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    <title>Stkate for Obama</title>
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    <description>The College of Saint Catherin students for Barack Obama! lets be a genetation of change!</description>
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            <title>Here we go again!!!!!</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dear Obama families&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tonight we have wittnessed the mother of character attacks, republican ever pulled , with their new comer vp peak Sarha Paline.&amp;nbsp; She was less on the polices but abondant on the character attack! I guss when you do not have any plat form to run on, the easy way out is to attack with outright lies.&amp;nbsp; How can a person born and rasied in the most civilized nation of the world could think this way? dream to win by trash talk and sarcasm. It buffled me.&amp;nbsp; I can clearly see how desprate&amp;nbsp;John Macane&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;his &amp;quot;Conservative&amp;quot; in this case hypocrat,&amp;nbsp;VP, win the white house with nothing but&amp;nbsp;their shameless attack on Barack Obama and his supporters.&amp;nbsp; However all these should not discourage us from our quest to change America, rather motivate us to work twice harder.&amp;nbsp; Lets fight back her smear attack with nothing but the truth.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes, we can, and Yes we will&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meaza, MN&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:06:29 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Meaza</dc:creator>
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            <title>we are the ones</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Hello... to all Obama&#039;s families all across America.... You need to see this vedio... It reflect the basic principle of Barack&#039;s vision to this country. and keep passing the tourch to your freinds and families.... Help Barack to bring the real change that is desparately needed in this country.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghSJsEVf0pU&quot;&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghSJsEVf0pU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Enjoy, Good luck&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;keep calling, keep knocking!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meaza!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:55:55 EST</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Meaza</dc:creator>
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            <title>What is Hillary&#039;s 35 years of expriance?</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;hello everyone....&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks to NPR now we know Hillary Clintons 35 years of expriance is nothing but working for Corporate law firm, being first lady and travel accross the country....&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;listen or read it to yourself and make sure to spread the news, Barack needs our help, he can not do it alone we are his squad team&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18391632&quot;&gt;http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18391632&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:49:38 EST</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Meaza</dc:creator>
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            <title>Stop  confusing people Hilary!</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here we go again, Now she knows for sure that she is loosing Iowa... down playing the result!. AS we have been saying 10 month ago, Barack is the real deal in this election.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/12/31/prominent-clinton-supporter-criticizes-iowa-2/&quot;&gt;http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/12/31/prominent-clinton-supporter-criticizes-iowa-2/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:59:17 EST</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Meaza</dc:creator>
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            <title>Barack&#039;s accomplishement as Illinois Senator</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Hello everyone, as you all know we are in a critical moment of this campagne or as Barack said it nicely a silly season of this campagne, most have tried to smear the Senotr Obama&#039;s clean record with their poletics as usual tactic, however the People of Iowa and Americans are more focused on what is important issues like ending the war in Iraq, Health care for all, world class education for all and lifting the economy many many more...&amp;nbsp; as a result, Barack is leading in all three primary states and also he is&amp;nbsp;the most electable candidate against Republican come November 4, 2008.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;to support my argument, I attached a link that shows Barack&#039;s accomplishement as an Illinois Senator. I say, his record speaks to itself. Barack is The one and the only choice for America right now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/07/29/us/politics/20070730_OBAMA_GRAPHIC.html&quot;&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/07/29/us/politics/20070730_OBAMA_GRAPHIC.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Happy holiday everyone, make sure to claim your part of this historic moment by caccusing for Barack! tell your freinds about this unique man who could brings us to the table for the common pourpse for the common goal and for the better America!!!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meaza, MN&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:47:08 EST</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Meaza</dc:creator>
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            <title>Hillary attack!</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Here she is again! trying politics as usual, Attacking barack on his character is something very difficult and hard to make a case to American people. Because He is fresh, clean and consistance unlike the Clintonians. The American people are way better than that ... they need real change, they need someone who could fix the mess and that&#039;s is Barack with positive vision and agenda for this country...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post_group/ObamaHQ/CRhV&quot;&gt;http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post_group/ObamaHQ/CRhV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:51:10 EST</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Meaza</dc:creator>
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            <title>Barack at Boston</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;More than 2000 people were able to attend in this cold winter wether... when it comes to Barack, no excuse is good enough to stay behind.&amp;nbsp; His vision to this country is something you wouldn&#039;t miss. His dream is the people&#039;s dream. His campaigne is a movement for change.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2007/12/on_a_cold_night.html&quot;&gt;http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2007/12/on_a_cold_night.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you Boston&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meaza&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:45:22 EST</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Meaza</dc:creator>
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            <title>true self previal</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Hillary&#039;s lies are beyond control.&amp;nbsp; I find it very amazing how people could get weired when it comes to power.... She proved that she will say and do anything she can to win this election very sad to witness this from such educated lady. this is embarasement &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=YK4S4fY8gFA&quot;&gt;http://youtube.com/watch?v=YK4S4fY8gFA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:11:05 EST</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Meaza</dc:creator>
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            <title>Message from Cook County Posting</title>
            <description>Dear Obama supporters, &amp;nbsp; This will be the next to last major communication I  will send out before the February 5th &amp;quot;Super Tuesday&amp;quot; primaries...I know that  many of you belong to multiple groups on My.BO.com so you will receive this same  e-mail several times...this message is so very important that I ask you to  please not be angry or upset over this...I want this message to get out to all  of the different supporters! &amp;nbsp; Back in February, Sen. Barack Obama stood in front  of a large crowd in Springfield, IL in freezing weather to announce his bid for  President of the United States. Nine months later, we stand in a position to  bring the Obama presidency one major step closer to reality! On January 3rd,  2008, Iowa voters will go out into the cold weather and attend their precinct  caucuses. The latest polls show that Sen. Barack Obama ahead of Sen. Hillary  Clinton by 4 percentage points and ahead of John Edwards by 8 percentage points.  This is good, but we need to remember that these are the same polls we told  everyone to not be concerned about when Sen. Clinton was ahead! &amp;nbsp; Much work has been done to bring the Obama campaign  to this point, but the fact is that many Iowa voters have not yet decided which  candidate they will support on January 3rd and that much hard work needs to be  done! &amp;nbsp; I am personally asking each and every one of you,  to please find a way to spend a Saturday in Iowa between today and December  15th! Think of this as the best present you can give Barack and Michelle Obama!  I went on such a trip on October 20th and I have committed my time to another  trip on December 8th! Many of these trips will be leaving from the states  surrounding Iowa the next 3 Saturdays! You will have the opportunity to meet  other Obama supporters and also be talking to Iowa voters about why you support  Barack Obama for President and encouraging them to get out on January 3rd and  stand in Barack&#039;s corner so we can bring the change we so desperately need in  Washington, D.C. !!! &amp;nbsp; I would be willing to go so far as to say that you  can be the difference in these caucuses! Each supporter who helps Iowa makes a  difference(even if it serves to bring 5 more Obama supporters out to the  caucuses!) &amp;nbsp; If you are willing to go, please call me at  (618)397-5027 or write me at the e-mail address below! If you are in the St.  Louis area as I am, I will get you in contact with a staffer at the St. Louis  office who will give more details and sign you up...If you live outside of the  greater St. Louis area, I will work to find info on who to contact in your area  about meetup locations for the trips each Saturday.  &amp;nbsp; Thank you so much for all of your support so far  and I wish I could talk personally to each and every one of you! Let&#039;s get out  in the cold like Barack did and declare our support to any and all! &amp;nbsp; Take care and LET&#039;S BA-RACK THE IOWA  CAUCUSES!!!&lt;br /&gt;Kurt Neumann</description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:17:04 EST</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Shauen</dc:creator>
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            <title>Angela Davis mentions Barack Obama in Guardian article</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Here is an article that I read in the Guardian.&amp;nbsp; If you know Angela Davis you will be familiar with her through and inclusive analysis of various subjects.&amp;nbsp; This article article provides the same critical analysis that I hope that we are all considering. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here is the link to the article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2207188,00.html&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:38:49 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>Oprah Winfrey joins Obama!</title>
            <description>&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Hey, Katies!&amp;nbsp; I hope that your semester is winding down well and that you are getting all of your Obama information.&amp;nbsp; Here was the latest update in my inbox.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;P.S. Cecilia Koncharr Farr (ENGL Dept) may enjoy this information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OPRAH WINFREY TO TOUR EARLY STATES WITH BARACK OBAMA &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:51:35 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>let reach our goal</title>
            <description>Hello everyone: &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;As the Iowa caucus day getting closer, Barack is also showing his leadership skills in every aspect of the issues that are so vital for every American people.&amp;nbsp; For example, health care insurance, how to end Iraq war, and how to provide better pay for teachers are the few among the list. Therefore, as a member of Ethiopian for Obama, we have moral responsibility to say, &amp;ldquo;Way to go senator Barack Obama&amp;rdquo;, by donating what ever amount we can.&amp;nbsp; Today is our chance to make the actual difference in the 2008 presidential election process, today is our chance to take action on what we really want in our government and today is our chance to show the voice of ordinary people is stronger than the lobbyist or special interest group who wants to buy every chair in the government.&amp;nbsp; Most of all today is the time to show Barack we got his Back no matter what.&amp;nbsp;My fellow members of Ethiopian for Obama, I strongly encourage you to go ahead and spend your money for a good cause, for &amp;nbsp;something as inspiring and promising as Barack&amp;rsquo;s candidacy for the presidency of the United States of America in order to save more latter on.&amp;nbsp;Hope to here from you all soon!&amp;nbsp;Sincerely, Meaza, MN </description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:54:48 EST</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Meaza</dc:creator>
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            <title>check it out</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;my other group for obama&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stkate.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18355409056&quot;&gt;http://stkate.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18355409056&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:56:50 EST</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Meaza</dc:creator>
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            <title>Volunteer with Minnesotans for Obama at the Minnesota State Fair!</title>
            <description>&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.minnesotansforobama.org/assets/scrapbook/obama_mn_logo_500px.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;  &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.minnesotansforobama.org/assets/images/state_fair_logo_300px.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Barack Obama Volunteers Needed for the Minnesota State Fair!&lt;br /&gt; Join Us for Twelve Days of Fun Ending Labor Day!&lt;br /&gt; Thursday, August 23rd - Monday, September 3rd &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sign Up for 1 of 4 Daily Shifts at:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.minnesotansforobama.org/forms/volunteer_statefair.asp&quot;&gt;www.minnesotansforobama.org/forms/volunteer_statefair.asp&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;WE HAVE GREAT NEWS!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;Minnesotans for Obama is now officially part of the Minnesota State Fair with space inside the DFL building! And we want YOU to join in the fun!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; WE NEED LOTS OF VOLUNTEERS -- LIKE YOU!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; To show the strength of our grassroots movement, we need to be visible, talk with voters and sign them up for Barack Obama. Our table inside the DFL building also will be staffed every day from 9am-9pm with volunteer shifts from 9-12, 12-3, 3-6, and 6-9. And here&amp;#39;s where we need your! help.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;WE&amp;#39;VE MADE VOLUNTEERING EASY!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.minnesotansforobama.org/forms/volunteer_statefair.asp&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to sign up by day for one or several shifts during the fair. Obama State Fair Team Captains will be in contact with you to confirm your schedule, cover your volunteer assignment and other detail.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;MINNESOTA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;  STATE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; FAIR INFORMATION.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Our Obama table is located inside the DFL building, at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mnstatefair.org/pages/fairgrounds_map.html&quot;&gt;the corner of      DanPatch Avenue and Cooper Street&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Since we&amp;#39;re a grassroots movement, volunteers will need to pay for their admission into the Fair, parking, food, and beverages.&lt;br /&gt; 2007 ADMISSION PRICES - Regular admission at the gate: adults (13-64) $11; seniors (65 &amp;amp; over) $9; kids (5-12) $8. Children under 5 are always free! Discount admission tickets: $8 (more discount ticket information).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Discount admission tickets are available prior to the fair until      Wednesday,Aug. 22, 2007.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Parking: $9 or one additional pre-fair discount admission ticket      ($8).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;For information about the fair, visit the official MN State Fair      website, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mnstatefair.org/&quot;&gt;www.mnstatefair.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IT&amp;#39;S A MINNESOTA TRADITION!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; During the State Fair over 1.7 million people from 87 Minnesota counties will come to the State Fair, go on rides, visit the animal barns, eat food on a stick and talk politics. It&amp;#39;s a Minnesota tradition and so is grassroots politics!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;So join us at the State Fair. Talk with Minnesota voters about Senator Obama&amp;#39;s message of hope and change. Volunteer! (&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.minnesotansforobama.org/forms/volunteer_statefair.asp&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.minnesotansforobama.org/forms/volunteer_statefair.asp&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; If you have any questions, please e-mail us at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:volunteer@minnesotansforobama.org&quot;&gt;volunteer@minnesotansforobama.org&lt;/a&gt; or call us at 763-588-7545.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Sincerely,&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Minnesotans for Obama  State Organizers&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;PS: &lt;strong&gt;Don&amp;#39;t have time to volunteer but are planning on attending the fair?&amp;nbsp; You can still participate in the MN Obama movement by wearing your Obama gear for visibility and direct interested parties to the DFL Booth!&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:19:19 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>&quot;lets&#039;s try!&quot;</title>
            <description>YES! Finally somebody said something!  I am glad Barack took the time to address this irrelevant but something that has been lingering around and keeps confusing both black and white community.  Again, there are a lot more important issues that we should ask than this &quot;is-he-black-enough&quot; insanity.  &lt;br /&gt;
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If we believe every human being either here America or through out the world should have equal chance and opportunity in life, we need to march together with Barack in order to make it happen. (He is the hope of the past, present and the future!).&lt;br /&gt;
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We need to ask ourselves, what should we do in order to bring this change? Do we sit and blame other for what went wrong? Do we wait and hope for others to fight for black cause or do we want to be part of that game and win!&lt;br /&gt;
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I think Barack said it well, &quot;Let&#039;s try!&quot; let&#039;s not give up before we even try... that&#039;s not what our great-great parents thought us! That&#039;s not what they fought for! That was not Dr. Martin Luther king&#039;s dream! &lt;br /&gt;
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I say, if... we all take this campaign as our own call, if … we all take this campaign as our own vision and goal, I believe we are in the verge of making a significant historical moment in American history!!! &lt;br /&gt;
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Together we can make a difference, separate we fall!&lt;br /&gt;
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Meaza from MN</description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 00:53:48 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Vote for Obama in the Straw Poll &amp; Volunteer at the Obama Table for the CDM/MyDFL Convention on 4/28/07</title>
            <description>&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;CDM and MYDFL are merging to form one big happy statewide young progressive group. Let&amp;#39;s start it out on a good note and support Obama at the same time!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please sign up for this event at: &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4jty9&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Reasons to come:&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-*2008 presidential candidate straw poll*&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;-U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak among other exciting speakers&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;-officer elections&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;-meeting with young progressives from around the state&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;-debates!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;-ratifying a constitution for the newly merged organization&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;We are also looking for feedback on the proposed constitution. If you want a look at what is currently on the table, go here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mydfl.org/?q=constitution_changes/p&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Registration - 10:30 a.m.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;College Convention - 11:00 a.m.&amp;nbsp; (CDM)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Young Democrats Conventions - 12:00 p.m. (MyDFL)&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Invite all your friends under the age of 36, including high school students!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*You must be under the age of 36 to vote in the straw poll.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;**Obama MN will have a table at this event and we are looking for volunteers.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Shifts are flexible but we&amp;#39;d like to have volunteers from 10a-1p and 1p- until the event ends (est. 3-4p).&amp;nbsp; You do not need to be under 36 to volunteer at the table ;)&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;***Questions?&amp;nbsp; Contact Mandy in Mpls&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;PS: MN Students for Obama has an event for this on Facebook at: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=2383997368/p&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;-accessible site-&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;*3 blocks west of Central   Ave NE (10 bus) on 22nd Ave NE or 4 blocks east of Washington St NE (17 Bus)&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Map: &lt;a href=&quot;http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;q=700+-+22nd+Avenue+Northeast%2C+Minneapolis%2C+MN+55418/p&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:28:22 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Selection of MidWest Large Minded or Million Goal Groups including a Midwest Top 150! Join One Million MySpace Friends for Obama&#039;08 here and on MySpace. See URLs below. Thanks!</title>
            <description>1.) My.BarackObama.com: &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/OneMillionMySpaceFriendsforObama08&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; (PLACE HOLDER)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.) Official MySpace profile: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.myspace.com/friendsofobama08&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; (under construction)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.) Official Group profile on MySpace: &lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.myspace.com/OneMillionMySpaceFriendsforObama08&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; (PLACE HOLDER)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;****************************************************************************************&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;PLEASE DONATE WHATEVER YOU CAN TO ONE MILLION MYSPACE FRIENDS FOR OBAMA&amp;#39;08&amp;#39;S MIDWEST $10,000 CAMPAIGN COFFER DRIVES!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;****************************************************************************************&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;A href=&amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/onemillionmyspacefriendsforobama08inillinois&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Illinois!&amp;lt;/A&amp;gt;&lt;br&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;A href=&amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/OneMillionMySpaceFriendsforObama08inIndiana&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Indiana!&amp;lt;/A&amp;gt;&lt;br&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;A href=&amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/OneMillionMySpaceFriendsforObama08inIowa&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Iowa!&amp;lt;/A&amp;gt;&lt;br&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;A href=&amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/OneMillionMySpaceFriendsforObama08inKansas&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Kansas!&amp;lt;/A&amp;gt;&lt;br&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;A href=&amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/OneMillionMySpaceFriendsforBObama08&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Michigan!&amp;lt;/A&amp;gt;&lt;br&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;A href=&amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/OneMillionMySpaceFriendsforObama08inMissouri&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Missouri!&amp;lt;/A&amp;gt;&lt;br&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;A href=&amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/OneMillionMySpaceFriendsforObama08inNebraska&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Nebraska!&amp;lt;/A&amp;gt;&lt;br&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;A href=&amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/OneMillionMySpaceFriendsforObama08inNorthDakota&amp;quot;&amp;gt;North&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; Dakota!&amp;lt;/A&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;A href=&amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/OneMillionMySpaceFriendsforObama08inSouthDakota&amp;quot;&amp;gt;South&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; Dakota!&amp;lt;/A&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;A href=&amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/OneMillionMySpaceFriendsforObama08inOhio&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Ohio!&amp;lt;/A&amp;gt;&lt;br&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;A href=&amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/OneMillionMySpaceFriendsforObama08inWisconsin&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Wisconsin!&amp;lt;/A&amp;gt;&lt;br&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;A href=&amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/OneMillionMySpaceFriendsforObama08inMinnesota&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Minnesota!&amp;lt;/A&amp;gt;&lt;br&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;****************************************************************************************&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;MIDWEST&amp;#39;S TOP 150! If you would like your group to be added or deleted from my list please let me know. &lt;br /&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:36:52 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Hooray for Women of the 21st Century! Eric Keroack Resigns! Hooray!</title>
            <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.myspace.com/%3Cbr%3E&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/29/AR2007032902016_pf.html&quot;&gt;Washington&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; Post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Family Planning Official Resigns&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friday, March 30, 2007; A07&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The doctor in charge of the Bush administration&amp;#39;s family planning programs resigned yesterday after revealing that state Medicaid officials had taken action against his private medical practice in Massachusetts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eric Keroack, an obstetrician-gynecologist, became deputy assistant secretary for population affairs in November, advising Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt on matters such as reproductive health and adolescent pregnancy. He oversaw $283 million in annual family planning grants designed to provide access to contraceptive supplies, especially for low-income people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Family planning advocates panned the pick, noting that Keroack also had served as medical director of A Woman&amp;#39;s Concern, a nonprofit Christian pregnancy counseling organization in Massachusetts that on its Web site opposed the distribution of contraceptives as &amp;quot;demeaning to women.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In an e-mail to colleagues yesterday, Keroack said he was resigning to focus on appealing the action by Massachusetts Medicaid officials. HHS officials declined to provide more details, and state Medicaid officials could not be reached.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s a good day for women&amp;#39;s health,&amp;quot; said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. &amp;quot;Keroack was unqualified to run the nation&amp;#39;s family planning program. . . . The nation&amp;#39;s family planning program should be run by a champion for women&amp;#39;s health and safety.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- Christopher Lee</description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:33:15 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Fox News Horrible Record Attacking Black People Ban the Presidential Debates Deal! Please sign letter!</title>
            <description> Dear Friends,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fox News has a horrible record of attacking Black people, politicians,&lt;br /&gt;and cultural institutions. But, at this very moment, the Congressional&lt;br /&gt;Black Caucus has agreed to partner with Fox News to host presidential&lt;br /&gt;debates prior to the 2008 elections.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the CBC Institute to partner with an organization like Fox&lt;br /&gt;News--given its hostility to Black political interests--is&lt;br /&gt;shameful.  I&amp;#39;ve signed on with ColorOfChange.org to help prevent them&lt;br /&gt;from making this serious mistake.  Will you join us in calling on the&lt;br /&gt;Institute to drop its talks with Fox?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.colorofchange.org/cbci/?id=1874-151208&lt;br&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The CBC Institute, an organization led by Black members of Congress,&lt;br /&gt;claims to share ColorOfChange.org&amp;#39;s goal of politically empowering&lt;br /&gt;Black America.  But after being presented with the case against Fox&lt;br /&gt;and hearing vocal opposition from over 12,000 ColorOfChange.org&lt;br /&gt;members, the CBC Institute elected to complete a deal with Fox.&lt;br /&gt;We&amp;#39;d expect that they would recognize the obvious: that validating&lt;br /&gt;Fox News as legitimate hurts Black America, and undermines the&lt;br /&gt;CBC&amp;#39;s credibility.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fox&amp;#39;s record is horrible. Their on-air personalities and regular&lt;br /&gt;guests consistently marginalize Black politicians, culture, and&lt;br /&gt;institutions. In fact, Sen. Obama has stopped giving interviews to Fox&lt;br /&gt;reporters because of repeated attacks on his character and intimations&lt;br /&gt;that he has connections to terrorism. Even the Democratic Party in&lt;br /&gt;Nevada backed out of doing a debate with Fox because of remarks about&lt;br /&gt;Obama, but the CBC Institute hasn&amp;#39;t moved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And it&amp;#39;s not just Obama. Here&amp;#39;s a sampling of the kind of offensive&lt;br /&gt;messages put out on Fox News:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* Commenting on Hannity &amp;amp; Colmes about the speakers at Coretta Scott&lt;br /&gt;King&amp;#39;s funeral, featured guest Mary Matalin said, &amp;quot;I think these civil&lt;br /&gt;rights leaders are nothing more than racists&amp;quot; who are keeping &amp;quot;their&lt;br /&gt;African-American brothers enslaved.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* Jesse Lee Peterson, a regular guest who is Black said: &amp;quot;Kwanzaa is a&lt;br /&gt;racist, pagan, Marxist holiday&amp;quot; and then claimed that the &amp;quot;so-called&lt;br /&gt;seven principles of Kwanzaa are socialist, Marxist, separatist&lt;br /&gt;ideas... if a white man started a white holiday, seven-day white&lt;br /&gt;holiday, black folks would be burning down America.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* Erik Rush, another Black guest, labeled Sen. Obama&amp;#39;s church as cultish&lt;br /&gt;and separatist for espousing values of black unity and black&lt;br /&gt;empowerment (Fox regularly selects Black guests it knows will&lt;br /&gt;undermine Black causes). Rush said he replaced the word &amp;quot;black&amp;quot; with&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;white&amp;quot; in the church&amp;#39;s mission statement and &amp;quot;Suddenly, I was looking&lt;br /&gt;at this really scary doctrine. You know, it was something that you&amp;#39;d&lt;br /&gt;see in more like a cult or an Aryan Brethren church I would go beyond&lt;br /&gt;saying they&amp;#39;re Afrocentric. They&amp;#39;re African centric. They refer to&lt;br /&gt;themselves as an African people and that somewhat disturbs me from the&lt;br /&gt;viewpoint of well, do they consider themselves Americans? Do they&lt;br /&gt;consider themselves Christians?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* On The Big Story, John Gibson, warned viewers that nearly half of all&lt;br /&gt;children under the age of five in the United States are minorities.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;You know what that means? Twenty-five years and the majority of the&lt;br /&gt;population is Hispanic.&amp;quot; He then urged viewers to &amp;quot;do your duty. Make&lt;br /&gt;more babies.&amp;quot; He later repeated: &amp;quot;To put it bluntly, we need more&lt;br /&gt;babies.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Given it&amp;#39;s record, Fox News shouldn&amp;#39;t enjoy the support of Black&lt;br /&gt;political or cultural institutions connected to the Congressional&lt;br /&gt;Black Caucus. We believe (or at least hope) the CBC Institute will&lt;br /&gt;change course once it realizes that Black America, if not all of&lt;br /&gt;America, is watching.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please join us in making sure they hear us, loud and clear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.colorofchange.org/cbci/?id=1874-151208&lt;br&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks.</description>
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            <title>Obama Endorses Senator Durbin&#039;s Fair Elections Now Act!</title>
            <description> Presidential Hopefuls on Public Financing and FENA&lt;br /&gt;The three front-runners for the Democratic nomination for&lt;br /&gt;President are on the record in support of public financing of&lt;br /&gt;elections. John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama have&lt;br /&gt;all come out strongly in favor of a change to the system. You&lt;br /&gt;can see Edwards&amp;#39; endorsement here&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ga3.org/ct/kd2muKs1RmQY/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; and Clinton&amp;#39;s here&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ga3.org/ct/o72muKs1RmQZ/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;. See this clip&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ga3.org/ct/l72muKs1RmRq/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; of Obama&amp;#39;s recent endorsement&lt;br /&gt;of Senator Richard Durbin&amp;#39;s Fair Elections Now Act, and&lt;br /&gt;exhortation for public pressure on the issue here. Republican&lt;br /&gt;presidential hopeful, John McCain, meanwhile has been less&lt;br /&gt;supportive of public financing while on the campaign trail this&lt;br /&gt;year, but has supported it strongly in the past&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ga3.org/ct/k12muKs1RmQR/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; at the state level as well as&lt;br /&gt;for the Presidential race. He has joined Obama in promising to&lt;br /&gt;run under public financing in the general election if his&lt;br /&gt;opponent agrees to do the same. It&amp;#39;s encouraging to see&lt;br /&gt;discussion of and support for this policy from the presidential&lt;br /&gt;field; nobody knows better than the candidates racing to raise&lt;br /&gt;the millions they&amp;#39;ll need to get to the White House that&lt;br /&gt;campaign financing needs an overhaul. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Energy for change: watch Senator Durbin&amp;#39;s passionate speech&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ga3.org/ct/972muKs1RmQ-/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; introducing the Fair Elections&lt;br /&gt;Now Act on the floor of the Senate here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speaking of the Fair Elections Now Act, it&amp;#39;s been popping up in&lt;br /&gt;the news left and right drawing positive editorials and LOTS of&lt;br /&gt;attention on the letters to editor page&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ga3.org/ct/od2muKs1RmQK/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; thanks to efforts of Public&lt;br /&gt;Campaign Action Fund members. You can write your own letter to&lt;br /&gt;the editor using our tool here&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ga3.org/ct/i72muKs1RmQP/.&lt;br&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New Mexico Close to Judicial Public Financing&lt;br /&gt;Great news! New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson plans to turn&lt;br /&gt;his endorsement of public financing for judicial races into&lt;br /&gt;action when he signs the bill recently passed out of the state&lt;br /&gt;legislature in special session that would expand the state&amp;#39;s&lt;br /&gt;public financing program to include state Supreme and Appellate&lt;br /&gt;court races: &lt;a href=&quot;http://ga3.org/ct/op2muKs1RmQV/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;. He plans to&lt;br /&gt;line-item veto the &amp;quot;poison pill&amp;quot; provision in the bill that&lt;br /&gt;would require voters to amend the state constitution to&lt;br /&gt;eliminate retention elections (making those judges run in&lt;br /&gt;partisan races) before the public financing system could take&lt;br /&gt;effect. New Mexico already has public financing available to&lt;br /&gt;candidates for the state&amp;#39;s Public Regulation Commission, and the&lt;br /&gt;city of Albuquerque approved public financing for municipal&lt;br /&gt;elections by ballot initiative in 2005. Many thanks to New&lt;br /&gt;Mexico Common Cause and Public Campaign Board member Richard&lt;br /&gt;Romero, for their efforts in passing this bill!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maryland Campaign in Final Days&lt;br /&gt;Thousands of emails, hundreds of calls, and a pair of lobby days&lt;br /&gt;later we are in the last week of the Maryland legislative&lt;br /&gt;session: the moment of truth for a Clean Elections win in the&lt;br /&gt;state this year &lt;a href=&quot;http://ga3.org/ct/l12muKs1RmQC/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;. In fact, the&lt;br /&gt;Senate is schedule to vote today on the bill that would bring&lt;br /&gt;full public financing for legislative elections in Maryland --&lt;br /&gt;the state Assembly is already in support. Though Senate&lt;br /&gt;President Mike Miller (D) is notoriously opposed to Clean&lt;br /&gt;Elections, the gossip in Annapolis is that grassroots organizing&lt;br /&gt;(all those emails, all those calls) and the tireless efforts of&lt;br /&gt;Progressive Maryland, Maryland NAACP, Maryland Common Cause,&lt;br /&gt;Maryland Sierra Club, and The Reform Institute, have really&lt;br /&gt;boosted support among previously ambivalent legislators for&lt;br /&gt;passing Clean Elections. It&amp;#39;s going to be quite a showdown -- as&lt;br /&gt;soon as we get the results of the vote we&amp;#39;ll let you know! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April Showers?&lt;br /&gt;Did Uncle Sam give you a refund on your federal tax return this&lt;br /&gt;year? How about turning a little bit of that around with an&lt;br /&gt;investment in winning Clean Elections through a gift to Public&lt;br /&gt;Campaign Action Fund &lt;a href=&quot;http://ga3.org/ct/0p2muKs1RmR_/?&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; Your tax&lt;br /&gt;dollars fund the policies of the country, what better way to&lt;br /&gt;ensure they are spent responsibly than by establishing Clean&lt;br /&gt;Elections systems that make elected officials accountable to&lt;br /&gt;you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;VOICEing Support&lt;br /&gt;Public Campaign staffers checked their inboxes a few weeks ago&lt;br /&gt;and found an email from National Field Director Jeannette&lt;br /&gt;Galanis: &amp;quot;I think we need to go to Iowa.&amp;quot; Why? Because a&lt;br /&gt;dedicated group of legislators and activists from Iowa Citizens&lt;br /&gt;for Community Improvement and the Clean Elections Coalition had&lt;br /&gt;advanced full public financing legislation, the Voter-Owned Iowa&lt;br /&gt;Clean Elections (VOICE) Act, farther than they ever had in the&lt;br /&gt;state: far enough to make a win this year a real possibility. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A pair of bills, HSB 105 championed by Representative Pam Jochum&lt;br /&gt;(D-Dubuque) and SSB 1173 headed up by Senator Mike Connolly&lt;br /&gt;(D-Dubuque) have passed out of their respective State Government&lt;br /&gt;committees and are moving on to Appropriations, where they look&lt;br /&gt;to face formidable opposition. We are gearing up for a full&lt;br /&gt;court press grassroots field effort; getting calls in to&lt;br /&gt;legislators in support of VOICE, getting the word out through&lt;br /&gt;door-to-door canvassing and phone banking, and ramping up&lt;br /&gt;lobbying efforts in Des Moines to win Clean Elections for Iowa!&lt;br /&gt;You can find out more about the campaign here&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ga3.org/ct/ld2muKs1RmR1/!&lt;br&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blog/News Roundup&lt;br /&gt;Have you been reading Paid For By?, Public Campaign Action&lt;br /&gt;Fund?s blog? In case you missed this week, check out the stories&lt;br /&gt;we&amp;#39;ve been following on?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- New Jersey Governor John Corzine signing the bill continuing&lt;br /&gt;his state&amp;#39;s Clean Elections Pilot project&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ga3.org/ct/o12muKs1RmQD/!&lt;br&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; /&gt;- Presidential candidates raising money any way they can --&lt;br /&gt;ethics? What ethics? &lt;a href=&quot;http://ga3.org/ct/9p2muKs1RmQJ/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;- Energy for change: watch Senator Durbin&amp;#39;s passionate speech&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ga3.org/ct/972muKs1RmQ-/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; introducing the Fair Elections&lt;br /&gt;Now Act on the floor of the Senate here.</description>
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