Have you heard about the Nevada Drive for Change? Read this week’s LA Times article!
…But Nevada's program has an added dimension: "We are surrounded by February 5th states," said Obama's campaign director in Nevada, David Cohen, referring to primaries scheduled in California, Arizona, Idaho and Utah. That makes Nevada prime training ground for volunteers from the other states. "This is important from a larger, strategic perspective," Cohen said.
Hello Friends from California:
You have the chance to make a huge and significant impact on the 2008 Democratic nomination process. Next weekend, October 6th and 7th, Come to Las Vegas and change the course of this election by helping out in Nevada. Then, take what you learn back to California! If you would like housing and/or a ride, we can provide that and you will get lunch and dinner on Saturday. This will be a phenomenal weekend. There are five reasons to make it out to Nevada.
1) It is one of the most important things we can do to make sure Senator Obama is the nominee. There is a reason that Iowa and New Hampshire have historically gotten so much attention. What happens there has ripples across the country and literally changes the course of elections. Now Nevada is in this position and you have the unique opportunity to make a difference in that process.2) You will get VAN, phone banking, and pledge card chase training for your team from one of the amazing members of the Las Vegas team. 3) You will learn skills and practices that work. You will also see what a well-structured campaign office can be. We want you to take these skills and structures and replicate them in your Congressional Districts.4) You will make relationships with a field staff that is a great resource as you get deeper into your CD organizing. 5) You will have a great time!
1) It is one of the most important things we can do to make sure Senator Obama is the nominee. There is a reason that Iowa and New Hampshire have historically gotten so much attention. What happens there has ripples across the country and literally changes the course of elections.
Now Nevada is in this position and you have the unique opportunity to make a difference in that process.
2) You will get VAN, phone banking, and pledge card chase training for your team from one of the amazing members of the Las Vegas team.
3) You will learn skills and practices that work. You will also see what a well-structured campaign office can be. We want you to take these skills and structures and replicate them in your Congressional Districts.
4) You will make relationships with a field staff that is a great resource as you get deeper into your CD organizing.
5) You will have a great time!
Thank you so much! If you have more questions or if you are interested in joining this Drive for Change, please contact Border State Director, Krish Subrahmanian at krish@barackobama.com or call him up at 702-469-9026. You can sign-up at http://nevada.barackobama.com/driveforchange
Please don't let this incredible opportunity pass you by.
Thanks so much!
Greetings from the Obama for America, Nevada New Media Team-
My name is Zach Edwards and I am the co-director for New Media at Obama for America in Nevada. I wanted to extend my hand and invite you to participate in our New Media out-reach program that is going to ensure that Nevada will be a hub for Barack to extend his support through the West after the Nevada caucus on January 19th, 2008.
In order to ensure that Barack wins the Nevada caucus and has the momentum to sweep California, Arizona, Utah, and Idaho, we must build an online organization that works to support field operations. MyBO.com, Myspace, Facebook, and other various social networking sites are great for networking and meeting groups of local supporters, but we must also turn this into a brick and mortar operation. We must use our online tools to organize actual democratic participation.
Here is what we have so far: Any suggestions are GREATLY appreciated.
The Border State Program:
The Nevada New Media team is assisting a Border State program with our Director Krish Subrahmanian. This weekend more than 50 people came from Los Angeles to join our Border state program.
1) You will get VAN, phone banking, and pledge card chase training for your team from one of the amazing members of the Las Vegas team.
2) You will learn skills and practices that work. You will also see what a well-structured campaign office can be. We want you to take these skills and structures and replicate them in your Congressional Districts.
3) You will make relationships with a field staff that is a great resource as you get deeper into your CD organizing.
4) You will have a great time!
Want to get involved? Contact Krish at krish@barackobama.com or call him up at 702-469-9026. Or sign up online http://nevada.barackobama.com/driveforchange
Other Internet Networking tools that we use:
The Official Barack Obama Nevada Blog: http://nevada.barackobama.com/
If you have any Pictures or Video from Barack Obama events, organizational meetings, or house parties, we would love to have those sent to our Email addresses attached below. We will be posting material from our Border States in order to highlight your organizations. If you ever wanted to become a blogger—herd is your chance to do a guest blog on our official page.
The Drive for Change Online Signup Form: http://nevada.barackobama.com/driveforchange
MySpace.com Nevada for Obama
Flickr.com
Barack Obama’s Photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/
Join MyBO.com Groups
The Official Nevada HQ Group
http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/NVHQ
What is a Caucus? How will Nevada select Barack on January 19th?
http://www.nvdemscaucus.com/
If you have any questions, concerns, comments, or suggestions please feel free to drop us a line. We want to engage all of Nevada’s neighbors in our official blog and other official campaign resources. If you have any media (pictures, videos) you want to showcase, or ideas to get the internet community involved in the grassroots, please let us know.
Thanks, we are looking forward to working with everyone to make sure Barack becomes the Democratic nominee.
The New Media Team Contact Information
Zach Edwards MYBO.com Profile
Co-Director New Media Obama for America
Las Vegas, Nevada
Zedwards@barackobama.com
Office Number: 702-253-2008
Michael Pipe MYBO.com Profile
mpipe@barackobama.com
Cell Number: 702-308-1759
Come Intern for the Next President of the United States
We are looking for several more hard-working, talented and dedicated individuals to complete our all-star field teams in Las Vegas, Reno, Lake Tahoe, Carson City and Elko. And, trust me, our interns are not going to just sit around a campaign office answering the phones and filing. Each and every one of you will get the opportunity to work directly with campaign field staff in offices throughout Nevada. You will directly see all aspects of the Barack Obama presidential campaign, and meet party activists and community leaders to help build a movement for change in American politics.
By the way, interning in the field program is the single best way to get on the inside track to get a paid position on the campaign. If you have any questions or are interested, please send an email to krish@barackobama.com
We thank you so much and wish you all the best.
-Krishnan Subrahmanian
Rift In The Clinton Camp As Former Ally Supports Obama: Federico Pena, a former Cabinet member of the Clinton Administration, said Friday that is will become a co-chairman for Sen. Barack Obama's presidential run. Pena, who headed transportation and energy departments under President Bill Clinton, has caused a rift among some in Democratic circles by choosing to back Hillary Clinton's main rival for the Democratic nomination. Pena mentioned that the easiest course of action would be to stay out of the primary process as he has many friends participating on all sides. However, his concern over the direction of the country has inspired him to formally back Senator Obama who he sees as having "the ability to look at both domestic and world problems from a very creative perspective unencumbered by any past political ideology." His concerns have echoed that of many in the party, some who would like to support Clinton but feel her policy making is stuck in the 1990's. Another rival for the nomination, John Edwards has repeated this criticism many times on the campaign trail. "I have come to conclude that Barack Obama has the depth of judgment that our country needs to usher in a new era of global leadership," said Pena, "For me, judgment and wisdom are far more important than experience."
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Hello Everyone!
The Drive for Change Northern California is coming. Next Weekend (August 24th-26th) volunteers from around Northern California are coming to Reno to change the course of the Nevada Caucuses! Come by canvass, drive and knock, phone bank and also particpate in training that will benefit your organization and congressional district.
To sign up go to http://nevada.barackobama.com/driveforchange or email krish@barackobama.com
Feel free to call Krish at 702-469-9026
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