Obama Gains in Hillary's Backyard. Developing...

[illinoisprogressive]

Raw Story just put this up and said this is a developing story so, it is not complete. But, what they do have up is very interesting:

It was just an organizational meeting for Sen. Barack Obama's New York volunteers, but every pew of the church in the East Village where they met earlier this month was jammed, and the crowd spilled over into not one but two overflow rooms," the New York Times is set to report in Saturday's edition, RAW STORY has learned.

Excerpts:

"All told, 710 people showed up, even though the closest they would get to the candidate that night was a biographical DVD that the campaign screened for them. They cheered wildly anyway."

"Many had already formed their own volunteer groups in New York: Brooklyn for Barack, NYC4Obama, the Audacity of Park Slope. Quite a few already had Web sites, neatly designed logos, newsletters, and regular meetings."

"The grassroots movement springing up for Obama right in Hillary Rodham Clinton's backyard is surprising in its intensity, with a sophisticated group of young professionals skilled in marketing, organizing, web design and other useful areas signing on to the uphill battle."

"But as the Howard Dean campaign proved four years ago, it takes more than a core of dedicated, web savvy supporters to win votes."

Developing...

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Obama_gains_in_Hillarys_backyard_0622.html

[mckeown1128]

1. Gobama!!!

This is good to hear. I can't wait to hit the campaign trail for Obama myself.(I am waiting till my wife and I move to her new duty station in Georgia.

[Yukari Yakumo]

2. It's hard to get any lower than rock bottom.

Recent polls:

Quinnipiac University College, mid June - Clinton 44%, Gore 18%, Obama 14%, Edwards 6%
Siena College, mid May - Clinton 42%, Gore 13%, Obama 13%, Edwards 7%
Siena College, mid April - Clinton 39%, Obama 17%, Gore 12%, Edwards 11%