Presidental Candidate Supporters Turning Virginia into Obama Country

[Ethelk2044]

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/308275/presidential_candidate_supporters_turning.html


Some of Obama supporters at the beginning of their first meeting earlier this year.

One of the notable groups in Virginia is Alexandria4Obama who are actively mobilizing for Sen. Barack Obama in the area. In an email received Monday night from a member of the Alexandria4Obama Steering Committee Keith Lutman, the group will kick-start on Saturday, 7-14-07, a 15,000-petition drive across Alexandria to have Sen. Obama on the Virginia ballot.

Part of the email reads, " This Second Saturday "Visibility/Signature Gathering Day" will focus on gathering signatures to put Barack Obama on the ballot in Virginia. We will collect signatures from Virginia voters. We will also do the usual things...identify supporters, recruit volunteers and hand out Obama materials," he wrote.

Earlier in February after Sen. Barack Obama announces his candidacy for president in Springfield Illinois, Todd Ruopp, an Iowa native residing in Alexandria VA, formed a group called Alexandria4Obama-with a simple goal to "stage visibility events that identify supporters" of Obama within Alexandria VA.

At the onset of the formation of the group, the attendance was relatively poor-only four people-a discouraging start for a group that most of them are participating in active politicking for the first time.

According to the group representative, there was an unexpected increase in the number of attendees at March 31st "Community Kickoff event"-an event organized by the Obama campaign nationwide, which according to the campaign, the event was held at more than 5,000 locations across the country.

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1. Gobama! nt

[SaveElmer]

2. As a Virginian...if I were to guess...

I'd say Edwards might have an advantage here...at least right now...

Our Governor endorsed Obama some time ago, but I don't hear alot of buzz about him...mostly Edwards and Hillary....

As to Alexandria, it is possibly the most liberal geographic area in Virginia...so if Obama would draw anywhere it would be there...and I'm sure he would draw in Richmond...but if I were a bettin man, RIGHT NOW, I would say Edwards and Hillary are fighting it out, with Obama in third...

Haven't seen alot of polling...other than general election polling, which has Edwards and Hillary both doing fairly well, with a small advantage to Edwards...