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I heard the JJ speech and was almost as fired up as when I heard his 2004 speech. That says a lot being that that was the moment I thought about him being president.
Now we need to continue to push for him. If you can make it to Iowa or NH, do so. Make calls or send out literature. Donate money. Put a banner in your window.
The fact that the polls did not move after Bill made a run through Iowa says a lot. I think the tide is turning towards Obama now and this train is not stopping until we are at 1600 Pennsylvania avenue.
I did some phone banking yesterday for a town hall meeting tomorrow in Ottumwa, Iowa. There were about six of us working the phones and I believe we will have a larger crowd because of it.
I was informed yesterday that HQ received calls from the Iowa HQ to stop phone banking for an event yesterday because the place was at capacity.
I am not a phone banking type of person. But what I do know is if I can get one extra person out to see Barack speak, I know Barack will return the favor and get that person to vote for him.
I also ran into some High School and College kids doing making some calls to fellow students.
So congrats to all you phone bankers out there. It isn't easy, but it is worth it.
Hey everyone
Barack will be on Meet the Press this weekend and have the whole hour. Let's make sure we let everyone possible know as this kind of exposure this late into the race is fantastic.
If you have outside or politics blogs, mention the show.
Mike
The fact that Hillary could not answer the immigration question clearly should alarm the public as to the fact that this is who she is.
What I mean by that is that she took days off the campaign trail for the debate. This was for a simple debate!!!!! What is she going to do with things like Katrina or a national security issue?
This is one of the reasons why I support Barack. His decision making ability is excellent. He is able to make decisions in a timely manner (right away if necessary).
I think we found our way in the door to the nomination.
Dear Mike,
For the last month, you and I have lived very different lives, but we both have worked for the same noble goal: canceling the debt of some of the world's poorest nations.
As Josh Peck mentioned in earlier emails, I left my home in Washington state and came to Washington, D.C., to fast for 40 days, all the while meeting with members of Congress and asking them to cosponsor the Jubilee Act. My thanks goes out to each and every one of you for joining me for the last four days of my fast to ratchet up the pressure on Congress.
Your efforts were extraordinary. Nearly 48,000 of you sent letters to your members of Congress, far surpassing my original hope for 40,000 letters, 1,000 for each day of my fast. Even more impressive are the 4,200 of you who picked up the phone and made a call to your senators and representatives. You wrapped all of this up by inundating the IMF with tens of thousands of emails demanding they follow through on their promise to cancel Liberia's debt.
And Congress heard you loud and clear.
Through our efforts we added 27 cosponsors in the House of Representatives, with over half of those signing on after ONE started taking action. We were also able to convince some of our champions in the Senate to introduce a companion bill, and so far 10 senators have agreed to cosponsor the bill. As if this were not enough, Congress agreed to hold a hearing on the Jubilee Act in mid November, drawing important attention to the need for debt relief.
Senator Barack Obama and Senator Richard Durbin are taking the lead and have already agreed to co-sponsor the Jubilee Act and they deserve our thanks for their efforts.Please send them a short note thanking them for hearing us, and acting on behalf of the world's poorest people.
Once again, my deepest gratitude to you all, working together we have done a great thing.
In peace,
Rev. David Duncombe, ONE Member
I just returned from a trip to Detroit and I have seen first hand how bad that city needs help. I did the marathon and I don't think I ran through one middle class neighborhood. I understand the reasons for the fall as Detroit is a one industry town but I believe there has to be better leadership at the national level. I believe getting Barack's leadership skills into towns and cities like Detroit will only make this country stronger.
His community activism platforms should work very well in Detroit. His tax policy would help generate more revenue for the city and bring more of the poor working class up to the middle class.
Detroit needs Barack!
He did a great job. They spoke about getting around the Clinton name in the African American community, security, judgement, and simply the general topics as to why he should be the president.
These last two nights with interviews on Leno and Tavis should boost his profile to those that don't read the newspaper or get on the net.
I'm off to Detroit to run the marathon this weekend sporting some Obama wear.
Hey Barack supporters
I can tell you that we in Illinois have made many important trips, sent mail, and made many phone calls to Iowa that I feel have made a significant difference in the causcus.
I believe you can have the same effect in NH (as I am sure you have already). Keep up the good work and keep being relentless. Getting Barack elected is extremely important and we are the ones who will get it done.
Anyone care to be Obama friends?
Now that the governor of Mass. has endorsed Barack, we need to show the Mass supporters how important it is to head to NH and make personal contact with voters for this upcoming primary!
We as Illinoisans have the experience and record that the Mass supporters will need to lean on when they head to NH. Our work in Iowa will help those in NH.
We should get in contact with Mass. organizers and if possible get out there to have meetings on how to engage and inspire the NH voters.
Keep up the good work
A couple of notes on the recent fundraising headlines:
Barack and Hillary are both over 30 mil on hand. The difference is that some of Hillary's is from her Senate cash and difference in the amount of donors sway way over to Barack's side.
The republicans are spending more than they are taking in. Therefor a competetive republican primary is just what the Democrats could ask for.
Last week our great junior senator from New York decided that talking to Iran would be a good idea. This comes after calling Senator Obama naive for suggesting such a thing during a recent debate. This type of pass has to be confronted. We are the people to do just that.
When will America realize that Obama is far ahead of Hillary in judgement about the major issues? She has yet to come out with an energy policy, slow on Iran, completely clueless on Iraq, and don't even bring up the subject of social security. She can't hide behind Bill much longer.
Who exactly is naive here?
Together Everyone Acheives More
I am asking all who have come to my site to kindly request to be friends with my friends. I believe this is important as we should be able to do more for Obama together.
today's new friends list so far is - Amandamo and Ric Flair. Thanks guys
Take care
I am running the Detroit marathon and would be up to giving out some campaign materials if possible.
Is anyone else doing the race?
Last night I spent some time phone banking for Obama's event in Sumter South Carolina. Most calls were answered by republicans but I was able to get a Biden supporter to commit to going and there were a couple of republicans that might show up just to hear his religious director Mr. Dubois speak.
Let's get busy and get on the phone. If people keep getting calls from Obama volunteers, they might feel that there is a reason to listen.
Great job everyone!
I think that if there was ever a time to take the gloves off and start firing off some ads that cut to Hillary's weaknesses and her voting record, it is now. I have a big problem watching her unwillingness to handle questions she doesn't have clear answers for. She either tries to laugh them off as if questions about HER voting record and social security are part of a republican conspiracy against her.
They are not part of the conspiracy (even though I do believe there is one against her:)).
This is about Barack getting the nomination to make this country a better place to work, and live. He has answers for social security and issues concerning the workplace. I just finished reading his first book and am more impressed than ever. His community organizing here in Chicago gives him the experience that no other candidate has. The man is courageous, intelligent, and should be our next president.
What is Barack thinking? He was served a softball question that he swung and missed like my Cubs!
Standard practice about talking about patriotism and the flag is simple; don't accuse anyone of being unpatriotic, and don't flaunt your version of patriotism over someone else's.
No one really cared about the pin until now.
In this instance, his relentlessness hurts him.
There is a politico.com article posted on the main page about Obama. In the article the term relentless is used to describe him and us. I think that is correct. We have to keep fighting. I know that the Hillary camp is just expecting us to say uncle by the end.
Get out there and put some literature in hands and directions to this site.
I have started a group named Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. I go to school there and would like to get some info distributed to the campus community.
good luck everyone. Be relentless.
I have noticed that Iowa pollsters have Barack a bit ahead of Hillary and John. I have no doubt it is because of those that have been on a bus to Iowa and simply just Barack talking to people.
I believe this is where Barack is going to win this election. The problem is there is only one Barack and not enough time for everyone in this country to see him speak. We need to get out there. We need to find ways for others to hear Barack and see his record.
I think it is clear he is going to fight this fight without taking the gloves off. We have to take some chances ourselves and direct people to his words.
We can do this. Keep up the great work.
Fellow supporter
Mike Keane
I have heard from many people around that they are up to this point planning on voting for Hillary Clinton because they want Bill around.
I think that Barack and his campaign can solve this problem with voters if they somehow were able to convince these voters that Bill's great ideas would be considered even if Barack is the nominee.
There is no question that Bill is going to support the Democratic nominee even if it is not his wife. I don't feel that Democratic voters have been shown this and are therefor going to vote for Hillary.
