john-edwards.html

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Convention Results - Confirmed Landslide

By Brian L from Plano, TX - Mar 31st, 2008 at 2:19 pm EDT

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Here are the results I received from our field organizer; slightly different than what I'd heard before, but the results are the same - a landslide victory for Obama!

-----Original Message-----
From: Julie Niemi [mailto:jniemi@barackobama.com]
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 12:17 PM
Subject: By a landslide....

Good morning, troops!

We did it. After bearing the Frisco Conference Center and Hillary supporters
for 13+ hours, we won Collin County by more than 2/1. For those going to
state, the best of luck to you. I will be hitting the road tomorrow, but
please email me if you are ever in a pickle.

So after waiting around until 4 am, here are the long awaited results:

Presidential Polling:
SD8
989    66.33    Obama
501    33.6    Clinton
1    Uncommitted

SD30
106    54.92    Obama
87    45.07    Clinton

Precinct Caucus:

SD8
D:
99    obama    84%
19    clinton    16%
A:
72    obama
46    clinton

SD30
D:
8    obama    67%
4    clinton    33%
A:
4    obama
8    clinton

Final At-Large:

SD 8
BO: 108
HRC: 55

SD 30
BO: 9
HRC: 7

Congratulations, everyone! Keep up the good work, stay in touch.

--
Julie Niemi
Field Organizer
Obama for America
214.662.3900

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Collin County Convention

By Brian L from Plano, TX - Mar 31st, 2008 at 11:22 am EDT

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I have to tell you straight up that I'm exhausted right now. I got to the convention around 11AM, and didn't leave last night until a few minutes after midnight -- and we had just (FINALLY) done the caucusing.

Here are the numbers as I know them at 10am 10/31:

Signing in at the convention we had a total of 1,660 delegates.

Of those delegates, 582 were for Clinton, and 1078 were for Obama.

I don't know how current/accurate this is, but according to these stats, Collin County came out with 55 Clinton delegates and 108 Obama delegates for Senate District 8, and 7 Clinton, 9 Obama in Senate District 30.

What took so long? Well it was supposed to start (call to order) at 1:30pm. I didn't even get registered (and elevated as a full delegate) until about 2:30. I think the official call to order was around 4:30, but it was very confusing - they had people campaigning, making speeches, trying to kill time I guess while everybody registered.

And then, since it was all done on paper, it took FOREVER to "tabulate" everything. You've got over 1800 people (including alternates & guests) sitting around WAITING and WAITING and WAITING.... There were several times when we almost had a mutiny. I'm sick of Roberts Rules of Orders too, people jumping on the mic with "Point of order!" or "Point of Information", constantly interrupting. It was INSANE.

I'm sure the system worked fine with fewer people --- but for this volume it was ridiculous.

They said 4 years ago there were 400 delegates & alternates participating in the convention. This year we had 3300.

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I'm off to the convention

By Brian L from Plano, TX - Mar 30th, 2008 at 11:14 am EDT

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I'm heading out to the Collin County Democratic Convention, woohoo! I heard the Dallas County Convention yesterday was mayhem; I hope ours isn't so crazy. I'm sure it will be though.

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The Real News / Blackwater

By Brian L from Plano, TX - Mar 18th, 2008 at 11:07 pm EDT

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I would dearly love to hear Barack respond to this story from TheRealNews.com

(video available at the link, transcript below)