Washington Post
Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has won the endorsement of two fellow Democratic senators from the heartland _ Ben Nelson, a popular moderate in largely Republican Nebraska and Claire McCaskill from Missouri, historically a bellwether in presidential contests. Nelson said Saturday he believes Obama has ability to bridge the partisan divide and to carry Democratic candidates across the country to victory in 2008. Nelson, pledging his support for his Illinois colleague, said Obama has "the greatest potential to ending the bitterness and poisonous atmosphere in Washington."...The backing from Nelson and McCaskill caps a slew of big-name endorsements for Obama over the past week, including former Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry and Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano. ...McCaskill has praised Obama often and was widely believed to favor the Illinois senator over Clinton... She said last week that she identifies with the desire for change that Obama supporters have reported to pollsters. Nelson said Obama's victory speech after winning Iowa's Jan. 3 caucuses was an effort to reach out to Democrats, independents and "enlightened Republicans," and that Obama's campaign epitomizes what Nelson has tried to do in Washington. Obama is the "prototype of what we need today," said Nelson, who served two terms as governor. Nebraska Democrats will choose a presidential candidate Feb. 9.
Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has won the endorsement of two fellow Democratic senators from the heartland _ Ben Nelson, a popular moderate in largely Republican Nebraska and Claire McCaskill from Missouri, historically a bellwether in presidential contests.
Nelson said Saturday he believes Obama has ability to bridge the partisan divide and to carry Democratic candidates across the country to victory in 2008. Nelson, pledging his support for his Illinois colleague, said Obama has "the greatest potential to ending the bitterness and poisonous atmosphere in Washington."
...The backing from Nelson and McCaskill caps a slew of big-name endorsements for Obama over the past week, including former Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry and Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano.
...McCaskill has praised Obama often and was widely believed to favor the Illinois senator over Clinton...
She said last week that she identifies with the desire for change that Obama supporters have reported to pollsters.
Nelson said Obama's victory speech after winning Iowa's Jan. 3 caucuses was an effort to reach out to Democrats, independents and "enlightened Republicans," and that Obama's campaign epitomizes what Nelson has tried to do in Washington.
Obama is the "prototype of what we need today," said Nelson, who served two terms as governor.
Nebraska Democrats will choose a presidential candidate Feb. 9.
New York Daily News
White House hopeful Barack Obama is surging among New York's African-American voters, wiping away Hillary Clinton's once-overwhelming advantage, an exclusive Daily News poll shows.Obama, fueled by a decisive primary win in predominantly white Iowa, has eliminated Clinton's lead in the black voting bloc and is now ahead of her, 42% to 40%, our new poll shows. That's a dramatic dip from the 40-point edge Clinton had among black voters in a Siena College survey just last month - before Obama's Iowa coup and his narrow defeat in New Hampshire. "The more people in New York get to know [Obama's] record of fighting for civil rights, standing up on key issues when it was not popular and opposing the war in Iraq from the beginning," the more will gravitate to him, said Obama spokeswoman Jen Psaki.
White House hopeful Barack Obama is surging among New York's African-American voters, wiping away Hillary Clinton's once-overwhelming advantage, an exclusive Daily News poll shows.
Obama, fueled by a decisive primary win in predominantly white Iowa, has eliminated Clinton's lead in the black voting bloc and is now ahead of her, 42% to 40%, our new poll shows.
That's a dramatic dip from the 40-point edge Clinton had among black voters in a Siena College survey just last month - before Obama's Iowa coup and his narrow defeat in New Hampshire.
"The more people in New York get to know [Obama's] record of fighting for civil rights, standing up on key issues when it was not popular and opposing the war in Iraq from the beginning," the more will gravitate to him, said Obama spokeswoman Jen Psaki.
San Mateo Daily News
"Obama Opening Palo Alto Office"Hoping to harness the outpouring of enthusiasm displayed by Googlers, Stanford students and Silicon Valley executives for U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, his campaign announced Friday he will open a field office in Palo Alto this weekend. ...The field office for Obama, D-Ill, at 3892 El Camino Real will hold its grand opening Sunday, joining headquarters already established in Los Angeles, Oakland, San Diego and Sacramento. "His message has really resonated with the Silicon Valley community," said Obama's Northern California spokeswoman Erin Callahan. The senator's visit to Google in November elicited a "tremendous response," she noted. ...The office will be a gathering place for Obama supporters to run phone banks and train volunteers, [Congressional District 14 data manager, Matt Bundick] said. Local students will also take advantage of the new office to organize school events, said Molly Kawahata, a senior at Gunn High School and one of two national high school coordinators of Students for Barack Obama. She said the office's location will help harvest the "political charge in the Palo Alto area."
"Obama Opening Palo Alto Office"
Hoping to harness the outpouring of enthusiasm displayed by Googlers, Stanford students and Silicon Valley executives for U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, his campaign announced Friday he will open a field office in Palo Alto this weekend. ...The field office for Obama, D-Ill, at 3892 El Camino Real will hold its grand opening Sunday, joining headquarters already established in Los Angeles, Oakland, San Diego and Sacramento. "His message has really resonated with the Silicon Valley community," said Obama's Northern California spokeswoman Erin Callahan. The senator's visit to Google in November elicited a "tremendous response," she noted.
...The office will be a gathering place for Obama supporters to run phone banks and train volunteers, [Congressional District 14 data manager, Matt Bundick] said. Local students will also take advantage of the new office to organize school events, said Molly Kawahata, a senior at Gunn High School and one of two national high school coordinators of Students for Barack Obama. She said the office's location will help harvest the "political charge in the Palo Alto area."
Los Angeles Wave
"Early showings energize Obama's L.A. campaign"Illinois Sen. Barack Obama’s victory in the Iowa caucus last week — coupled with a close second-place finish in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary — has galvanized his presidential campaign in Los Angeles, particularly among black supporters....“The wave of momentum that started in Iowa and New Hampshire is on its way here to California,” said Dr. David Washington, an L.A-based senior advisor to the Obama campaign. “People like me are inspired, and that’s why so many are flocking to Obama’s campaign. After winning in a state that is 96 percent Caucasian, and nearly winning in New Hampshire, we’re seeing many black people saying now it’s okay to believe.”He added: “But it’s not just black people. Latinos, Asians, young and old are identifying with the senator’s message of hope and change.”...The campaign maintains 112 volunteer organizing teams in California, spanning all 53 congressional districts. Volunteers in this grassroots network are conducting voter outreach in their communities, while attempting to build voter turnout for Feb. 5.“I have no doubt he’ll be our next president,” said Jocelyn Anderson, a 36-year-old African-American entertainment lawyer who gave up her job to volunteer for the campaign......I started volunteering for the campaign in August, just on weekends, and something just told me I have to do this..." “The groundswell of support for Obama since the Iowa caucus has been mind-blowing,” she said. “Well, I quit my job because I believe in a new vision. We keep electing the same politicians expecting different results and get mad when they don’t deliver. They don’t have that kind of change to offer. So, if you want something you’ve never had, you gotta do something you’ve never done.”
"Early showings energize Obama's L.A. campaign"
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama’s victory in the Iowa caucus last week — coupled with a close second-place finish in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary — has galvanized his presidential campaign in Los Angeles, particularly among black supporters.
...“The wave of momentum that started in Iowa and New Hampshire is on its way here to California,” said Dr. David Washington, an L.A-based senior advisor to the Obama campaign. “People like me are inspired, and that’s why so many are flocking to Obama’s campaign. After winning in a state that is 96 percent Caucasian, and nearly winning in New Hampshire, we’re seeing many black people saying now it’s okay to believe.”He added: “But it’s not just black people. Latinos, Asians, young and old are identifying with the senator’s message of hope and change.”
...The campaign maintains 112 volunteer organizing teams in California, spanning all 53 congressional districts. Volunteers in this grassroots network are conducting voter outreach in their communities, while attempting to build voter turnout for Feb. 5.“I have no doubt he’ll be our next president,” said Jocelyn Anderson, a 36-year-old African-American entertainment lawyer who gave up her job to volunteer for the campaign...
...I started volunteering for the campaign in August, just on weekends, and something just told me I have to do this..." “The groundswell of support for Obama since the Iowa caucus has been mind-blowing,” she said. “Well, I quit my job because I believe in a new vision. We keep electing the same politicians expecting different results and get mad when they don’t deliver. They don’t have that kind of change to offer. So, if you want something you’ve never had, you gotta do something you’ve never done.”
Associated Press
"N.J. may no longer be Clinton country"...Sen. Barack Obama jumped into Hillary country the day after finishing second to the New York senator in the New Hampshire primary, showing that New Jersey is no longer a slam-dunk for Hillary Rodham Clinton...."We are in a position where we had some good results in Iowa, and we want to keep building on that momentum," said Mark Alexander, the state director for the Obama campaign in New Jersey. "We don't think anybody should take any state or any voter for granted."
"N.J. may no longer be Clinton country"
...Sen. Barack Obama jumped into Hillary country the day after finishing second to the New York senator in the New Hampshire primary, showing that New Jersey is no longer a slam-dunk for Hillary Rodham Clinton.
..."We are in a position where we had some good results in Iowa, and we want to keep building on that momentum," said Mark Alexander, the state director for the Obama campaign in New Jersey. "We don't think anybody should take any state or any voter for granted."
Birmingham News
...Obama was the favorite of 36 percent and Clinton the favorite of 34 percent of Alabamians interviewed who said they likely would vote in the state's Democratic primary Feb. 5. The poll was conducted by the Capital Survey Research Center. ...[Gerald Johnson, director of the polling center] said he thinks Obama got a big boost from his first-place finish in the Iowa caucuses Jan. 3. Compared with a poll of likely state primary voters that the center conducted in mid-December, Obama's support among Democrats rose from 25 percent to 36 percent this week. That's just within the margins of error for the polls, but Johnson said he thinks the jump is real, mirroring a rise in Obama's support nationwide.
...Obama was the favorite of 36 percent and Clinton the favorite of 34 percent of Alabamians interviewed who said they likely would vote in the state's Democratic primary Feb. 5. The poll was conducted by the Capital Survey Research Center.
...[Gerald Johnson, director of the polling center] said he thinks Obama got a big boost from his first-place finish in the Iowa caucuses Jan. 3.
Compared with a poll of likely state primary voters that the center conducted in mid-December, Obama's support among Democrats rose from 25 percent to 36 percent this week. That's just within the margins of error for the polls, but Johnson said he thinks the jump is real, mirroring a rise in Obama's support nationwide.
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