[courtesy of California Progress Report]

By Pamela Coukos
Volunteer, CD-9 Team
Obama For America/California

Disclaimer: I am a volunteer for Obama for America in California, but I am speaking for myself and based on my personal experience as a volunteer, not for the campaign in any way. You can read my other posts about the campaign here.

More than two months after the California primary, Obama campaign volunteers are still organized and working around the state. Having built a cadre of trained grassroots organizers to contend for votes on February 5, the campaign isn’t letting this resource go to waste. Here in the Bay Area we have been busy running volunteer-based phonebanks to call other states, including Texas, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Oregon. Right now we are sending teams of volunteers to help out on the ground in Oregon.

by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

"Oh god, another speech from John Kerry." Those words came from the mouth of Art Torres describing the difference between the level of excitement between this year and 2004. Art continued on to say that the superdelegates should ratify the pledged delegate leader. This is a national convention, not a state or local convention. The national convention should nominate a national candidate. More over the flip.