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Getting out the Vote in Rome

post from Barack Oblogger on 08 September 2008 10:42:30 AM. © Barack Oblogger

Vote from Abroad trolls the streets of Rome looking to register voters.

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Republicans in Trouble in Swing States

post from Barack Oblogger on 08 September 2008 10:36:47 AM. © Barack Oblogger

From Bloomberg News: ``Democrats go into '08 as very clear favorites because of the obvious facts,'' says Merle Black, co-author of ``Divided America: The Ferocious Power Struggle in American...

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Road Blog: Joe Biden in Kalispell, Montana

post from Obama HQ on 08 September 2008 10:23:38 AM. © Obama HQ

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Joe Biden took time to talk to the traveling press on the four hour flight from Wilmington, Delaware to Kalispell, Montana. Standing in the aisle, he spoke earnestly about a number of issues, including his faith in the American people and the need to realize peace in Iraq, emphasizing that we must understand the situation on a local level to create significant, lasting change.

The plane descended through the clouds to reveal the gorgeous landscape of Kalispell, Montana, bursting with mountain ranges and pine-tree studded countryside. The Biden motorcade headed for Flathead High School, where Joe conducted a roundtable discussion in a room alongside a large “Montana for Change” sign painted above purple mountains.

Joe spoke about Barack Obama’s genuine success in uniting all kinds of people, and his ability to reach across the Senate aisle to collaborate with both Democrats and Republicans.

Later he asked the audience where McCain-Palin differ from George W. Bush on the big-ticket items such as health care, energy, raising the minimum wage, or funding for college, challenging the idea that either of them were true agents of change.

Joe ended by calling, “The United States is ready, I am ready, Barack Obama is ready. Rise-up!”

Please enjoy the slideshow of the day in pictures and a video from Joe’s speech.

Sharon Barnes
En route to Green Bay, Wisconsin

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GoTellMama! GOT NEXT TOUR '08 art show comes to
Austin, Texas!

post from Texans For Obama - Barack Obama in '08. - Front Page on 08 September 2008 10:06:52 AM. © Texans For Obama - Barack Obama in '08. - Front Page

The GOT NEXT TOUR '08 is a traveling exhibition and site-specific installation of political artwork inspired by and in support of Barack Obama. The show will exhibit the collection of screen-printed & offset posters, stencil graphics, gocco prints, fine art pieces, original videos and guest artists works. GoTellMama! was created in November 2006 when Chicago Artist Ray Noland, aka CRO, devoured Senator Barack Obama's book, 'Dreams from my Father' and became consumed not only with Obama the man and his story, but also with the potential of his presidential run.

In addition to art, the opening will feature two Austin DJs Chicken George and Prince Klassen, food, and drinks. There will also be voter registration on-site.

(10% of art sale proceeds will be donated to Obama for America.)

Brought to you by CRO: http://gotellmama.org

OPENING RECEPTION
Thursday, September 11, 6:00 - 9:00pm
show runs through September 14
hosted by Studio563 and IF+D.

And hey, to your Republican friends ("some of my best friends are Republican"), we know they won't be interested in the art. But they should come on down anyhow and buy some. Just consider it an investment. In 2016 after two terms, Obama posters will be worth some serious money. See more images at http://gotellmama.org.

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Morning News

post from Obama HQ on 08 September 2008 09:54:28 AM. © Obama HQ

From Reuters:

Both presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain said on Sunday they see the federal takeover of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as necessary.
... Obama, in Chicago, said that the step was necessary to prevent a deeper economic crisis and he would be reviewing the Treasury plan.

"Given the substantial role that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac play in our housing system, I believe that some form of intervention is necessary to prevent a larger and deeper crisis throughout our entire economy," Obama said in a statement.

The U.S. government on Sunday seized control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, quasi-public mortgage companies which own or guarantee almost half of the country's $12 trillion in outstanding home mortgage debt, in what could be the largest financial bailout in U.S. history. ... Obama said the plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac needed to focus on strengthening the economy and helping struggling homeowners rather than focusing on "the whims of lobbyists and special interests."

From the Lynchburg News and Advance:

New voters have been registering at a brisk pace that’s going to get faster as the Oct. 6 registration deadline nears, Central Virginia registrars say.

Students are expected to file lots of applications during campus registration drives, said Patricia Bower, voter registrar in Lynchburg, which has three college campuses.

...Statewide, newly registered voters already account for 5 percent of the people on the rolls, according to figures from the State Board of Elections.

Nearly half of Virginia’s almost 223,000 registrations since Jan. 1 were filed by people age 25 or younger, said Valarie Jones, deputy secretary of the State Board of Elections.

...Although Democrat Barack Obama’s presidential campaign has mobilized an army of staffers and volunteers to register new voters — and encourage them to turn out on Election Day — the results won’t be analyzed until at least a day after the Nov. 4 election.

“We just can’t get caught up on our work,” said Bowers, Lynchburg’s registrar.

The applications are “coming in faster than we can get them in” to the computer system, Bowers said.

From the Chillicothe Gazette:

Typical campaign volunteers make phone calls, volunteer at the local office, and even do some door-to-door canvassing.

While Dottie Fay does all that, this year she added a new task - campaign get-togethers at her home.

"We didn't do anything like this in 2004," she said. "It's a fresh approach."

Fay invited friends, family and neighbors to her home to have an informal discussion with Brady Quirk-Garvan, Chillicothe's field organizer for presidential hopeful Barack Obama.

"I feel like there's a lot of important issues we need to discuss like this, out in the open," she said.

The approach may be new to politics, but to the Barack Obama campaign, it fits right in with their "grassroots" approach. Quirk-Garvan said the meetings help to spread the message more effectively than any radio or TV commercial could.

"I do about two or three of these a week," Quirk- Garvan said.

...As for the upcoming campaign, Fay said she will continue to work hard for Obama, and currently volunteers to make phone calls on behalf of the campaign, as a former Hillary Clinton supporter, she said the transition was easy.

"Whoever wins the Presidency will get to appoint a judge on the Supreme Court," she said. "And I don't want the social agenda of the Republicans to take away my rights."