What is Obama talking about today?

[Adelante]

Rev. Wright or the economy?

Let's take our clues from our candidate and support his direction. Let's not play into the opposition's hands.

Just a suggestion :shrug:

[Cali_Democrat]

1. Who's Obama?

I thought the only person running for president was Rev. Wright. Does Obama want to be his VP or something? I think Wright will make that choice after he gains the nomination.

[FrenchieCat]

22. Keep our eye on the prize......

while a chorus of Cynics and dice and slice pundit heads try to drown out the voices of the people.

[CatsDogsBabies]

2. A wonderful suggestion

[SharonRB]

3. He's talking about the issues today

If you missed his town hall in NC, read through this thread to check it out:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5718257&mesg_id=5718257

[Bensthename]

6. Great thread there.

[SharonRB]

11. You should know, right?

;)

[Bensthename]

13. Indeed. We had a good view..

:toast:

[fight4my3sons]

14. thank you for that link, since I missed the town hall

:hi:

[SharonRB]

24. You're welcome!

:hi:

[Birthmark]

4. Who cares what he's talking about?

[Bensthename]

5. Wright has left me bitter.. I can no longer vote for him. I am now voting Obama..

[goclark]

8. I just mailed 300 postcards for Obama

My mom put the stamps on and my friends helped me out.

I'm starting on the rest today.

[Bensthename]

9. Cool, what are the post cards like? How do I get some?

I'm not so good on the phone.. I've contributed to Obama.. But postcards sound good. I know I read all the literature on candidates when they come in. They are effective..

What do they look like? How do I get some to mail out..

Thanks.

[goclark]

17. Email it to all your friends..It's the greatest

Today was the last day to mail them for Indiana, but get started right away

Try to find 15 cent postcards in your area, mine were from the Farmer's Market.
It's nice to have photos from your area.

Need 26 cent stamps ,hurry to the post office, they go up on May 12



mod mom (1000+ posts) Fri Apr-25-08 08:26 AM
Original message
OBAMA SUPPORTERS-Here's a project to help GOTV in INDIANA (Postcards To Undecideds)
Edited on Fri Apr-25-08 08:27 AM by mod mom
Our Obama volunteer office in Ohio is coordinating sending POSTCARDS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FROM OBAMA SUPPORTERS TO:

Undecided Working Class Voters in Indiana.

If you'd like to participate, here is what to do:

1. Write appropriate positive reasons why you support Senator Obama.

2. The postcards should have an appropriate photo.

3. Stamp each postcard.

4. Leave room for an address to be place on the right side of the postcard.

5. Postmark no later than Monday-if later make no reference to Indiana as they will be sent to WV and KY voters.

Please send Postcards to:

Obama Volunteer Headquarters
193 E Rich Street
Columbus, OH 43215

We will screen them for content (don't want any negative comments), and address them with Indiana undecided working class voter addresses.

PS We have gotten positive feedback from the Postcard for Pennsylvania project!

[Bensthename]

18. thats great

I guess I am a little late. Obama will win IN and NC.. If she stays in I will try for the next primary..

Thanks for your hard work..

[goclark]

19. I'm still Fired Up and ready to mail 200 more postcards

It's really lots of fun and easy to do while looking at TV or talking to friends.

Edit to say: I don't like people calling me in the middle of my dinner.
That makes mme mad so I decided that this is a way for someone to read at their leisure and know that someone took the time to send them a card from another State.

[Adelante]

12. Wow, that's great

Thank you and your mom and friends :)

[goclark]

23. Now I've got to get busy on the next batch nt

[Coexist]

21. thats awesome!

I sent my 30 today - boy that made my hand hurt - I can't imagine doing 300. Good on you.

[Coexist]

7. I made 50 calls - about 12 live people

not one question about Wright.

[Bensthename]

10. Good, people are tired of Wright issue..

His poll #'s are not effected. Thank God people are paying more attention to the important issues this year.

[Barack_America]

16. To which state?

How was the response?

[Coexist]

20. Indiana - very positive for Obama

but that changes from zip code to zip code.

But this morning it was great going.

[nsd]

15. You're right. Good suggestion. /nt

[tekisui]

25. Good stuff! New Populist message! Check it out:

ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: Senator Obama, struggling after repeated losses to white, blue collar workers, was singing a different tune today during a town hall in Wilmington, North Carolina, adding lines to his stump speech to make him more appealing to the demographic he has struggled to win over.

Obama's new populist message started with a direct appeal to the people, saying that in this race he is not against running against Hillary Clinton, but rather running against the very things that have made people's lives hard.


"I didn't get in this race, to run against Sen. Clinton. I ran to run against unemployment. I ran to run against lack of educational opportunity. I ran to run against lack of health care, and substandard housing and a war that we should not have been fought. That's why I'm running," Obama said and then repeated again, "I'm not running against Sen. Clinton."

Obama said he has gotten wrapped up in negative campaigning recently, which has distracted him from his reason for running, and said he spoke with his campaign team about changing the focus.

"I noticed over the last several weeks, I told this to my team, you know we are starting to sound like other folks - starting to run the same negative stuff. And it shows you that none of us are immune from this kind of politics. But the problem is that it doesn't help you. Having politicians bickering back and forth doesn't help you. Having them worry about superdelegates doesn't help you."

Again, Obama repeated his new focus, not the other candidates, but he says, the American people.

"This election is not about me. It's not about Sen. Clinton. It's not about John McCain. It's about you. It's about your struggles, your hopes, your dreams."

When wrapping up his slightly refigured stump speech, Obama delved deeper into his past than he has before within a stump speech, and criticized those who have publicly questioned if his past has been properly vetted.

He told the story of his grandparents working though the Great Depression, and his mother who was a single mom after his father left when he was two.

Taking heat on the issue of elitism, Obama reminded people that, although he had attended Columbia and Harvard, his family, like them, were still struggling to pay bills, "When my mom came of age, there were student loan programs that she could access so even if she was raising her kids she could go to school and there were scholarships so that she could send her son and her daughter to some of the finest schools in the world, even though there were times when she was on food stamps."

Obama's argument continued saying that his past struggles drove him to run, "When people ask me about why I'm doing this, what my values are, I try to explain to them it's about that history in my own family - how I've seen this country open up opportunity for people who are willing to work hard."

link w/video: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/04/obama-pushes-ne.html

I wanted to start a post, but I have to wait a few hours to start a new one.

He's talking about what matters.

[SwampG8r]

26. i have a free post ill put it up for you

[tekisui]

27. Thanks you kindly, I thought it was great.

[SwampG8r]

28. its up now about focus

[goclark]

29. Excellent post K and R