Barack’s First Ads in Iowa…

Lessons Learned as Obama Shepherds Volunteers (Includes great video on left middle)
New York Times - United States
By MICHAEL COOPER It was just an organizational meeting for Senator Barack Obama’s New York volunteers, but the gathering this month jammed every pew of a …

The grass-roots following for Mr. Obama in the backyard of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York has been built around a sophisticated group of young professionals skilled in marketing, organizing, Web design and other useful areas. But as Howard Dean’s campaign for the Democratic nomination proved four years ago, it takes more than a core group of dedicated, Web-savvy supporters to win votes.

“One of the lessons, obviously for us, is making sure that the grass-roots enthusiasm translates into votes,” Mr. Obama said in a recent interview. “And that’s something obviously that we’re going to be paying a lot of attention to.”

Obama pledges to drive out the old cronies
Concord Monitor - Concord,NH,USA
Barack Obama pledged yesterday to put an end to the rampant cronyism and special interests that he said have taken the country away from the average …

Obama’s plan differed from Clinton’s on some specific points.

In her speech, Clinton did not say she would keep new employees from working on regulations and contracts related to their former employer. Obama would prohibit a new employee from doing so for two years. Clinton said she would prevent cabinet officials, a small group, from lobbying her administration. Obama would prevent all political employees - a much larger group - from lobbying the administration.

Clinton did not mention banning gifts from lobbyists; Obama would bar gifts from lobbyists and lobbying firms in any amount to any employee of the executive branch.

The Obama-Clinton ‘08 Duel - Differences in Connecting with Voters
About - News & Issues - New York,NY,USA
And by all accounts, Barack Obama’s second quarter 2007 fundraising will easily surpass that of Hillary Clinton, both in total dollars and in number of …

Obama Campaign Contact
This past weekend, I participated in a brief conference call with Barack Obama, in which he took a few questions. Sen. Obama made me feel like it was just him and me and a few others. In everyday lingo, the senator warmly thanked me for making time for his phone call and for my support… and his gratitude felt genuine. Not one staffer or aide uttered a word.

That really happened. Except that a few thousand others were likely on the conference call, too. And they probably all felt the same symbiotic connection with Sen. Obama.

Please don’t think I doubt Sen. Obama’s sincerity. He’s a down-to-earth guy, and is undoubtedly grateful for each one of his supporters. Sen. Obama may be ambitious, but he doesn’t seem to stumble over an inflated ego. (And apparently Michelle is active in keeping his perspective real… )

That’s my point: Obama loves the grassroots. His campaign is all about building buzz and electricity among the voters, then harnessing that energy to build an Obama for President movement from the ground up.

I receive emails weekly, sent and signed by Obama, and written in his style and word choice.

Senator Barack Obama and His Ben Harper Band Rock the Hammerstein …
Arabisto.com - Orlando,FL,USA
The fundraiser was sponsored by Generation Barack Obama (GBO), a group of about 15 young professionals and students aged 25 through 40 that want to affect …

Christians Respond Positively to Obama’s Hartford Speech…

The Brody File Reacts to Barack Obama’s Faith Speech
Christian Broadcasting Network - Virginia Beach,VA,USA
The headlines from Barack Obama’s faith speech this weekend centered on how he ripped leaders of the religious right. We’ll get to that in a moment. …

Let’s first start with this. Besides Obama, how many times have you seen a presidential candidate get up in front of a large crowd and talk in depth about his salvation? I’ll give you the answer: Zero. For Obama to stand up and talk about how Jesus changed his life, my friends that takes guts. You may disagree with everything he’s about, you may disagree with his policy goals but as Christians, shouldn’t we like it when someone talks about Christ being the missing ingredient in his life?

Media ignore Obama’s personal testimony
GetReligion - Washington,DC,USA
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama gave a noteworthy speech on Saturday before 10000 members of the United Church of Christ in Hartford, Conn., …

Press Releases…

Barack Obama: Feingold, Obama Push for Strongest Ethics and …
All American Patriots (press release) - Taeby,NA,Sweden
June 21, 2007 — Washington, DC - US Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Barack Obama (D-IL) are pushing for Congress to produce the strongest ethics and …

Barack Obama: Obama Statement on Today’s Middle Eastern Summit
All American Patriots (press release) - Taeby,NA,Sweden
"Today’s summit in Sharm el-Sheikh is encouraging. I support the efforts of Prime Minister Olmert, President Mubarak, and King Abdullah to strengthen …

Barack Obama: Bond, Boxer, Lieberman, Obama Urge Immediate Review …
All American Patriots (press release) - Taeby,NA,Sweden
… DC — A bipartisan group of US Senators led by Senators Kit Bond (R-MO), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), and Barack Obama (D-IL), …

Barack Obama: Obama Announces Funding for Health Care Research and …
All American Patriots (press release) - Taeby,NA,Sweden
"This critical funding will expand access to health care in medically underserved areas, increase desperately needed research on autism, …

Barack Obama: Obama Applauds Modest First Step on Fuel Economy …
All American Patriots (press release) - Taeby,NA,Sweden
"For twenty years, as our greenhouse gas emissions rose to new heights and our dependence on foreign oil peaked, America has waited to raise fuel economy …

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