She says she never thought she’d live to see a Black President of The United States. read the entire story (click here)
Hello everyone,
After months of hosting events and calling friends and family members, we are proud to announce that we registered 152 people and raised $1005! This dollar amount is due to increase because a friend of ours will be giving us a check for $1000! He committed to matching our fundraising goal of $1000 and thanks to so many people who want CHANGE, we surpassed it by $5! :)
During many of our voter registration events, we encountered a lot of indifference which demoralized us, however, meeting people who share our passion immediately fired us up! We want to thank all the people who stepped up to the plate and inspired us to keep going. Such as the 93 year old man who became a US citizen and wanted to make sure that he could cast his vote for Senator Barack Obama! People like Josie and Mayra Juarez two young women from Los Angeles, CA who were first time volunteers and who became very excited to learn that we were sisters as well!
There are only a few weeks left and we are very much committed to phone banking. As Senator Barack Obama said, we should not get cocky and we need to continue to work hard to reach out to undecided voters.
Yes We Can! Si Se Puede!
In solidarity,
Christina Torres
Patricia Torres
Moorpark, CA
Cindy McCain was new to Washington and not yet 30 when she arrived at a luncheon for Congressional spouses to discover a problem with her name tag.
It read “Carol McCain.” That was the well-liked wife John McCain had left to marry Cindy, to the disapproval of many in Washington.
The Long Run Ambition and Ambivalence: This is part of a series of articles about the lives and careers of the Republican and Democratic candidates for president in 2008.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/us/politics/18cindy.html?_r=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin
Thanks everyone for showing up at the Home Depot Center. We had a great time. Barack was well represented. Though some in the Palin crowd were rude, crude and angry, we countered with shouts for Obama, smiles and thumbs up. Our candidate always displays his dignity and calm demeanor. He has class. We followed his lead.
If you weren't able to come this time, you missed a treat... great camaraderie and joyful and committed spirits.
Check at Carson for Obama for future events.
Yes We Can!
BTW: I'm still accepting donations to Obama in honor of my birthday. I'll match everything you contribute. Go here: http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/DrPalmer
Dr. Barbara Palmer
FRIENDS, FAMILY AND FELLOW OBAMACRATS...
Sarah Palin is coming to Carson this Saturday. Two days after the Vice Presidential Debate, she wants to show the world that she can come to one of the bluest areas in the bluest state in the Union and have over 10,000 people show up for a rally for her. This is outrageous!!!
We need to tell the world that California does not want another Bush term!!! Therefore, we are inviting ALL GRASSROOTS DEMOCRATS and all people who want change in this country to come out to a rally outside her rally this Saturday. National media will be covering the rally and this gives us a golden opportunity to share out story.
I am attaching a flyer to this email that I would love for you to forward to your contacts. The more people we have - the better!!! We are also encouraging everyone to make several signs and to bring them with you as part of our rally.
I want to thank everyone for your help and I look forward to seeing you all on Saturday!!!! Remember: BRING YOUR OBAMA SIGNS-- WEAR BUTTONS, HATS, WHATEVER SAYS OBAMA/BIDEN. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY, MAKE SOME. REPRESENT!!!
Elected Member
Los Angeles County Democratic Party AD55/Region 5
When: Saturday October4, 2008 11 AM - 2 PM
Where: Home Depot Center at Cal State Dominguez Hills, Carson California
Parking: Cal State University Lot C 1000 East Victoria Carson, CA $ 4.00
RAPID RESPONSE.pdf > -- For more information contact: > *-SERGIO CARRILLO* > Cell: (310) 910-5072 > > Director, Region 17 > California Democratic Party > www.cadem.org > > Regional Vice-Chair, Region 5 > Los Angeles County Democratic Party > www.lacdp.org
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/22/AR2008092202583.html?nav=hcmodule
The Obama ‘08 Volunteer Campaign Headquarters in Compton hosts activities and events every Saturday and could use volunteers everyday! Its not too late to get involved.
The Compton Obama Rally on Saturday September 20th was exhilarating!
Here are some photos (see and read the rest here)
(CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama has widened his lead over Sen. John McCain, according to CNN's latest "poll of polls."
Sen. Barack Obama leads Sen. John McCain by 3 percentage points, according to CNN's "poll of polls."
The senator from Illinois is ahead of McCain in national polls by 3 percentage points, 47 percent to 44 percent. Obama was up by 2 points in the poll of polls released earlier Thursday.
McCain led in national polls last week, but by the weekend, the candidates were tied. Obama recaptured the lead for the first time in 10 days Wednesday.
The latest poll of polls consists of four surveys: CBS/The New York Times (September 12-16), Gallup (September 15-17), Diageo/Hotline (September 14-16) and American Research Group (September 13-15). It does not have a sampling error.
The economic crisis has given Obama and his running mate, Sen. Joe Biden, the opportunity to go on the offensive. Most Americans see Obama as more capable than McCain when it comes to the economy, polls indicate.
The two campaigns have traded shots all week, most recently over the government takeover of insurance giant American International Group Inc.
At a campaign event Thursday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, McCain said he didn't want the government to have to take over the company but called the action necessary.
"When AIG was bailed out, I didn't like it, but I understood it needed to be done to protect hard-working Americans with insurance policies and annuities," he said. "Sen. Obama didn't take a position. On the biggest issue of the day, he didn't know what to think. He may not realize it, but you don't get to vote 'present' as president of the United States."
The senator from Arizona also accused Obama of seeing the economic crisis as a "political opportunity."
Obama's campaign responded by accusing McCain of flip-flopping on the issue because he said he opposed the bailout this week.
"Barack Obama does not second-guess the Fed's decision to take unprecedented action to prevent the failure of one of the largest insurance companies in the world from creating an even larger crisis, and he believes it must protect families who count on insurance," campaign spokesman Bill Burton said. Watch how Obama has been going after McCain »
Biden continued to slam McCain for his economic plan and lack of support for financial and health care regulation, calling the Republican's answers for the struggling economy "the ultimate 'Bridge to Nowhere.' "
"He is totally out of touch with the problems of average people," Biden said in Canton, Ohio.
"If you look at John McCain's answers for the economy, and we're in such desperate shape," Biden continued, "[they're] the ultimate Bridge to Nowhere. It's nowhere. It takes you nowhere."
Following a week of playing defense, McCain toughened his tone at his Iowa event Thursday. Watch McCain campaign in Iowa »
"Sen. Obama has never made the kind of tough reform we need today. His idea of reform is what his party leaders in Congress order him to do," he said. "I know how to make the change that Sen. Obama and this Congress is afraid of.
"My opponent sees an economic crisis as a political opportunity instead of a time to lead. Sen. Obama isn't change; he's part of the problem with Washington." Watch McCain get tough on Obama »
Democrats pounced on McCain's comments that if he were president, he would fire Securities and Exchange Chairman Christopher Cox.
Speaking after a bipartisan meeting Thursday evening with congressional and financial leaders about the financial meltdown, Cox said, "Right now with so much at stake for our country there's no time political slamming. This is the time and the opportunity for leadership."Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, said that although he was not going to vouch for Cox, "This is very typical McCain-style politics. Go after the first person you can to divert attention from your failures."
During Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's remarks in Iowa, she lashed out at Biden, who earlier Thursday tied paying taxes to patriotism.
In an interview with ABC News, Biden was asked whether people making more than $250,000 would pay more in taxes under Obama's economic plan.
"You got it. It's time to be patriotic," he said. "Time to jump in. Time to be part of the deal. Time to help get America out of the rut."
Palin shot back, "To them, raising taxes -- and Joe Biden said it again today -- raising taxes is about patriotism. To the rest of America, that's not patriotism. Raising taxes is about killing jobs and hurting small businesses and making things worse." Watch Palin speak out against her opponents »
McCain and Palin were drowned out by anti-war protesters for a few moments during the Iowa event.
Palin kept speaking throughout the disruption, but her remarks were nearly unintelligible to much of the audience inside the airplane hangar where the rally was held.
About five minutes into Palin's speech, four female students from the University of Iowa Feminist Majority and the University of Iowa Anti-War Alliance held up a cloth banner and began a loud anti-war chant in the middle of the crowd.
Other members of the audience shouted them down with chants of "USA! USA!" and "Sarah! Sarah!" It was several minutes before the women were escorted from the venue.
A new poll out Wednesday shows a virtually tied race between John McCain and Barack Obama in key states.
The CNN/Time Magazine/Opinion Research Corp. polls out Wednesday indicate the race for Florida and its 27 electoral votes is tied.
Florida decided the 2000 election between then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush and then-Vice President Al Gore. Four years ago, President Bush won Florida by 5 points over Sen. John Kerry.
The new survey, conducted Sunday through Tuesday, indicates 48 percent of registered voters in Florida back Republican presidential candidate McCain for president and an equal amount support Obama, the Democratic candidate.
"Florida is a state that would be directly affected by offshore drilling, but voters in that state may be more affected by high gas prices," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "Two-thirds of all Floridians favor increased offshore drilling for oil and gas."
The poll shows a tight race for Ohio and its 20 electoral votes. The new survey suggests that 49 percent of registered voters in Ohio back Obama and 47 percent support McCain. Interactive: CNN's Electoral Map
The small Obama advantage is well within the poll's sampling error, making the race a tie. President Bush's narrow victory in Ohio four years ago clinched his re-election.
A CNN poll of polls in Ohio, also out Wednesday, gives McCain a 3-point lead, 48-45 percent. The poll of polls is an average of the latest public opinion surveys in the state.
"In Ohio, higher-income voters have moved more toward McCain in the last few weeks, while lower-income voters have trended toward Obama," Holland said. "It looks like economic issues are increasingly dividing voters along income lines -- at least in Ohio -- in the classic pattern that we have seen in previous elections."
The poll suggests Obama is staying competitive in two red states that his campaign is trying to turn blue.
In North Carolina, which Bush won by 12 points in the last presidential election, the poll indicates that 47 percent of registered voters back Obama, 1 point behind McCain. But other polls in the state suggest McCain has a larger lead, and when averaged in a new CNN poll of polls out Wednesday, McCain has a 10-point lead.
In Indiana, the survey puts McCain up by 6 points, 51-45 percent. The lead is within the poll's sampling error. Indiana has not favored a Democrat in a presidential election since 1964, but the Obama campaign is putting a lot of time, effort and money into trying to be the first since then.
Wisconsin has voted for the Democrats in the last four presidential elections, but it was extremely close last time, with Kerry topping Bush by 1 point. It seems Wisconsin remains divided, with 50 percent of voters questioned in the poll backing Obama and 47 percent supporting McCain.
"Obama's strength is in the city of Milwaukee and along the Wisconsin-Illinois border, where he may have a home-field advantage," Holland said. "McCain does well in the rest of the state."
Third-party presidential candidates could affect the results in some of these states.
When included in the results, independent Ralph Nader, Libertarian Bob Barr and Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney grab a total of 7 percent of the vote in Indiana, 6 percent in Florida and Ohio, and 5 percent in North Carolina, which could be enough to influence the outcome in those states.
So, where does the overall race for electoral votes stand?
Taking into account these polls, CNN estimates if the presidential election were held today, Obama would win 233 electoral votes and John McCain 189. There are 116 electoral votes up for grabs; 270 electoral votes are needed to win the White House.
The CNN Electoral Map takes into account a number of factors, including the most recent state polls, voting trends and campaign ad spending and events in the particular states.
In the poll, 907 registered voters in Florida, 890 registered voters in Indiana, 910 registered voters in North Carolina, 913 registered voters in Ohio and 950 registered votes in Wisconsin were questioned by telephone.
The sampling error is 3.5 percentage points in Florida, Indiana, and North Carolina and 3 percentage points in Ohio and Wisconsin.
9:00 am - 9:30 am Early Greeting9:30 am - 11:30 am Door to Door12:00 pm - 1:00pm Senator Barack Obama Rally!Obama '08 Volunteer Headquarters1100 W. Compton BlvdCompton CA 90220(310) 886-0999Precinct Captain and CoordinatorEmily Hart-Holifieldhttp://www.youtube.com/user/obama08volunteers
