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Pierce County for Change (located in Tacoma, WA) is now on Facebook

By Bethany from Cheney, WA - Mar 10th, 2009 at 11:40 pm EDT

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Get a Facebook account and search Pierce County for Change in Groups. Everyone is welcome :-).

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Welcome to .CAN and some rules of the road...

By Wayne - Jan 29th, 2009 at 11:59 am EST

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Hello Everybody - Please share this emial with all new members, so we all know we each have agreed to hold ourselves to our highest standards. We lead by example. Welcome to Government 2.0. "This is my gift to my country. " I am a large scale systems architect, and I saw a need and did something about filling it. "The Community Action Network is yours to use to make all our dreams come true. " Our election of President Obama was only a beginning. Lets go to work. Government 2.0 is our participatory citizens "real time" responsibility. "The Internet makes this new phase of our American Expierment (Benjamin Franklin's words) at Self Government possible." Politics changed. �Welcome to the future. The Community Action Network is a Post Partisan Cooperative of Individuals and Groups Assembled as Protected by the Second Ammendment. "Our primary tool of community defense is our vote." We are not to arm into Militia, rather assemble, and vote as we see fit to protect the health and welfare of our Communities. Residency within a Legal County is required, as is voter registration. At this time the Membership, Events, Blog posts, and all List Servers are moderated until further notice. "We have construction to do before we open up for Community Action." This is a National Network of State Networks of County Networks of All MyBO Groups within every County of our United States. "Our .CAN organization is not any political party. " We are the change we have been waiting for. Stop waiting. "Fire it up." Let me address three points: I.) Rules of Participation; II.) Communications and Administrative Structure; and III.) Processes and proceedures. I.) Rules of Participation: Barack Obama asked his initial campaign staff to make three commitments, and then welcomed them all to try what appeared impossible at the time. I repeat these now as you must commit to these in your heart now, before you begin your work, individually and collectively. 1.) Honesty. 2.) No Drama. 3.) Have Fun. Marshall Ganz tought us the three rules of Community Organizing at Camp Obama. The Obama for America Presidential Campaign graduated over 20,000 of us at those events. f you have not run thru the training please take the time and set up your own County Events. �You can find the complete training here: http://campobama.blogspot.com/ We hope to repeatedly deliver a new Camp to your groups over the Internet. Our plan is to deliver this training to all twice a year forward. Grassroots Camp 2.0 will be tooled to Government 2.0, where as the original expierence was focused on Community Organizing around an Election. �Stay tuned as this is true grasstroots triaining for your local teams. There are many policy aspects of your Governments, which you may want to change, which are not election based activites. �Regardless, Marshall gave us the three Rules of Efective Community Organizing. 4.) Respect. 5.) Empower. 6.) Include. Barack Obama asked us to study, to work at, and become the Change we were waiting for. �Core to all Barack's teaching and leadership is a concept of Empathy. When you read and re-read his books, this theme is a thread that is woven throughout his writing. So we require your best attempt at: 7.) Empathy. Membership in the .CAN Network is a privilage and not a right. Name calling, foul language, and hurtful conduct, speech and written words are good cause for two warnings by any Administrator and then removal upon any third violation. This is not a joke. Appeal to your local .CAN group at any monthly group meeting as a "Housekeeping Item" is the only point of appeal to your group. And all groups are to allow group re-entry upon apology. Sometimes a few weeks or months off, is all anyone needs to repair their attitude. Some good video on Empathy is here: Barack Obama and a New Spirit of Empathy - Rough Cut 1(1 hr 15 min)�http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6504935098489252112 � II.) Communications and Administrative Structure: We have a Network, of Networks (50 States), of Networks, (3,071 Counties), of Networks (All MyBO Group Members of All MyBO Groups in that County. We also will open a Network of all Colleges and Univers ities as stand alone .CAN Groups, which are welcome to participate as stand alone groups and elect delegates to our State Assemblies and National .CAN Congress. The Students have asked us for this, so be it. We also will open a Spanish Language set of .CAN Groups, where that language will be used. As needed - all other Language .CAN Groups are welcome to set up their own Groups and join in the Quarterly Countywide MyBO Membership Assemblies. Each MyBO County.State.CAN Group will host an all inclusive Quarterly Assembly of all MyBO Members in there County. Our Charter to set up this network required we not compete with existing groups, and include all who wanted to join us. All MyBO Groups are welcome to elect two Delegates to our Bi-Annual State MyBO Group Assemblies, and those same delegates are welcome to our Annual National MyBO Citizens Congress. Our State Umbrella Grou ps will meet in our various State Capitols. Our National Congress will meet in Washington DC. Each set of Delegates will include one voting Delegate and one Alternate. Each Group is Autonomous and Self Supporting. We are Volunteers. �Any service compensation for expenses is up to each group. The State Groups are welcome to sponsor any Delegate who may not have the resources to participate. We are inclusive and not exclusive. To be a member, any person must agree to abide to the best of their ability and capacity, to our seven core principles stated above. Each Group will maintain two or more Group Administrators and one or more Communications Directors. The Group Administrators will oversee the interface to MyBO and the other .CAN Groups. �Group Administrators will admit and remove members and are empowered to make thier indepentant decisions. The local Group Membership can override and change any arbitrary decison made between meetings. The Communications Directors will moderate the List Servers as quickly as possible. Where Groups grow to large - they may further sub devide their counties as they see fit. All Groups will meet once a month as we suggest the use of our Standardized Meeting Format. This is not a legal organizational entity at this point. Agreements as to legal form are left to the membership for future decisions. All I have done is design the structure to give to you. What you do with it is up to you. III.) Processes and proceedures: In Each Group Blog, you will find three postings which we require you keep posted on your Community Blog for all to reference: 1.) The Suggested Meeting Format for Monthly Meetings. You can archive meeti ng notes and records on Google Docs as shared files for all to see. We recommend Setting up a Group Membership Spread sheet on Google Docs as well, as we share our Names, Addresses, Phone Numbers, Email Addresses, and other public data and notes with all members in each Group. The State Group Data and Membership Directory of Elected Delegates and Officers will be maintained on Google Docs as as shared file - open to Delegates only. The National Registry of all State Delegates will be also open to all Elected Delegates - as a shared file. �Transparency is critical and we lead by example. No Delegate shall share the group data. There shall be no solicitation of contributions or commerce on any Group List Server. 2.) The Two Year Schedule, created by the founding .CAN Group in San Francisco, California on December 13, 2008. We ar e all to synch to this schedule for all our use. You can set up your List of Officers - terms and when you have your group elections on a shared Google Doc as well for the reference of your group. 3.) The Link List of All MyBO Groups in your County.State.CAN Group shall be created, posted and maintained by your County Group Adminsitrators. �We promised Chicago MyBO HQ we would create and maintain an Umbrella Protection and inclusion of all MyBO Groups with clear inter-group level of respect, empowerment, and inclusion. The Link List of All MyBO County Groups in your State shall be created, posted and maintainted by your State.CAN State Group Administrators. The Groups are open to do as they see fit within this structure and may advocate as the see fit. This is post partisan politics. The Link List of All MyBO State.CAN, and Colleges.CAN and Language.City or State.CAN Groups will be created and main tained by the USA.CAN Group Administrators. Thank you for allowing me to be of service. Paul Talcott CurrierInternet Community Organizer.Official Amercian by Birth. ( I like my Middle Name as it is thank you )

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Washington.CAN - The Next Step - Join Today

By Wayne - Jan 25th, 2009 at 11:56 pm EST

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Hello Wonderfully Active People:It's time to move forward as one. We made it through the election and inauguration - and now we must bring our Washington together and work towards organizing county .CAN groups to work at all levels of government to achieve the Change we voted for.

You're invited to join a group on My.BarackObama.com:

http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/WashingtonCAN

We are writing to invite everyone to please come out and join the President's Grassroots Team to support Barack as we roll out Government 2.0.
In his recent video (http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/thefuture) Barack Announces Organizing For America.  He mentioned that in a few days you would get instructions by email.  These are the instructions.

1.  We need you to find your State.CAN group in MyBO and join these two groups:

USA.CAN

Washington.CAN

2.  Each of you must update your Personal profile on MyBO with real contact information so we can interact accordingly.

3.  This is our team building nationwide project...to form ranks.  To give you a heads up, February 7th is when the call has been put out for all CAN groups to have their first meetings across the country.  We are asking all MyBO members who want to participate in Government 2.0 to reach out to all their MyBO groups and have them join their State.CAN group as well.  At your face to face meetings across your state and in each county you will elect officers, assign issue teams by individual interests, and make plans to work across CAN groups with all others who might share that issue focus in order to join forces and see solutions implemented.   This is the plan we make in support of President Barack Obama's upcoming legislation and programs.  All issues that we are focusing on to begin with are posted at www.whitehouse.gov.

4.  Overall mandate on what we are to do:

• Organize support for legislation at all levels of government.  This includes supporting President Obama's agenda as well as organizing around state and local laws/initiatives.
• Build grassroots electoral strength at all levels by training and developing grassroots leaders to organize and serve in their communities.
• Be an organ of two-way communication between the White House and the grassroots, so that each knows and responds to the priorities of the other.
• Launch a national, grassroots-driven renewal of civic engagement, again at both the local and national levels.

Lisa Lindo
National USA.CAN Group Administrator (Community Action Networks)
Associate Producer Vote For Change Campaign
Internet Community Organizer
Economic URL: IfTheBuckStopsHereShootIt.com
Vote For Change: http://obeygiant.com/voteforchange/

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O, Happy Day!

By Susan in Spokane - Jan 20th, 2009 at 3:51 pm EST

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President Obama! My eyes are still watering. No more President-elect. It's the real deal now. Read more.... Read More »

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Bonnie and Bubba, We Elected a New President!

By Susan in Spokane - Nov 5th, 2008 at 2:13 pm EST

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Leaving for our morning walk this morning, I told Bonnie and Bubba ("Bonnie and Bubba for Barack", per your votes back in June), "Guess what, you two? We elected Barack Obama President! I believe he's going to do great things for our country. You dogs are part of history now!"

Unfortunately, dogs being dogs, I had the impression that they were thinking, "OK, Mom, get over it. We just need to pee, thank you!"

But Mom isn't over it. In fact, it's just starting to sink in as I watch videos of Seattle's street celebration, and a news clip about Malia and Sasha starting life in the White House. So the tears that I expected to have flowing last night are coming this morning. Bonnie comes up beside me, tail wagging anxiously, nervous about the emotional release.

Hey, Bonnie! We elected a new President! And here's a quote from Yahoo news that your Mom loves: "What an inspiration. He is the first truly global U.S. president the world has ever had," said Pracha Kanjananont, a 29-year-old Thai sitting at a Starbuck's in Bangkok. "He had an Asian childhood, African parentage and has a Middle Eastern name. He is a truly global president."

Here's to a new America!

Susan

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YES.WE.CAN Elect Obama Our New President!

By Susan in Spokane - Nov 5th, 2008 at 1:30 am EST

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Wooo-Hoooo! We did it! What a night! Myself and hundreds more gathered in a conference room at one of our local Red Lion hotels. Sponsored by the Spokane County Democrats, we had two large screen TVs tuned in to CNN to watch the results as they came in, and excellent finger food. With each state's results, we whooped for Obama -- and went wild when he was announced our next President.

Our Washington state Governor's race is close again, but I'll wait till tomorrow to check on that one. Governor Gregoire, our Democrat incumbent, is a staunch Obama supporter, and I don't doubt for a minute that she would help him as President in any way she could if she gets re-elected. Like Obama, she's an excellent speaker.

If this site stays up, I'll post a couple more blogs tomorrow -- one on this campaign "journey" (from the owner of a healing arts center called "Inner Journeys", no less!) and one of thanks for all those I've come in contact with through working in my small way for our next President of the United States.

YES.WE.DID, and yes, we will continue,

To all, a VERY GOOD NIGHT!

Susan

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Election Eve

By Cultural Tones - Nov 3rd, 2008 at 7:56 pm EST

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Since Alaska, my travels have taken me to Washington, Arizona and back to Washington where I am this Monday, November 3rd, 2008. During my travels, having the BarackObama.com site makes it easy to jump on-line, when I can, and make phone calls nationwide as part of the campaign nationl call team. Also, some of the Washington campaign call teams supply me with call lists...it's all good!

The internet radio show that a friend of mine and I started during the Democratic National Convention has continued, too. Although, call-ins are few, the show is fun and informative when there have been featured guests, i.e. from Wasilla, Anchorage, El Paso and Spokane. Tomorrow may be my final show for this election cycle.

It has been an incredible journey as a volunteer with the Barack Obama campaign. I have met incredibly dedicated people every place I have gone. The hope for a stronger and better democracy is what each of us wants for our country, it's what drives us to work at the grassroots level in ways we never imagined.

One of the most significant parts of this campaign for me, up to now, was Wednesday evening at the convention in Denver, when I signed my name on the ballot for Senator Barack Obama as the democratic nominee for President of the United States and when Senator Hillary Clinton pushed through a crowd of people to get to her podium, then asked for the nomination of of Barack Obama by acclaimation, it was seconded and voted on...that moment was full of emotion. Finally, the vote for which the precint, legislative and congressional district delegates had sent me was cast and all the hard work during the primary was rewarded.

Then, Invesco Field. Exhausted by Thursday of the convention, to have the privilege of sitting in the third row from center stage, I was overwhelmed with disbelief and humility. Watching the expressions on Senator Obama's face and hearing the roar of 70,000 supporters as he delivered his message of hope to the nation....I still cant' get over it!

My fellow Washington National Delegates made my experience complete. The caliber and diversity of individuals who made up the delegation was a source of pride for me. I will cherish my handbook of delegate biographies.

So, tonight, I as I reminisce, I hope for tomorrow's future that will be sealed by millions of precious votes.

Hope in Spokane, Washington

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Sign Waving for Obama

By Susan in Spokane - Oct 29th, 2008 at 10:21 pm EDT

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Last week and this week myself and a few other fun-loving Obama supporters braved chilly yet beautiful Fall early AM temperatures to place ourselves at various intersections on the South Hill and wave signs for Obama.

Our retinue has included Mary's two children and my two dogs (Bonnie and Bubba for Barack, thanks to those who voted back in June). The dogs wear red bandanas with white Obama stickers on them. Bonnie got very involved the first time we went, matching my "Woo hoo's" with her own Husky howl: "woo-woo-woo-woo-woo".

Things we've learned: the west side of the Hill seems to be bright blue. The further east one goes, the more the lines appear less distinct. My attempting to wave at the corner of 3rd and Freya for people accessing I-90 East was met with very little enthusiasm, and the first shout out a pick-up window of something "not nice". But hey, you keep smiling, give them a thumbs-up and wish them a great day. To me, that's what inclusion is all about. And remember, if they're headed to Idaho, well, I think we all know what color that state is....

Anyone interested in joining us next Monday, 11/3 at the corner of 3rd and Washington? We usually gather around 7:30 to wave during the morning rush hour. Watch for an event listing under "events in my area" on your profile page. Last one got posted the day before, so keep the faith. Bring a sign (or we have a couple extras), something hot to drink and bundle up. If it's a challenge for you to get going in the mornings, come join us -- our enthusiasm will wake you up!

So far none of us have seen anyone out waving signs for McCain/Palin -- so let's show everyone where the momentum lies in this Presidential election.

GOBAMA in Spokane!

Susan

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Barack & his real life experience

By Tracy T. - Oct 23rd, 2008 at 7:01 pm EDT

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As far as I can tell it must be very difficult for a Politition to truly understand what our Country and Communities need unless they live in the real world. Unless they have been in the depths of the community like he has. Working with the people and for the people.
Mommy,Daddy and Big Corporations can't pay for that kind of experience, you can't buy your way into understanding not only the necessity of change but, the knowledge of where to begin to make those changes. It's not at Harvard, nor in the Senate...it's on the streets and in the homes of people who are real and have been forgotten for so long for which Barack has personally & forever embeded those experiences in his mind and, I know they lay close to his heart.
These kind of experiences are priceless and are NOT soon forgotten! Since when does being prepared for a Presidential/Vice Presidential HOPEFUL position mean holding prestigous positions, or wearing designer clothes. Being prepared for THIS position to me means "UNDERSTANDING WHAT THIS COUNTRY OF OURS IS NOT ONLY MADE OF BUT, WHAT IT IS IN NEED OF!" Come on! You don't get that kind of understanding sitting behind a desk, you get it by being out there in this world PARTICIPATING with the people of the community! The rest of the world KNOWS that our country is quite frankly a mess, and in need of a new visison and direction not JUST ECONOMIC STABILIZATION!.
I believe in you and your chosen staff Barack!
Tracy T.

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Leftover funds

By Toddster - Oct 23rd, 2008 at 3:46 pm EDT

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Anyone know what the Obama campaign organization is planning to do with their funds left over after the election?

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Speculation reduction tax

By Roseanne Lasater - Oct 19th, 2008 at 10:09 pm EDT

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I listened to an economist this afternoon and he had a suggestion that really resonated for me, regarding how our country can survive and move through the current economic crisis. First of all, let me say he explained the crisis and the important role played by unregulated speculation in bringing it about. He seems to think we CAN have a healthy credit system, but we are not going about it the right way. Unfortunately, that includes the current bailout, which is not going to do anything to correct the underlying problems. A speculation reduction tax, however, first proposed a long time ago by someone named Tobin, is essentially a small tax imposed on speculative investments. The professor, Doug Orr of Eastern Washington University, proposed a mere one half of one percent per investment. He projects billions in federal revenue that could then be spent on economic stimulus, a key feature of recovery from the current meltdown.

It was heartening to hear an actual suggestion that could improve things, not another bailout idea. He proposed that the shorter an investment is held before being renegotiated, the higher the percentage of the tax, which would encourage longer-term investments rather than pure short-term trading.

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Toledo Ohio Day 3-4

By NICK CL 4 OBAMA!!!! - Oct 18th, 2008 at 6:48 pm EDT

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So day 3 which would be October 17th was an interesting day because I met this guy from SEIU who was complaining about having to do canvassing and said he has been doing it since Septmber and hates it. He used to be a home refinisher and I think he is bitter because he now is a ganitor. He complained the whole way there and than when he got to our location he talked to people and did a great job. An interesting experience to say the least and something I wasn't expecting to encounter but I guess that is part of the job. Today however was quiet a day because I canvassed with a UFCW Representative named Pete from California and we knocked on 129 doors and contacted about 40 people which 37 out of 40 were for Obama. It was a very depressed neighborhood to put it nicely or some people call it the hood. Boarded up houses and really broken and damaged houses that were literally falling apart and this is the type of stuff that Barack talks about every single day. It was an encouraging day because I met a ex Hilary supporter who was voting for Barack because she realized that he was by far the better choice than McCain. Her neighbor was an unemployed lady that represented all of Ohio because she was living in a broken and battered home with no job which means no health care and little to help her if she got sick. Toledo is a town of approximately 350,000 which suprised me because as depressed as it is I have yet to see a homeless person wandering the streets mostly because they all live in beaten and depressed areas. Ohio has the 6th highest unemployment rate in the nation and many of these people just need a tax break which would give them enough money to rebuild their lives and houses they live in.

Ohio needs our prayers and so does Barack because when he becomes President he will need a lot of help and advice.

Nick

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A Tree Gave Its Life for Obama Yesterday

By Susan in Spokane - Oct 16th, 2008 at 2:58 pm EDT

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Sad news for tree-lovers. I had put two Obama yard signs in our yard, along with a yard sign for the WA State Democratic Governor, Christine Gregoire, who is running again for governor this year. Sometime during the night of Oct. 14th, not only were our yard signs taken, but our young tree in front of one of them was hacked and fatally wounded.

The Gregoire for Governor sign had been discarded along the side of the street not far from our home. No sign of the Obama ones. By the way, Gov. Gregoire has been an outspoken Obama supporter, and just held a rally here in Spokane last week with Gov. Bill Richardson of NM and a couple of our State senators as well as one of our US Senators -- not only to rally her campaign, but Obama's, too.

I was prepared for stolen yard signs, but not for harm to an innocent tree. The tree wasn’t voting for Obama – and even if it were, that doesn’t mean its life had to be taken. I am very saddened by this cruel act. I had decided to make a donation to Obama in memory of the tree. Today I realized that there may be other tree-lovers and Obama supporters out there who would also want to commemorate our sapling with a donation to Obama’s campaign.

Therefore, the fundraiser on my Obama profile page. I will match the first $200 donated. This gives me the opportunity to make the donation I had planned to, as well as use this act by “those ones” to help our candidate even more!

My sincere thanks to those of you who join this cause. If you are in the Spokane area and are available on Sunday afternoon (Oct. 19th), I will hold a drum circle in memory of the tree at the Inner Journeys Center, 334 South Grant St. in the downtown Spokane area (NOT Grand Blvd.! Grant St. is a couple blocks past the Goodwill store on 3rd Avenue on the right side. The Center is the last house on the right.) from 4 PM to 5:30 PM. All are welcome. There is parking in the rear of the building – just follow the narrow driveway.

YES.WE.CAN move beyond hate and ignorance!

Susan in Spokane

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And Here's the Letter that Did Get Published

By Susan in Spokane - Sep 17th, 2008 at 10:14 pm EDT

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Well, the first letter I wrote was too long. So here's the next try....

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Barack Evening Buzz - 9-15-08

By Barack Daily Buzz - Victory2008.net - Sep 15th, 2008 at 8:53 pm EDT

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Barack Evening Buzz - 9-15-08
On to Victory in November

(1) Obama Says Wall Street Crisis is GOP's Fault
Ed Donahue-Associated Press Minute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OtZwuREDGE

(2) Obama Mocks McCain Promise to Bring Change
Terence Hunt-Associated Press
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5isOFwdbq0tsqatW6vJpkDRTI1gMgD937E5IG0

(3) Today on the Presidential Campaign Trail
Associated Press
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iNxTApa2sQRu0Xx99P3jt2bEXw7gD937DBDG1

(4) Why the Shakeup on Wall Street is Good News for Obama
Andrew Romano-Newsweek-Stumper
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/09/15/econ.aspx

(5) Obama and McCain Blast Regulators and Managers for Wall Street Woes
CNNPolitics
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/15/wall.street.candidates/index.html?section=cnn_latest

(6) Obama and McCain Blame Economic Woes on Greed and Policy
Liz Sidoti-Associated Press
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080916/ap_on_el_pr/candidates_economy_8

(7) Candidates Talk Wall Street in Order to Win over Main Street
Karen Travers and Rigel Anderson-ABC News-Politics
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=5809432&page=1

(8) Obama Challenges McCain's New Definition of the "Fundamentals" that are Strong
Jake Tapper-ABC News-Political Punch
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/obama-challenge.html

(9) Obama Challenges McCain on "Fundamentals"
Nick Timiraos-Wall Street Journal-Washington Wire
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/09/15/obama-challenges-mccain-on-fundamentals/

(10) Obama Ad Challenges McCain's Honor
David Alexander-Reuters
http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/09/15/obama-ad-challenges-mccains-honor/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK3Y1KPzW9k

(11) Obama Holds Strong Lead Against McCain in Swing State Iowa
Liz Halloran-U.S. News & World Report-Campaign 2008
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/campaign-2008/2008/09/15/poll-shows-obama-holds-strong-lead-against-mccain-in-swing-state-iowa.html

(12) Biden Rips McCain for Saying Fundamentals of Economy are "Strong"
Matt Jaffe-ABC News-Political Radar
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/biden-rips-mcca.html

(13) Biden Emerges as Pitbull and Tears into McCain
Jimmy Orr-Christian Science Monitor-the vote blog
http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/09/15/biden-emerges-as-pitbull-tears-into-mccain/

(14) In Michigan, Biden Likens McCain Tactics to Rove's
Don Gonyea-National Public Radio-NPR
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94640703

(15) Hillary Clinton-"Happy to Campaign for Barack and Joe"
Rick Klein-ABC News
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/5050/story?id=5809082&page=1

(16) McCain and Republicans Have Twice as Much Cash as Obama
Jonathan D. Salant-Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aqev0ywehlZw&refer=home

(17) The Truth about McCain and Insurance Taxes
Wyatt Andrews-CBS News-Reality Check
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/15/eveningnews/realitycheck/main4451525.shtml

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Need an opinion

By Laurie - Sep 15th, 2008 at 4:34 pm EDT

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Hello Spokane for Obama,

I am considering gathering some of my like-minded neighbors for a get out the vote/registration drive garage sale.

I live on the South Hill and garage sales go over big here. What do you think?

We live on a good size lot, so I have room for a multi-family garage/yard sale.

Thanks,

Laurie

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What? Obama and McCain Even in the Polls?

By Susan in Spokane - Sep 10th, 2008 at 2:36 am EDT

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I couldn't believe what I read this AM. So I wrote a letter.... Read More »

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DNC ROCKS!!

By NICK CL 4 OBAMA!!!! - Sep 4th, 2008 at 1:05 am EDT

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The Democratic Convention was the greatest thing I have every attended or volunteered at and I would not trade that experience for anything in the world. I love Barack Obama but I also love the fact that there was energy in the state of Colorado that is trending toward the Democratic side this year. With a Democratic governor like Bill Ritter and Ken Salazar as a Democratic US Senator it is very encouraging. The acceptance speech was the most exciting event I have ever attended and I have never seen so many people with so much passion in my life; 84,00 people were there to see Barack give that historic speech and I would not trade that experience for anything in the whole world. It is because of Barack that I want to major in political science and make a difference in society. I love him and he makes me love my country even more.

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Volunteerism

By Bethany from Cheney, WA - Aug 30th, 2008 at 8:48 pm EDT

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Now that the Obama/Biden campaign has us fired up and ready to go, it's our turn. The field organizers need your help. Contact your local office to volunteer with the campaign by registering voters, by doorbelling and by calling voters in your area. It really is because of our help that the movement has spread far and wide :).

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Update Washington DC Event

By Jeanie Schneider - Aug 23rd, 2008 at 6:11 pm EDT

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GRASSROOTS FOR OBAMA IN WASHINGTON DC

FREEDOM PLAZA, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE

SEPTEMBER 6, 2008

This will be a rare opportunity for grassroots groups from all over the country to unite in the nation's capital.

There will be fund raising and voter registration. This is a high visibility event in Freedom Plaza close to the White House. There will be extensive media coverage as we host Mayors, Climate Change, members of Congress, Sierra Club, Veterans. Bands, performers, grassroots special guests.

French TV has contacted me and they will be filming for a special program about the election and our grassroots movement.

Our stage is being built. I am hoping to find an Obama banner for the stage if you know of any group who has one and can loan it for the event. If you live in the region, come to Washington DC to Freedom Plaza to share our grassroots enthusiasm. If you live across the country, it's a great time to visit your nation's capital and be apart of history.

A word about the ticket. I am so proud to be supporting such talented and inspirational candidates as Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Together they complement the spirit of Hope, Change, and Determination that America represents to the world. I have been fortunate to work with so many people across this country organizing this event. Grassroots have always been the spirit and good intentions of America.

I didn't know anything about organizing an event like this. I just knew I wanted to become involved. I just got onto the site and I began. With a little hard work and love for my country, I found out something about myself, and the other people I encountered.

YES WE CAN! Jeanie Schneider

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=25596901414

jeanieschneider@gmail.com

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