This past Saturday, the Obama campaign demonstrated its commitment to running a 50 state campaign and competing in every part of the country by holding an open house at its Salt Lake City headquarters that drew more than 700 people. The office opening not only fired up Obama-Biden supporters across the state, it also earned a lot of attention from the local media.
Matt Roth with Fox 13 Utah reported:
As far as our research can tell, it is something unprecedented in Utah politics. None of Utah's political veterans can remember a Democratic Presidential Campaign funding a fully-staffed Utah office leading up to the general election.
KSL/NBC observed:
Obama opened a campaign office here in Utah today. The opening of the office is part of his 50-state strategy -- an office in every state in the nation, even the Republican ones. "A long-time running, there's been problems with the Democratic Party in Utah. Anything we can do to break down those barriers is amazing," Kingery said.Mathis says opening a campaign office in Utah is amazing. He said, "You're in a very Republican state, and you've got a line of people stretched down the sidewalk. People are really excited, enthusiastic, really wanting change."
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