WI superdelegate endorses Obama

http://thepage.time.com/obama-campaign-statement-on-wisconsin-superdelegate-endorsement/

Posted by goon "penifSMASH!"

MoveOn.org is having an Obama contest

http://www.obamain30seconds.org/

Make the coolest ad about Obama, not more than 30 seconds long. Go to town guys!

Posted by "Simstim"

Obama throws down the transparency gauntlet

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/Obamas_earmarks.html

direct link to the earmarks page

Posted by goon "DaveWoo"

BREAKING: Obama Receives Military Endorsements [Updated: PICs]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/12/15142/2065/772/475186

Posted by "greatn"

Mississippi primary results - Obama projected winner

Not much is in yet, but CNN has called it for Barack.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#MS

Obama completely shuts down "Dream Ticket" nonsense.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/Obama_If_I_am_not_ready_why_do_you_think_I_would_be_such_a_great_vice_president.html

Thanks to forum poster "Boofasten"

Full transcription here.

Thanks to forum poster "cocteau"

Videos are up, one at MSNBC, high quality too, and one up at youtube, a lower quality video that is shorter.

Posted by "Vince McMahon" and "Butlercide," respectively.

Bill Foster wins today! Wait.. who's Bill Foster?

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/8/212426/1482/327/472580

This is worth reading about. tl;dr - Obama helps get a guy elected, McCain helps the guy's rival. Obama's guy, Foster, wins. But there's more to it, so read the article

Thanks "cocteau"

God Hates Obama

http://godhatesobama.com/

:)


(Created by goon named "homo for the holidays" for some reason!)

Math time with goon "Smackbilly"

Math fun time:

Obama's delegate spread following the Wyoming caucus is better than it was before March 4. Hillary has gained nothing.

According to CNN, the pledged delegates have broken:

TX (Primary): Clinton +4
OH: Clinton +12
RI: Clinton +5
VT: Obama +3
-------------
Subtotal: Clinton +18

TX (Caucus) delegates have not been projected yet, but if take the current 56/44 results and assume that the 67 caucus delegates will be apportioned that way, that makes

TX (Caucus): Obama +9
---------------------
Subtotal: Clinton +9

Wyoming is splitting 7-4 +1 bonus for Obama, so

WY: Obama +4
---------------------
Subtotal: Clinton +5

And according to
http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/superdelegate-list.html , from March 4 until now, Obama has gained 10 superdelegate endorsements, and clinton has gained 4, so

Superdelegates (since 3/4): Obama +6
------------------------------------
GRAND TOTAL: Obama +1

Oh, and it looks like California is finished counting votes and the delegate count has slightly shifted, giving Obama another +3 or +4.

Not a bad week :)

A win in Wyoming!

Contests won with 60% or more of the vote:

Barack Obama: 14 States + DC + VI
* Virgin Islands (89.9%)
* Idaho (79%)
* Hawaii (76%)
* Alaska (75%)
* District of Columbia (75%)
* Kansas (74%)
* Washington (68%)
* Nebraska (68%)
* Minnesota (67%)
* Colorado (67%)
* Georgia (67%)
* Illinois (65%)
* Virginia (64%)
* Maryland (62%)
* Wyoming (61%)
* North Dakota (61%)

Hillary Clinton: 1 State
* Arkansas (70%)


Posted by goon "Eggplant999"

How much do goons give, Part I

Forum poster "Pillowpants" has spent a lot of time recently going through all non-archived Obamarama threads and coming up with some statistics about donations. Here is the post he made today with some results.

Final Numbers: After Reading Threads 12-25, getting A LOT of PMs and IM's, reading 1415 pages, 52,175 posts, and seeing our threads have over 3 million page views (13 and 14 were moved to the archives before I could get a pageview number out of them, but 15-25 have 2.6 million page views.)

Going by Threads
Thread 25 3835.72
Thread 24 1405.14
Thread 23 3627.54
Thread 22 4977.14
Thread 21 1843.19
Thread 20 1665.06
Thread 19 6120.09
Thread 18 5864.69
Thread 17 2049.25
Thread 16 3416.25
Thread 15 21051.55
Thread 14 7876.62
Thread 13 3663.76
Total: $67396

Individual Donations
Donors: 752 donors, 1144 donations
Total cash raised: $80,091.04
Total Pennies Donated: $17.30
Total $ per donation: $70
Total $ per donor: $106.50

Again....The total donated has hit eighty thousand dollars.

We stopped donating on Thread 24 and he lost two major primaries. This can't happen.

So again, if you have private messaging enabled, send me one with your Donation total, # of donations, and whether or not you want to be identified.

I have 3 Goons who want to remain anonymous who have donated a total of $505.80. I will add you to that.

If you have AIM, my screen name is pillowpants1982. Catch me there, I will be on all day.

Once again, $80,000!!!!

Great job people.

Turns out the child in the 3am ad is a caucus precinct captain for Obama.

Here is the article.

Posted by goon "Data"

At last, Obama's put the "dream ticket" theory to rest

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/03/obama-you-wont.html

Thanks "Tensen"

Wyoming caucus results

Check for results as they continue to come in.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#WY

Wyoming caucus info

http://www.wyomingdemocrats.com/ht/display/EventDetails/i/1128771

Everything you need in one place

Thanks "Happylisk"

Obama pulls in $55 Million for Febuary

I want to add some more news to David's note about the state of the race.

As you know, we've won 27 of 41 contests and have maintained our commanding lead among pledged delegates.

But today I want to share another staggering number: supporters like you donated more than $55 million to this campaign in the month of February.

That's a humbling achievement, and I am very grateful for your support.

No campaign has ever raised this much in a single month in the history of presidential primaries. But more important than the total is how we did it -- more than 90% of donations were $100 or less, and more than 385,000 new donors in February pushed us past our goal of more than 1,000,000 people owning a piece of this campaign.

From the beginning, this campaign has always been funded by a movement of grassroots supporters giving whatever they can afford. And unlike Senator Clinton and Senator McCain, we have never taken money from lobbyists or PACs.

Senator Clinton has decided to use her resources to wage a negative, throw-everything-including-the-kitchen-sink campaign. John McCain has clinched the Republican nomination and is attacking us daily. But I will continue to vigorously defend my record and make the case for change that will improve the lives of all Americans.

Despite your generosity in February, I need your help to continue this battle on two separate fronts.

Please make a donation of $25 today:

https://donate.barackobama.com/math

Thank you for your support,

Barack

Stats from the campaign:

* Contributors: 727,972
* First Time Contributors: 385,101
* Total Contributors – Campaign to Date: 1,069,333

Online Fundraising:

* More than $45 million raised online in February
* More than 90% of online donations were $100 or less
* More than 50% of online donations were $25 or less
* More than 75% of online donors in February were first-time online donors
* More than a third of those new online donors in February went on to engage in volunteer activity on My.BarackObama.com (planning their own offline events, making phone calls from home, joining local grassroots volunteer groups)

Ian Carleton, superdelegate from Vermont, announces he is supporting Senator Barack Obama for President today, citing his ability to unite the country

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/gGBLCh

Thanks "Dude Deuce"

The Machinery of Hope

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/19106326/page/

Posted by "miss_chaos"

DNC Lays Out Choice For Florida And Michigan: Rules, Re-Vote

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/03/dnc_encouraging_florida_and_mi.php

For those of you still worried about Michigan and Florida.

Thanks "TheAngryDrunk"

Georgia superdelegate joins the team

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/gGBL74

With that one, Obama has picked up over a dozen supers in the last week, and by the time the week is over, he will most likely get close to, or even tie up/overcome the gain made by Clinton on Tuesday.

Thanks "DudeDeuce"

CBC Exonerates Obama: A Post-Mortem

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/5/112926/0842/300/469572

The NAFTA thing was never an issue to begin with, but now with this out, it's officially over. Read this and get the facts so we can end this issue.

Posted by goon "greatn"

Post-Tuesday Post

I have been too busy to update this enough, so here are some results from last night:

Texas

Ohio

Rhode Island

A 'loss' in all three? Not exactly. Here is the email coming from Barack's campaign, which sums it up pretty nicely.

Projections show the most likely outcome of yesterday's elections will be that Hillary Clinton gained 187 delegates, and we gained 183.

That's a net gain of 4 delegates out of more than 370 delegates available from all the states that voted.

For comparison, that's less than half our net gain of 9 delegates from the District of Columbia alone. It's also less than our net gain of 8 from Nebraska, or 12 from Washington State. And it's considerably less than our net gain of 33 delegates from Georgia.

The task for the Clinton campaign yesterday was clear. In order to have a plausible path to the nomination, they needed to score huge delegate victories and cut into our lead.

They failed.

It's clear, though, that Senator Clinton wants to continue an increasingly desperate, increasingly negative -- and increasingly expensive -- campaign to tear us down.

That's her decision. But it's not stopping John McCain, who clinched the Republican nomination last night, from going on the offensive. He's already made news attacking Barack, and that will only become more frequent in the coming days.

Right now, it's essential for every single supporter of Barack Obama to step up and help fight this two-front battle. In the face of attacks from Hillary Clinton and John McCain, we need to be ready to take them on.

Will you make an online donation of $25 right now?

https://donate.barackobama.com/math

The chatter among pundits may have gotten better for the Clinton campaign after last night, but by failing to cut into our lead, the math -- and their chances of winning -- got considerably worse.

Today, we still have a lead of more than 150 delegates, and there are only 611 pledged delegates left to win in the upcoming contests.

By a week from today, we will have competed in Wyoming and Mississippi. Two more states and 45 more delegates will be off the table.

But if Senator Clinton wants to continue this, let's show that we're ready.

Make an online donation of $25 now to show you're willing to fight for this:

https://donate.barackobama.com/math

This nomination process is an opportunity to decide what our party needs to stand for in this election.

We can either take on John McCain with a candidate who's already united Republicans and Independents against us, or we can do it with a campaign that's united Americans from all parties around a common purpose.

We can debate John McCain about who can clean up Washington by nominating a candidate who's taken more money from lobbyists than he has, or we can do it with a campaign that hasn't taken a dime of their money because we've been funded by you.

We can present the American people with a candidate who stood shoulder-to-shoulder with McCain on the worst foreign policy disaster of our generation, and agrees with him that George Bush deserves the benefit of the doubt on Iran, or we can nominate someone who opposed the war in Iraq from the beginning and will not support a march to war with Iran.

John McCain may have a long history of straight talk and independent thinking, but he has made the decision in this campaign to offer four more years of the very same policies that have failed us for the last eight.

We need a Democratic candidate who will present the starkest contrast to those failed policies of the past.

And that candidate is Barack Obama.

Please make a donation of $25 now:

https://donate.barackobama.com/math

Thank you,

David

David Plouffe
Campaign Manager
Obama for America

Vermont called for Obama!!

All major news outlets have called VT for Obama. According to CNN, he also won virtually every demographic:

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/index.html#VTDEM


And Al at The Field says this:

"Obama will win more delegates in Vermont than the +5 The Field forecasted."

Two full 2-minute long tv ads

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid353515028?bctid=1364183005

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/03/obamas_closing_ad_i_will_take.php

Barack Obama Tells Crowd that Homophobia is Not Christian

http://www.towleroad.com/2008/02/barack-obama-te.html

Barnstorming Obama plans to pick Republicans for cabinet

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article3466823.ece

Posted by "Peachstapler"

Behind the scenes with the Obama campaign - video

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1137883278/bclid203709669/bctid1437148394

Thanks "Deteriorata"

The Life of an Obama Campaign Staffer

"Finding strength in conviction. For supporters of Obama and Clinton, belief in candidates gives them the boost they need."

http://www.statesman.com/life/content/life/stories/other/03/01/0301workers.html

Posted by goon "miss chaos"

Another superdelegate!

This time from Wisconsin. Closing the gap!


Thanks "Happylisk"

Some links for bi-partisanship

http://audacityoftruth.net/2007/08/19/reaching-across-the-aisle/
http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2008/02/obama-actually.html
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/02/dear-chris-matt.html


Posted by goon "chesh"

The Dean Legacy - interesting look at party dynamics

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080317/berman

Thanks "chesh"

Obamacycle

http://www.obamacycle.com

If you're in a state that hasn't voted yet and need campaigning materials not available through the store, try posting on the above site.

Wired had an article about it today and it looks like people are having a lot of success forwarding Obama materials on to folks in states that have yet to vote.

Posted by goon "RhondaPiper"

Jews for Obama

http://jews4obama2008.wordpress.com/

Posted by "DaveWoo," and already passed on to my Jewish family!

Obama response to the 3am ad - awesome

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/02/29/718431.aspx

Posted by goon "whoredog"

"Larry Horse" makes youtubes about Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton's new Obama ad, as requested:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe0BPwWAxnk

and the others I did today:

Bill vs. Hillary, Hope vs. Fear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzu_DsVJVPI

Hillary Will Kill Your Children
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_VIVFjhDpA


All created by goon "Larry Horse"

Another 3 a.m. call

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0208/Another_3_am_call.html

Thanks "Decius"

Obama responds to the red phone

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0208/Obama_responds_to_the_red_phone.html

Posted by "whoredog"

Kenya Muslims back protests over Obama picture

http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL29145283.html

A Gay Post

Gay Clinton backers defect to Obama, eroding another bastion

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080229/NEWS07/80229002

Obama's gay push

http://www.queerty.com/obamas-gay-push-20080228/

Texas Republicans cross over to vote for Obama

True support combines with stop-Clinton sentiment in next week’s primary

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23394070/

FREE Copy of "Best Speeches of Barack Obama"

http://www.freeobamabook.com/

A $29.99 value, not bad!

Posted by goon "Malinois"

Expect a haul of at least 50 Million this month

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/02/record-cash-for.html

Thanks "Eggplant999"

Obama goes for a coup de grace?

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/2/28/164340/183/920/465893


Thanks "Happylisk"

Obama captions his own photos

http://www.usmagazine.com/Barack_Obama_hes_just_like_us_022708

Posted by "The Amazing Rando!"

Deep Hurting Twitter site

Goon "Deep Hurting" has a Twitter site you can check to keep up with his stuff. He is a great artist and has done some fantastic political cartoon work.

http://twitter.com/deephurting

Obama fights false links to Islam

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2008/02/obama_fights_false_links_to_is.php

Posted by goon "Eggplant999"

The Tennessee Republican Party and Barack Hussein Obama

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/180499.php

Thanks "Rusty"

:obama: v3.0

Created by "Zhentar" again!

Noticed similarities between Matt Santos of the West Wing and Barack Obama?

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid988327350/bclid1037705321/bctid1434027921

This Slate video explains how it's not an accident. I've never seen The West Wing, but if you have, this is supposedly pretty cool!

Posted by "Deteriorata"

Judaism, Obama, and last night's debate

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerBlog.jhtml?itemNo=958700&contrassID=25&subContrassID=0&sbSubContrassID=1&listSrc=Y&art=2#article958700

Most Improved Debater: In what may be the final debate, Obama shows how he's grown.

http://www.slate.com/id/2184802/?from=rss


Thanks Justin

Maine Superdelegate Backs Obama

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/gGgx9m

With Maine Democratic Party Vice Chair, Democratic National Committee Member and Maine Superdelegate Marianne Stevens on board, that makes +8 for Obama in the last 2 days!

Thanks "Eggplant999"

Expertinent: Why the Obama "Brand" Is Working

http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/02/27/how-obama-s-branding-is-working-on-you.aspx

Posted by "tommyjohn"

Obama's Real Experience: His Candidacy

http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/DickMorrisandEileenMcGann/2008/02/26/obamas_real_experience_his_candidacy

Posted by "SiLk-2k5"

1 MILLION DONORS!

Around 4:45am, we hit the millionth donor to the campaign. That's individual, unique people who have made a donation. That's around 1 in every 300 Americans. At the debate tonight Obama said the average donation was around $109 I think. Personally, most people I know I giving around the $25-50 range (+$0.01), so if you're still on the fence about giving, remember, everything counts, so even that $5 you think won't matter.. well.. it will! Be part of history and give a few bucks!

The Wizard talks about the debate

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/02/26/706389.aspx

Posted by goon "Eggplant999"

A cache of Obama photos

http://www.scouttufankjian.com/main.php

Here's some coolness to break up what will be a week of stroke-worthy tension!

Thanks Erica

Hillary baits Obama on anti-Semetism

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTK_WsgxHJQ

One of my personal favorite parts of the debate.

South Dakota Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin has decided to endorse Sen. Barack Obama

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/26/18740/1663/157/464630

Posted by "Eggplant999"

The Questionaire in question

http://www.midwestdemocracynetwork.org/templates/media/MDNPresidentialQuestionnaire.pdf

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/17/17516/7297/1002/458692

In case anybody brings it up as an attack, here is all you need.

Thanks "bird rib"

John Lewis, the superdel from Georgia who backed off from supporting Clinton, is officially going to throw his weight behind Obama.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/26/151445/928/228/464543

Thanks "Happylisk"

Don't forget tonight's debate 9pm ET!

Keep the Obamarama thread clean by using this debate thread!

Time: 9:00-10:T (re-aired at midnight)

Location: Cleveland State University

Moderators: Brian Williams & Tim Russert

Participants: Hillary Clinton & Barack Obama

Where to watch: Live on MSNBC and streamed live on msnbc.com

Why to watch: Tonight's debate will be quite a sight to behold. I honestly expect an implosion of cosmic proportions on Hillary's part. Every day since the last debate has been a new, somehow more ridiculous spectacle erupting from her campaign. This "kitchen sink fusillade" plus Obama's calm under fire plus the MSNBC crew's penchant for not giving a shit about substantive issues tells me tonight will end up being a sound thrashing for the Senator from born in Illinois. I was worried for the last debate. I'm excited for this one.

Posted by "doctor thodt"

Artists! The Houston Chronicle needs your cartoons!

http://blogs.chron.com/nickanderson/archives/2008/02/reader_cartoons_48.html

Posted by "Scudworth"

The Audacity of Data - Barack Obama's surprisingly non-ideological policy shop.

http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=4d40a39e-8f57-4054-bd99-94bc9d19be1a

Thanks "theblackw0lf"

Major office opens on UT campus

http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2008/02/26/TopStories/Obama.Campaign.Opens.OnCampus.Office.For.Students-3234774.shtml

Posted by "tonelok"

Sen. Christopher Dodd to Endorse Obama

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gpX0l1Q8Tuizuh_axZJMThV8xEBgD8V1SVS01

Posted by goon "4wheel4chan"

Texas early voting results

The field has some analysis

http://ruralvotes.com/thefield/?p=773

Direct link

http://www.surveyusa.com/index.php/2008/02/25/texas-obama-49-clinton-45/

"Bon Clay" needs help fighting the 'muslim clothing' attack.

To combat the Obama in "muslim clothing" meme, I'm starting a photobucket to catalog all of the instances of officials wearing foreign clothing. So far we've got Laura Bush, Chelsea Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Nancy Pelosi in hijabs--hardly radical Islamic collaborators, right? If you guys have any more of these pictures, post them here so I can put it up and we have an easy reference for rebuttals.

http://s267.photobucket.com/albums/ii281/officialsinforeigngarb/

Goon "idhindsight" issues a challenge

Hey guys, I've been following the campaign and these threads for some time. I always thought Obama seemed like a pretty good guy, and I heard great things about his new message of hope, but up until December or so, I didn't think he had much of a chance.

I was always a disenfranchised independent; I never found any candidates that really shared my views nor did I feel that anyone stood for me. Out of my own interest (and at the behest of my wife to please vote -- I was seriously considering not voting at all this year since Hillary was the clear nominee for so long) I took a few of the small polls on the web that show which candidates are most in line with your political beliefs. Barack Obama came out with 80% or more inline with my beliefs on every single poll.

So I became more and more interested, and started following these threads.

I went from a disenfranchised man with nothing but contempt for the state of our political process, to a casual supporter, and finally today I have donated $50.01 through the great City Name to Barack Hussein Obama, my President.

I'm just a married young white father of one in rusty Ohio, and it's only $50.01. It's all I can do. But with your help, we can do more.

Help me make it $500.10.

I'm calling on ten goons to match me by the start of the Cleveland debates, 9PM EST Tuesday, February 26th, 2008.

Yes We Can

EDIT: I made a fundraiser on my.barackobama.com to keep track of this! Donate here:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/hindsight

The worst rendition of the National Anthem ever recorded

http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u90/snopesbinary/Politics/?action=view&current=abc_obama_anthem_071022a.flv

Oh also it's from when that awesome picture of Obama not putting his hand over his heart was taken (remember hand over heart is not technically proper, not that putting a part of your body over another part, symbolic or not, is worth anything in terms of patriotism!)


Posted by "dm," requested by "Fix"

An Obama resume - bookmark this!

http://kikustuff.blogspot.com


Thanks "Tainen"

Obama to Reporter: I'm Sorry for "Messing Up Your Game"

This was a nasty weekend in politics, so I'm capping my Sunday night off with this old, but still awesome little piece of news.

http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2006/11/2973_obama_to_report.html

They're Republican red, and true blue to Obama

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gopobama25dec12,0,649996,full.story

Thanks "Happylisk"

Obama fights back on questions about his patriotism

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/24/obama.patriotism/index.html

Full of goons, part II

"Zhentar" has made an updated image, with 40 more Obamatars, including 5 people who are on their 2nd Obamatar (and apparently Zwabu is on number 6!)

Total Obamatars included-175

Obama uses Rovian tactics? Not so fast, Hillary...

Goon "FizFashizzle" has made us a youtube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LFj2iRe_7Q

"Obama's Kenyan Roots," and "Quien Es Less Macho?"

Two good New York Times articles posted by "Deteriorata"

Obama’s Kenyan Roots

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/opinion/24kristof.html?hp

¿Quién Es Less Macho?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/opinion/24dowd.html?hp

A message from "oxygen728" about phonebanking.

Dear Obama Supporters,

Phone banking has been one of the most rewarding experiences that I've ever participated in. I maxed out my donations to Obama, so I made the plunge to do some phone banking two weeks ago. It was a daunting experience for me; I'd never done anything like it in my life. I'd heard that most people are kind of nervous for their first 5 calls or so, but it took me about 35 calls to become comfortable. That first weekend, I made 175 phone calls. Here's how the first 100 turned out:

• Left 32 messages
• Had 1 rude reply
• had 20 failed calls
• Spoke to 4 Republicans who weren't interested
• Had 9 others not interested
• Had 11 calls not answered
• And had 23 others, mostly undecides who i educated about Obama.

Texas:
• Spoke to a woman with bad English, but she seemed to support Obama.
• Spoke to an old lady about how Obama plans to enact change. This was one of my first calls and I was nervous as can be. I got too flustered and didn't direct her to the issues section of the Obama site. (Note: I redeem myself and more below)

Wyoming:
• Spoke to a nice old woman, independent. She says she watches the news righ before & decides who to vote for. I provided her with some good information, but she may be too senile to remember. Perhaps it'll stick in her subconscious.
• After speaking to a registered republican, she says she's going to switch to Democrat and support Obama in the March 8th caucus. I set her up with county clerk info and caucus info.

Ohio:
• Spoke with an Obama supporter, they declined to receive more info.
• Talked to an undecided and directed him to the issues section of the Obama website. I spoke to him about the college tax credit and Obama's Middle East policy. He said he'll probably vote for Obama in the general election, at the very least.
• Spoke to a high school junior-high teacher who says he likes to inform his students about Obama. I directed him to the issues section at the Obama website (which he was unaware of).
• Spoke to an undecided who hung up on me, oops!

Wyoming Again:
• Spoke to a family of supporters, directed them to the website - especially the issues section.
• Spoke to a literal lunatic - but apparently I did a good job and she said she'll try hard to convince her entire family to vote Obama.
• An Obama supporter called me back, and I gave her some good Obama Info.
• Spoke to a republican funny guy - I gave him lots of info and totally redeemed myself on the change question. He said he'll probably support Obama in the general, and we both agreed with McCain lost his touch 8 years ago.


As you can see, it's a lot of failure sprinkled with some great successes. Also notice that I even ask Obama supporters if they have any questions on his policies. Educated supporters are much better than blind supporters - they propagate his message! The way I see it, every 100 phone calls will net an average of 4 new Obama supporters. Think about this: If John Edward's supporters each garnered 4 new Edwards supporters, he would have won every single primary in a landslide and this would be a no-contest democrat primary. This is the power of phone banking. It is daunting work, though - but let me share a few tips with you that will make it a lot easier:

• IGNORE THE NEGATIVE CALLS - FIGHT FOR THE UNDECIDED! This is very important. You need to reinforce this thought before you start and constantly throughout your phone banking experience. Remember, you will be hung up on a lot, and lots of people won't want to hear about Obama. However, we're only doing this to convince the undecided voters and the occasional Clinton supporter!
• Don't follow the script exactly - not even my script. You have to refine the script to fit your style. Write your script down, and come up with a good message script.
Example: If you are a male and the phone banking system at barackobama.com gives you a female name, but a male answers the phone... don't say "Is _female_ there?". This will bring up jealousy issues - introduce yourself and then ask for the female, or just talk to the guy about Obama!
• Always, always, always have the issues section of barackobama.com open in front of you. You want to direct as many people as possible to there as well! If somebody gives you an opportunity, answer any questions they have about Obama's policies by picking an issue from the site that matches the person you're speaking with. (Note: have a few favorites picked out in advance and ask if you can share them with them).

For plenty more tips and my tried and tested phone banking script: www.obamapledge.com/phone.htm

Finally, I'd like to speak to the issue of complacency. Clinton supporters became complacent when she was the frontrunner. Please understand that our most difficult tests to date are soon approaching in Texas and Ohio. We need Obama to win Texas and Ohio to emerge as the early and strongly supported candidate for the general election.

So, please visit www.obamapledge.com and take the pledge to generate 4 new Obama supporters by phone banking, canvassing, donating, or educating friends and family.

If you have any questions, please visit www.obamapledge.com and submit a question to me!

:obama:

FULL OF GOONS

Obama documentary in the works

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8641.html

Thanks "T-Bone"

The NAFTA issue

Check the Audacity of Truth in the links for more information if it gets worse, but today's big attack on Obama is in regards to NAFTA. Here are some links to learn more.

http://factcheck.barackobama.com/factcheck/2008/02/23/hillary_clintons_support_of_na.php


And the Obama response
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/23/14417/7638/731/434555


Thanks to "Eggplant999" for the links.

A song and dance post

A song called "Si Se Puede Cambiar" (United For Obama)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ky8Hvq-F0U

A bit of dancing from Obama
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/02/22/obama.texas.boogie.cnn

And finally, Ted Kennedy sings Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes for some reason :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdl86KNkt_M

A nice week for picking up superdelegates

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8UVIGO81&show_article=1

Live near Toledo? Don't forget about the rally this Sunday!

http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/toledo

University of Toledo
Savage Hall
2801 West Bancroft
Toledo, OH 43606

Sunday, February 24, 2008
Doors Open: 2:15 p.m.
Program begins: 4:20 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required, but an RSVP is encouraged. Space is available on a first come, first-served basis.

For security reasons, do not bring bags and limit personal items. No signs or banners are permitted.

Xerox pdf

Here is a link to the pdf of the xerox image created last night, with the issues address and info at the bottom about being paid for by City Name. Print, distribute, educate!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GM0B9JX9

Texas Early Voting Wave as Reaction to Systemic Disenfranchisement

http://ruralvotes.com/thefield/?p=718

Yeah Texas, get your vote on!


And this is a good video of the first guy to vote after the 7.2 mile march

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTmt8PcZouQ

Russ Feingold votes Obama

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters?pid=289055

Brought to you by "Holland Oats"

Change you can Xerox

Created by Somethingawful forum poster "deety," inspired by "Fix."

A Post-Debate Megapost

Tonight was the second Clinton/Obama debate, so here are some highlights:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/21/videos.21feb.debate/index.html

Chuck "The Wizard" Todd brings us some insightful analysis:

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/02/21/689812.aspx

And the one word you will hear about all day on Friday:

"Xerox"

Thanks "Sir Tonk" for the Chuck Todd article.

edit:

"Goodpart" has brought this youtube video to our attention. The entire debate, split into sections, without the cuts that cnn's website has:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVs0BfCBuRg

Attn: Goons - Debate thread

Here ya go, keep the tviv stuff outta the other threads tonight!

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2778650

Chuck "The Wizard" Todd: Can Barack Obama be stopped?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23258192/

Thanks "DynamicSloth"

Change to Win to endorse Obama

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2008/02/labor_federation_to_endorse_ob.php

Thanks "Fix"

Remember that 21-year old superdelegate the Clinton's were courting?

He made up his mind:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/21/superdelegate-schmoozed-by-chelsea-backs-obama/

Posted by goon "freezingprocess"

Austin! Rally this Friday!

http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/austinevent

Barack wins Democrats Abroad

http://democratsabroad.org/article/2008/02/21/obama-wins-democrats-abroad-global-primary

"A new face for American diplomacy"

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/21/obama_muslims/?source=whitelist

As President, Barack Obama will name a “Chief Technology Officer”

http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/13/exclusive-barack-obama-to-name-a-chief-technology-officer/?view=print

Old news, but it's making the rounds on the internet again, and that's not a bad thing.

"I Refuse to Buy into the Obama Hype"

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/20/201332/807/36/458633

This is a great read!

Don't forget about tonight's debate!

It will be on CNN at 7 CST/ 8 EST, hosted by the University of Texas at Austin. It will only be between Clinton and Obama.

Check out http://www.cnn.com for a link to the feed.

Barack picks up a few supers today.

http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/superdelegate-list.html

Bookmark that site to keep track of superdelegates. It's crowded, but has good information!