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Obama asks backers to 'unite' for fall

Posted by Scott Helman, Political Reporter June 11, 2008 01:11 PM

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Despite all the anxious Barack Obama supporters who had hoped for a shorter primary race, it's clear the drawn-out battle with Hillary Clinton was beneficial to the campaign in key ways. One important one: Obama was forced to create a grass-roots infrastructure in nearly every state, a network that could pay huge dividends as the Illinois senator hopes to compete nationwide this fall.

Obama's campaign is looking to flex that muscle later this month with a day of house parties across the country. Obama supporters are being asked to host gatherings on June 28 as part of what the campaign is calling "Unite for Change."

"The goal is to come together and use the common values we share to build a united volunteer organization in your neighborhood that will register new voters and build support locally," Jon Carson, Obama's national voter contact director, told supporters in an email today. "It's going to be an amazing time, and hosting your own event is easy. We'll provide all the tools and resources you'll need."

Carson continued, "You'll gather -- not just with Obama supporters, but with anyone who's tired of the politics of the past and ready for something new -- to share your stories and lay the plans for how to build this movement locally in the weeks and months ahead."

Learn more here.

26 comments so far...
  1. And the movement grows. Obama will grow Dean's 50-state strategy to put the whole country in play. Democrats will no longer be relegated to the big coastal cities and Chicago. We'll be in Wichita, Juneau, Boise and Louisville. Fayetteville NC, Naples FL, Reno NV. Democrats are back and Rethugs will rue the day they tried to overrun the country, use wedge issues to help the Top 1%, run our economy into the ground, kill over 4,000 troops in Iraq, and destroy our Constitution.

    Bye bye Rovey.

    Posted by LM June 11, 08 01:20 PM
  1. The rallying call of the Obama cult organization to all Obama cultists - "'unite' for fall.'.

    With Sen. Clinton's forced exit, the White House and "unity" are a pipe dream for the corrupt and rigged Democratic Party.

    Sen. Clinton supporters will not surrender in "unity" to the cult powers of Obama. Sen. Clinton supporters will campaign and vote for McCain in swing states Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Florida; a loss in any two states means Obama's defeat in Nov. I will volunteer and vote for McCain in a swing state.

    Obama stole the nomination with MI and FL shenanigans, and de facto Obama surrogate House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rigged the nomination for Obama. Messiah Obama is unqualified and inexperienced, with no record of consensus building; simply he is unelectable. When the Republican attack machine gets into full swiftboat gear, his poll numbers won't be looking pretty.

    Sen. Clinton should be the Democratic nominee with solutions of real change and a new direction in getting America back on track. She won the popular vote; she is a consensus builder who was the best qualified and the strongest presidential candidate to win the general election hands down. The corrupt and rigged Democratic Party dashed an easy landslide victory with Sen. Clinton for a crushing defeat with Obama.

    Posted by crat3 June 11, 08 01:43 PM
  1. Good grief crat3, are you still posting for the Clinton campaign?
    Give it up, cupcake.

    Posted by Never_A_Clinton_Again June 11, 08 02:10 PM
  1. As Obama grows into the 50-state strategy he will find not everyone wants more taxes and to be taken care by the government.

    Posted by TomKingsley June 11, 08 02:15 PM
  1. He can keep asking (or begging). We are not falling for it!

    Posted by gun clining, religious, whitey hispana June 11, 08 02:18 PM
  1. Someone (crat3) has been eating sour grapes! Look at the bright side, support your Democratic candidate, and help restore the nation we had before Bush took as down that dark and dangerous road picked by Republicans. Just call if you need any help.

    Posted by Ian Reid June 11, 08 02:24 PM
  1. Let me guess, crat3: You are a white women, fifty years old, and are bitter because some idiot man treated you really poorly when you were younger. It's absolutely disingenous and particularly stupid of you to contend that she won the popular vote, especially when Obama wasn't even on the ballot in Michigan, a state that all democrats agreed had broken the DNC rules and therefore should not be included in the primary. Then, when Hillary needed the votes, all of sudden she and her camp changed their minds about Michigan and Florida. Look, I'm a Clinton fan; I loved Bill and like Hillary as well, but many Democratic voters, plain and simple, are inspired by Obama and his ideas, which are essentially the exact same as Hillary Clinton's, and are consequently voting for him.

    For anyone who cares about Democratic values to say they'll campaign for John McCain because Hillary lost is just disgusting. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF. DO YOU CARE ABOUT THIS COUNTRY?

    Posted by David Thompson June 11, 08 02:25 PM
  1. McCain's gonna go down hard, and dozens of Congressional Republicans will fall behind him. Tough luck for the Republican Party! It's beginning to smell like 1932 out there!

    Posted by Tom in California June 11, 08 02:30 PM
  1. Thanks crat3, your vote and support of McCain will help ensure the deaths of many more American soldiers.

    Posted by MrJeffery June 11, 08 02:37 PM
  1. Hillary Clinton, the only person with a real plan, did not receive the democratic nomination. We will vote for John McCain! Unlike the super delegates Howard Dean can not get us to defect to the guy from the racist church, Obama...

    Posted by Roy June 11, 08 02:39 PM
  1. Clinton supporters should feel free to vote for McCain if they:

    1. Support a never-ending war in Iraq
    2. Don't mind if the Supreme Court is stacked with conservative judges serving terms for life
    3. Want to continue tax breaks super-rich CEOs and oil companies

    If they support these ideas, they were not Democrats to begin with.

    Posted by Francis June 11, 08 02:44 PM
  1. This is politics, not sports. The winner/loser mentality that has been perpetuated by both news media outlets and politicians doesn't do any of us any good, particularly in the case of a presidential primary. It is a foregone conclusion that someone's favorite politico is not going to get the nomination. I don't hear John Edward's people crying foul that hard, but maybe there's just less of them. The person who gets the nod is important, sure, and either way you slice it there were bound to be people disappointed by the end result. But let's not lose sight of the greater goal. Obama or Clinton, the goal remains promoting the policies and ideas of the Democratic party – most importantly at this point being the removal of special interest money from government so that we might have a real chance of fixing our broken healthcare system, broken educational system, broken infrastructure, and revising our foreign policy. That is what counts; that is what will make the difference in our lives and for our country. Right?

    Posted by Aaron June 11, 08 02:47 PM
  1. Please sit out the election rather than vote for McCain, all you Hillary supporters. If you truly back Hillary you would never go against everything she has worked so hard for, and help nominate a Republican who will continue to tear the country apart. If you truly believe in her, listen to her and vote for Obama, or sit it out. She would continue to fight the democratic party if she thought it was necessary, she is no victim. She is not a "shrinking violet" as she puts it. She is asking for Democrats to unite, so don't thwart her mission!

    Posted by shanti June 11, 08 02:50 PM
  1. crat3....you never give up, how sad. YOU LOST!!!! Hillary will not be president. Your attitude shows that you are a true Republican anyway and probably never supported HRC.

    Now go away, SHOO!!!!

    Posted by Jason June 11, 08 02:51 PM
  1. All you GOP'ers claiming to be Democrats bitter at the HRC loss....pa-leese you are not fooling ANYONE!

    Posted by Jason June 11, 08 02:51 PM
  1. An injured friend is the bitterest of foes. - Thomas Jefferson

    Posted by Randy June 11, 08 03:02 PM
  1. Democrats and lib media have brainwashed too many. The legions of the clueless will vote for Obama. Goodbye America.

    Posted by v racer June 11, 08 03:09 PM
  1. To crat3 and others:
    To switch ideological positions because your candidate did not win the nomination suggests that you care less about core values and more about personalities. You're not electing a monarch, you're deciding which direction the country is heading in the next four years.
    It's OK to be bitter over the flawed nomination process. Take time to vent. But at the end of the day, make your choice based on reason instead of anger.
    BTW, the latest Gallup poll shows Obama with a double-digit lead over McCain with women...(June 5-9)

    Posted by Canadian observer June 11, 08 03:13 PM
  1. Beware of this sweet-speaking knave Obama. Barrack Hussein Obama is not a true Democrat. He uses communist tactics. He agitates the people and plays them, using their agitation to his advantage. You want all this 'free' stuff he is promising? Well guess what? It's coming out of YOUR own pocket. He will enact the largest tax increase since WWII, crippling our economy further. If he is really for change, why is his wife racist towards whites? Why did he attend a racist church for 20 years? As an independant voter, I see nothing new in Barrack Hussein Obama. The American Communist Party endorsed Obama, so anyone with a brain knows what sort of 'change' is coming. Those blue signs should read: Communism we can believe in.

    Posted by Andy June 11, 08 03:13 PM
  1. Nynber 19 is someone who is living in the past. Communism?, give me a break. You can do better than that. Obam ais a man of the people and if you cannot see that you are not looking very hard.

    Posted by Don June 11, 08 03:56 PM
  1. Dear American Voters,

    Hon. Senator McCain and Obama, besides each having many attributes and characteristics. The critical differences between the two of these presidential presumptive nominees are as under:

    1. Presidential "Temperament and Composer".
    2. Little Washington "insider Versus outsider" experience.
    3. "Vision and mission" for our nation future rather than past.
    4. American policies, " first U.S.A Centric" than any other country [ ies ] centric.

    In my professional opinion Senator Obama leads in all above qualities.

    The need of our next movement and generation is a change. The Change in " past Washington and its Leadership". A change we can believe in and not the seductive, deceptive, and confusing slogan of "leader we can believe in" [? Effexor ?".

    Our Greatgrand Nation has to address many present and future challenges and start with new clean "Slate and Senator".

    God Bless America. its diverse people, and our Greatgrand Nation.

    Our Greatgrand Nation is needs the CHANGE at every level and for long time.

    I am sure Senator Obama with the help of Senator Clinton and her supporters, can deliver that CHANGE.

    Please stay involved, stay engaged, and stay informed. Please do not allow any seduction, deception, and or confusion by some partisan media and leaders effect your vote [ Psychological Terrorism ]..

    Yours truly,

    COL. [retd] A.M.Khajawall
    Disabled American Veteran
    Forensic psychiatrist, Las Vegas

    Posted by COl.[retd] A.M.Khajawall June 11, 08 04:38 PM
  1. No group knows more about "shennanigans" than the Repubs. I wonder how they are going to try and steal the election this year. There was nothing crushing about the Dems Primary. It was close the whole way through. I don't know what planet these people are on?
    More importantly than the parties are the undercover secret meetings happening without any news coverage. CFR, Bilderberg, Trilateral Commission and Bohemian Grove. The president is nothing more than a CEO for the money slingers of the world who are really pulling the strings. Plans and agreements have already been solidified to keep the US in Afganistan, Iraq and soon Iran for years to come. Lining the pockets of the contractor companys like Black Water. Global supremacy at its best. Ron Paul would have been our best chance at escaping this mess.

    Posted by NYCOPP June 11, 08 04:58 PM
  1. Obama followers -- don't bite on the anti-Obama posts that swear newfound allegiance to McCain. They ARE McCain people from the start trying to stoke and keep alive a fire (e.g.: the rift between Obama and Clinton supporters).

    Try this: "Kill them with kindness". Remember leaders like Martin Luther King and Ghandi. They got even their harshest critics to work with them -- not by overpowering them, but by appealing to their humanity, to their best qualities.

    Let us follow in those footsteps.

    Posted by Robert Cochrane June 11, 08 05:05 PM
  1. I know Andy, please dispense with the rediculous communism theories. No one
    is looking for "free stuff" but perhaps some sense of restored balance in the tax code. A study by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office indicates that Bush's tax cuts overwhelmingly benefit the top 1% of income earners (the very rich).

    Obama is talking about a tax increase for the top tier (people making over 250K/year). I have always worked extremely hard, have never received government assistance of any kind, and feel entitled to nothing. If I ever make >250K/year, I will gladly pay those taxes without a word of dissaproval. It seems to me, someone
    being taxed on 250K at 35% has the opportunity for a better life than say the inner city child born to poverty and likely to remain poor. I think the wealthy attribute their
    good fortune to shear hard work and aptitude when often circumstances and
    chance play a larger role than people care to admit. The greed in out society is appalling. I do beleive there is a place for government spending, If we simply put the money where it's supposed to go there would be no problems. Instead of thriving schools, more jobs, and better roads and bridges, we have massive war spending, no-bid contracts for corporate pals, and tax cuts for the wealthy. So, tax increases will "cripple" the economy? Are you claiming Bush's tax cuts have stimulated it? I don't see the evidence of that. Anyone who can add/subtract should understand that you can't simultaneously increase government spending and cut taxes which is exactly what GOP has been doing the last 8 years! There is not a business in the world that could survive under such practices.

    I empathize with Clinton supporters and think she would make a great president, but there is little difference between Barack and Hillary's policies so, if Clinton supporters defect to McCain, their support was never about what policies will best
    guide our country but simply about her being in charge. Now, a large group of
    white, working class voters (whom the Republicans love to hate and off who's backs the rich get richer) are going to vote against their own best interest out of some sense of reprisal or retaliation ? Granted, I would have been equallydisappointed had Barack not received the nomination but there is no way, after 8 years of Republican leadership taking us into the tank, I could stomach the notion of a vote for McCain.

    I hope people come to their senses and consider the ramifications of their actions or this country is in big trouble.

    Posted by Paul June 11, 08 06:41 PM
  1. The press is not asking questions of a cross section of people. Hillary supporters are not angry, only informed. We know who is qualified to be our next President and who is not. We are angry, however, that th press chose to give Obama a pass for a year and take every opportunity to shred Senator Clinton and her husband just to fill up time. Michelle was off limits. If race has played a part in this election, it has come from the Obamas playing the race card to keep them off limits.

    If it can't be Senator Clinton, then it has to be John McCain - common sense considering Obama's history.

    Posted by Lois June 11, 08 09:07 PM
  1. I concur that the main stream media is biased where Hillary is concerned but I also think Hillary took the low road regarding campaign tactics, while, in my mind, Obama ran the cleaner campaign.

    Obama playing the race card? I don't recall him once complaining as Bill Clinton dismissed his South Carolina win being equivalent to Jesse Jacksons 1998 win, Geraldine Ferraro saying "If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position" and Hillary stating that Obama was not winning over "Hard-working americans, white americans". These comments were not accidents. Did Obama's campaign once mention gender, or any reference to gender, being the reason for her success? If race became an issue at all it was because the Hillary camp felt it necessary to mention or suggest race as a reason for his success! Baiting.

    Don't know if I would use the words "common sense" to describe your endorsement of "business as usual" but It's your vote.


    Posted by Paul June 12, 08 01:01 PM
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