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WI_DEM

(33,497 posts)
Mon Jan 9, 2012, 03:04 PM Jan 2012

Obama's New Hampshire Shadow Campaign

President Obama will appear on the ballot Tuesday among 13 other Democratic presidential candidates in the New Hampshire primary.

While an Obama victory is not in doubt, national Democrats and the president’s re-election campaign aren’t taking any chances on November.

They’re rallying for Democratic voter turnout as something of a general election dry run — an effort mirroring an organizational show-of-force during the Iowa Caucus and ones planned for each of the other primary or caucus states in the months ahead.

Obama has opened seven campaign offices across the tiny Granite State — more than any Republican candidate — including four in the past week alone.

Since April, his team of paid staff in New Hampshire has grown to around 20, a campaign official said, all collaborating to reengage the base of Obama supporters from 2008 and reach out to new voters for 2012.

Obama volunteers in New Hampshire have held more than 500 trainings, phone banks and neighborhood canvasses over the past eight months, contacting potential voters through 3,200 in-person conversations and tens of thousands of phone calls, according to the campaign.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/obamas-new-hampshire-shadow-campaign/

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Obama's New Hampshire Shadow Campaign (Original Post) WI_DEM Jan 2012 OP
Boots on the ground. JNelson6563 Jan 2012 #1
Practice makes perfect...nt SidDithers Jan 2012 #2
'Tiny' Granite State? elleng Jan 2012 #3
Oh No what's going to happen to the genius sharp_stick Jan 2012 #4
I wonder if he will televise a message to the NH Dems like he did in Iowa. It was well received.n/t monmouth Jan 2012 #5

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
4. Oh No what's going to happen to the genius
Mon Jan 9, 2012, 03:18 PM
Jan 2012

campaign of Darcy Richardson? http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002125905

The entire path to victory was based on Obama missing the ballot.

Too bad Darcy or his buddy is no longer around to witness it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=202503

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