Updated: Obama's Call to Serve
I am a staff blogger for the Barack Obama campaign.A generation ago, President John F. Kennedy called on Americans to serve their country and they overwhelmingly responded.Today, at Cornell College in...
View ArticleObama, Oprah, and Organization
I am a campaign blogger for BarackObama.com and this is crossposted at BarackObama.com/blog.Barack Obama has inspired tens, if not hundreds of thousands of people to engage in the political process for...
View ArticleUPDATED: Obama Champions Voting Rights
I am a campaign blogger for BarackObama.com and this is crossposted at BarackObama.com/blog.As I wrote yesterday, one of the remarkable things about this campaign is the number of people who have been...
View ArticleObama Organizing: Nearly 1,000 House Meetings -- in Iowa! -- in 1 Night
I am a campaign blogger for Barack Obama and this is crossposted on BarackObama.com.Earlier in the week, I wrote a diary about how Oprah's tour in the early states was much more than glitz and glamour...
View ArticleObama: One Voice
Note: I am a campaign blogger for Barack Obama and this is crossposted at BarackObama.com.Happy New Year, Kossacks! This is what a movement looks like, a taste of the year ahead:This nationwide...
View ArticleObama: The Organizer and the Movement
What if a politician were to see his job as that of an organizer? - Barack Obama, quoted in the Chicago Reader 12/8/95As many of you know, Barack Obama started his political journey far away from the...
View ArticleObama endorsed by Culinary Workers Union
Barack Obama has just received the endorsement of the Culinary Workers Union, according to ABC News.ABC News' Teddy Davis and Sunlen Miller Report: Despite losing Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, Sen....
View ArticleAtlanta Journal-Constitution endorses Barack Obama
Note: I am a campaign blogger for the Obama campaign.The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the largest paper in Georgia, has endorsed Barack Obama for President of the United States:For Democrats, Obama...
View ArticleThe Guy With The Purple Shirt Votes Obama
Bob Howard, a Chicago resident, was there on October 2, 2002 in Federal Plaza when a young State Senator with an unusual name stood up before a crowd and declared, "I don't oppose all wars. What I am...
View ArticleBarack Obama on Senator Dodd's Endorsement - UPDATED with Video
I am the campaign blogger for the Obama campaign and this is crossposted at BarackObama.com. We're thrilled that Senator Chris Dodd -- a champion of progressive values and a leader on the forefront of...
View ArticleObama for Bill Foster
I am the campaign blogger for BarackObama.com.In the 14th Congressional District of Illinois, there is a special election tomorrow to fill the seat left vacant by former Republican Speaker of the House...
View ArticleVote for Change [With Video]
Note: I am a blogger for the Barack Obama campaign.In March of 2007, the campaign launched its first nationwide grassroots event -- Hope Action Change. Thousands of people from all across the country...
View ArticleObama's Message to Supporters
Note: I am a blogger for the Obama campaign.Barack Obama just sent out this email... Friend --I'm about to take the stage in St. Paul and announce that we have won the Democratic nomination for...
View ArticleResponse from Barack on FISA and Discussion with Policy Staff
Hey everyone - I am a blogger on the Obama campaign and I wanted to quickly let you know that Barack has posted a response on FISA at our HQ blog.Three of our policy advisers, Denis McDonough, Ben...
View ArticleObama Campaign and Netroots Nation
Note: I am a campaign blogger for Obama for AmericaHi everyone - just wanted to give you all a heads up about some of the great stuff planned for next week in Austin at Netroots Nation.Here's the...
View ArticleOrganizing for Change: Obama Campaign at Netroots Nation Liveblog
We're here in Austin at Netroots Nation and our panel -- Organizing for Change: An Inside Look at Obama For America's Grassroots Strategy -- is about to begin. Deputy Campaign Manager Steve Hildebrand,...
View ArticleThank you, Kossacks for Obama (w/Video)
Note: I am a blogger for Barack Obama's campaignHey Kossacks -- It was great to get a chance to meet so many of you in person in Austin. In case you didn't get a chance to check out our panel, you can...
View ArticleResponse to the Attacks on Obama and his Supporters
Note: I am a campaign blogger for the Obama campaign and this is cross-posted at BarackObama.com/blog.David Plouffe just sent out this email in response to the angry, cynical attacks launched by the...
View ArticleHow far we've come
Note: I am a member of the New Media team on the Obama-Biden campaign and this is cross-posted at BarackObama.com/blog...As election day approaches, take a moment to think about what you've...
View ArticleYou did it!
Note: I am a member of the Obama-Biden campaign new media team.Thank you.You did it. You showed America -- and the world -- that change can happen.Thank you for the miles you walked, the doors you...
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