I just left the Obama campaign meeting in Waco

[Laura PourMeADrink]

It was standing room only - and many couldn't even get in the meeting room. They actually asked some of us to leave if we had already seen the presentation !!

I don't think I have ever seen such a diverse group of people - anywhere, ever. Old, young, hispanic, white, black, asian, men, women, students. Amazing.

This is SO exciting !

[Bright Eyes]

Poor, delusional cultists

:P

[Cha]

25. Oh yeah?

:P

[angie_love]

1. NICE!

I hope Obama can pull it off in TX! Are you going to the rally tomorrow?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. where is it?

[angie_love]

26. He will be in Houston tomorrow 6:pm, heres the article

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5547739.html

[Laura PourMeADrink]

28. Thanks for the heads up !!! nt

[tabatha]

2. It is great to get these reports.

Thanks.

[Tatiana]

3. Thanks so much for your service!

Obamanos! Let's turn Texas blue for Obama!

[Adelante]

4. That is so wonderful to hear

Thanks :hi:

[AtomicKitten]

5. Wonderful!

Thanks for sharing this. It's amazing watching the Obama campaign blossom.

Thanks for all your hard work.

K&R!!!

[Major Hogwash]

7. SRO crowds, huh? Woo-hoo!

Maybe this will be over in a few short weeks and we can get back to trashing the GOP for a change.

[Renew Deal]

8. The congressman from Waco endorsed Obama today.

Chet Edwards

[Laura PourMeADrink]

11. I know. I was totally shocked. He pissed me off for so many

years because he wouldn't go against Bush. By him supporting Obama - he is finally saying enough war !

[grantcart]

13. He finally learned to count

[Laura PourMeADrink]

18. LOL. Well part of it is that he represented Fort Hood - thousands

and thousands of soldiers and war machine associates. I remember I wrote him about the Downing St memo and he wrote me back and said that he believed Bush when Bush said the would fix the intelligence. (like really fix it not alter it).

[GrannyK]

31. Chet Edwards

Have you been to any of our protests at his office? Wondering if I know you.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

33. No I haven't - have you? I travel with my job - but have seen the emails

about it from friendsofpeace.

[GrannyK]

Yes, I with FOP

and Peace House. We were thinking of having one this week re: impeachment.

[Cha]

24. The money quote from

Rep Chet Edwards: "As the father of two young sons, I care deeply about the future of our nation…I believe Senator Obama can bring about real change in Washington.”

[Laura PourMeADrink]

34. it's great. You know I really think people really do just want to

get past all the division - and Hillary, through maybe little fault of her own, will perpetuate it. The vast right wing will stir up the shit every single day if she is in office. We will never get beyond it.

[ShortnFiery]

9. Thanks for the good news. I love it!

:thumbsup: :hi:

Go Obama :patriot:

[Cha]

10. I bet! I'm excited here sittin'

in my chair in upstate New York! Go Tejas!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. Hey, what's the latest on the zero votes for Obama in Harlem?

That just sounds so damn suspicious to me!

[Cha]

20. I want to hear straight from Harlem..

Sooner or Later it will surface..there so much crap flying around it's hard to keep up!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

23. They said the investigation would take 2 weeks. Did you have paper ballots

w/scanners?

[Cha]

27. No, our's in MidYork are the old

fashioned lever machines that we've had since I've been here for almost 10 years. I'm glad it was as glaring as "no votes"(really weird)..hard not to investigate that one!

[Laurab]

42. My daughter (near Brooklyn) said tons of people used

paper ballots - she had to, because people in NYC move so much, the polling stations can't keep up. Any news about them?

[grantcart]

12. 4 from our precinct in little Carlsbad Ca have gone for the duration in TX nt

[Laura PourMeADrink]

21. Really ??? That;'s Wonderful !. One interesting thing I read on the

polls - 30% of the likely primary male voters would NEVER vote for Clinton! Isn't that huge?

I wish every single Obama supporter could come here and help. We need it !

[grantcart]

30. Thats always what made this whole exercise so narcissistic

high negatives never win an election absolutely never. The reason is that if somebody says they are for somebody it may mean they really love that candidate or that they are just so - so. When they say that they don't like somebody it means they have already formed a very firm opinion. You can move positives up and down but negatives never go down only up.

By forcing themselves in the campaign they planned on division. They can win with 40% of the electorate if repeat if its a 3 way battle. If JE stayed in longer she would have been the nominee and John McCain would have been the president.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

35. You're right - it's the big elephant in the room - half the people say they

would never vote for her. It's ridiculous to field a candidate like that.

I thought that O needed JE to stay in - to align themselves. But, that was before O started skyrocketing.

Do you think JE has just waited too long to endorse - like it's almost meaningless now - except of course for his what 26 delegates?

[grantcart]

37. Well if he endorses Hillary now he will become a laughing stock

If he endorses Obama he will have to say why he waited and it may be tied to a specific policy initiative and everyone will say right on. If it turns out to be that he didn't get enough personal attention it will make him seem shallow. Which as an Edwards supporter I heard but never believed.

[FrenchieCat]

15. Go Texas!

Guess Waco has a good memory, hey?

[gateley]

16. All the "on the ground" reports are similar. LOTS of people, a high level

enthusiasm and excitement! At a POLITICAL meeting, no less!

Thanks for sharing and so glad you could be there!!

[snappyturtle]

17. Wonderful news! SRO....wow! That's a very conservative neighborhood.

Not far from THE ranchette. I hope your experience is a sign that the state is ready to go blue....deep blue....like the Texas skies! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[Laura PourMeADrink]

22. Yes you are right. What's more amazing is the I would say the

crowd was maybe 5% black - so there goes that meme!

Where are you?

[snappyturtle]

38. I'm in Ingram,Tx....just outside of Kerrville. We're 75 miles north

of San Antonio and 125 miles west of Austin. I'm hoping to see Sen. Obama take Texas in the double digits! Unfortunately, I'm in a very red (previously red...maybe blue soon) area that will only have three delegates to post but every delegate is important. We're a primary area...not caucus.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

39. Interesting. In Waco, it's a hybrid - primary and caucus. I didn't

realize that only applied in some places. Keep hoping. You can never really underestimate the desire of most all people to move forward. Absolutely love your part of Texas !

[snappyturtle]

41. Thanks...I love living here. In the low 70's today with a few clouds

drifting and light breeze...perfect day for voting....wish March 4th would hurry up!

[Scurrilous]

19. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Khaotic]

29. Sounds Like TX is Experiencing ...

What went down here in Iowa weeks ago.

It's is exciting.

No doubt about it. When people join together because they're people. It feels really good.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

32. Thanks for starting the ball rolling. You rock ! Yes, it does feel

good. It's like the weight of all the years of hatred and division is lifted off my shoulders - It's a wonderful feeling to let it all go. I have hated Bush and the repukes for too long !

[tammywammy]

36. He's going to be in Dallas on Wednesday

http://texas.barackobama.com/page/s/dallas

:)

[helderheid]

40. Thanks for the report!