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Obama Staffer Coming to Kentland!

By Josh Thomas - Jul 6th, 2008 at 7:21 pm EDT

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The Obama Campaign for Change '08 is sending its Lafayette, IN coordinator Tricia Ben-Davies to Newton County this Wednesday, July 9 for a 1pm CDT meeting with local Obama volunteers. E-mail me or comment below for info. You're invited!

Ben-Davies will be opening Obama's Lafayette headquarters this Saturday, July 12 and she invites all area voters to be there to show our support and enthusiasm. Obama carried Tippecanoe County in the primary and she is there to help him win this area in November. Her territory includes Newton, Jasper, Benton, Warren, Tippecanoe and other counties and we intend to help her all we can.

The July 9 meeting in Kentland will also unveil our first local Obama campaign materials, so don't miss it!

It is a Big Deal for Newton County to be included in a presidential campaign. Obama won 855 votes here in May, and we can increase that number dramatically this fall with the help of Clinton supporters, loyal Democrats and disaffected Republicans. By increasing our hometown visibility, we can make it safe for Obama voters to come out and make our views known; 855 neighbors already have!

We need change in this election in Kentland, Goodland, Brook, Ade, Morocco, Lake Village, Sumava and Roselawn. We need a real economic stimulus package, not just a temporary giveaway. We need jobs and healthcare here in rural Indiana. We need our soldiers out of Iraq and back home where they belong, where they can live in peace and raise their families and get decent jobs. We need a president who moves beyond the cynical politics of Washington and actually gets things done. The other guy can't do that; Barack Obama can and will.

But he needs us to help him; he can't do it alone, he needs our help to toss out the special interests and start governing for the benefit of all Americans.

He needs the help of the people of Newton County. From Thayer to Conrad, Mt. Ayr to Foresman, Obama needs us to take back Washington and give it a Midwestern makeover.

That's why he's sending staff to Kentland--because he needs us.

Can we do it? Can the people of Newton County remake America and get it back on track after 8 years of disaster?

By ourselves, no; but together with friends and neighbors who care about Newton County, who care about Indiana and our way life--who care about our country--the answer is plain: YES WE CAN.

Send me an e-mail or comment below. Let's welcome Tricia to the Real America, right here in Kentland, Indiana.++

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