Obama Campaign Launches "Vote For Change" Voter Registration Drive

Today, May 10, marks the first day of what the Obama campaign is calling its "Vote For Change" project. From barackobama.com:

On May 10th, Barack Obama is launching Vote for Change, an unprecedented 50-state voter registration and mobilization drive. More than 100 events will be held across the country that day. Obama volunteers will register new voters as the start of a six-month voter registration drive.

Marc Ambinder has more on just what this project entails and its potential impact:

The Vote For Change program will lay the foundation for Obama's general election get-out-the-vote efforts. Obama aides won't say much more, but I gather that the campaign is constructing an incredibly elaborate online interface to allow its more than a million donors and volunteers to directly persuade their neighbors through a variety of media. Names gathered from the voter registration effort will be merged with names gathered through Obama's primary efforts and the names off of the Democratic Party's integrated voter file as well as lists purchased from outside vendors.

On election day, Obama might have more than a million individuals volunteering on his behalf. That should scare the beejeesus out of the McCain campaign and the RNC.

Comments

[naughtYmike]

May I suggest Chris Dodd, 4 VP, on the basis of trust?

[AMJordan]

No. Dodd is WAY to important in the Senate.

[AdLib]

If he could be made leader in the Senate, definitely support that as an alternative.

Our current DLC leader in the senate bends like a Reid in the wind.

[AdLib]

Big fan of Dodd, especially since his standing up against Repubs AND Dems in the senate to halt the approval of the telecom immunity in the SPy on Citizens bill. He would get my thumb's up.

[WLA]

Right on.

[BeyondGoodAndEvil]

Dodd is DLC!

[kevenseven]

Dodd is OK with me, but I want him to be Majority Leader, and so does Barack, so that is how it will be!

[AdLib]

Edwards was DLC too, didn't deter many from supporting him. I think Dodd made a bit of a break from them when he faced off against them on the telecom bill.

[AMJordan]

Yeah, but he doesn't act like it. He was the one who wanted to filibuster the "Protect America Act" renewal when everyone else wasn't willing to come off the campaign trail.

[SCG]

BG&E He's from my homestate, and although I don't always agree with him. He is an honorable man. I can tell you he did not take very kindly to Lieberman running as an independent.

[VolvoBirkenstock]

No you may not. The Governor of Connecticut, who would appoint a replacement for Dodd, is a Republican.

[Countdown09]

i think Sen. Obama needs a governor and should consider one that was a Hillary supporter could help in brining her supporters on board?

[Changeizgood]

Dodd and Biden or Edwards are my choice if Al Gore doesn't except..Even Mike Bloomberg.

But I think it will be Hagel to unite both parties to kick out the remaining Neoconmen that took over their party. Some republicans are fed up with how their idealogy has been run over roughshod for 8 years. The conservatives are disgusted with how much bigger the Bush Presidency has grown government, compared with the Dems. The mounting deficits everytime a dynasty family takes over the House.

But if he's smart, he'll pick Boxer or Sabelius.
And we know he's brilliant.

[nativeeyes]

McCain.McWar, Lil McBush is toast...

Check our ads after CNN and MSNBC

We are totally for Obama now.....

Obama has 5 million Republicans that are voting for him in the General Elections.

3 Million powerful Democrats


We are Republicans for Obama.

We are committed and strong.
We are MOVEON.ORG

We have 300 million in Donated funds from Powerful Democrats and Republicans..

We are running ads all over the Country now..

We cannot be stopped..

The Obama movement has taken place...

GET OVER IT, THE SUPER DELEGATES ARE IN WAITING FOR OBAMA...


DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD.

MCWAR IS NEXT..

WE ARE RUNNING ADS TO DESTROY MCCAIN NOW ACROSS THE COUNTRY..

WE EVOLVED AMERICANS!!


WE ARE FED UP WITH OLD POLTICS...


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conservati­vesforobam­a.com

moveon.org

WE ARE NOT POLITICANS, WE ARE THE GOOD PEOPLE OF AMERICA AND WE WANT CHANGE..



THIS GAS PRICES ARE GOING CRAZY AND BUSH SR., BUSH JR AND CHENEY AND MCCAIN ARE MAKING MILLIONS FROM THE CARLYLE GROUP


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlyle_Group

[HopeObama08]

That's what I'm talking about! This is what America is about.

[Changeizgood]

So they pose as investors and take over the world, courtesy of George Bush and Co.

Let's get them. They sunk all that money into America to break the middle class and poors dreams and futures, so, let's break them.

We have the company names. Boycott and grow your own Sh*t. Support the loca growers in your areas and communities and make hundreds of community gardens to help feed OUR poor too.

Let them have the world, America has always stood best, when she stood UNIFIED.

nOBODY CAN MAKE YOU BUY THEIR PRODUCTS. YOUR NOT JUNKIES.

BEFORE MASS MANUFACTURED GOODS WE DIDN'T HAVE LEAD AND SALMONELLA IN OUR VEGETABLES.

Have you seen how they are blaming the biofuels for the food shortage. Corn isn't even nutritional. except for the fiber in the kernel. Potatoes, rice and pasta can replace this part of our diet.

Go Green and break their greedy pockets. They can jump in a lake of Crude Oil for all I care.

[CarlsV]

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Geezeee ...

I can't wait until it's us against "them" again!
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[only1Demvoter]

CarlsV : You ain't alone.


-ralph

[Midnite]

Amy Poehler just ripped Hillary a new one on SNL...

[dollars2donuts]

Can someone post the link who has it to this SNL piece, I can't find it on web search....

[AdLib]

How brave of SNL to skewer Hillary after the MSM has decreed that she's lost. Anyone else remember the unfunny debate sketches just before the OH and TX primaries? "Bitch is the new black?"

SNL is like Hillary, somehow, despite their having lost any reason for a following, they just keep hanging in there.

[AdLib]

How brave of SNL to skewer Hillary after the MSM has decreed that she's lost. Anyone else remember the unfunny debate sketches just before the OH and TX primaries? Remember "Bltch is the new black"?

SNL is like Hillary, somehow, despite having lost all the original reasons over time for being attractive to an audience, they just keep hanging in there.

[AMJordan]

Yeah, but I also remember "Black is the new President, Bitch!" the next week.

[maxdenn]

Obama Spending May Swamp McCain, End Republican Edge (Update2)

April 11 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama will likely overwhelm John McCain in campaign spending, if the Illinois senator wins his party's presidential nomination, in what would be the first time in four decades a Democrat will enjoy such an advantage.

And he could do it whether he accepts federal campaign- finance limits or raises all the money privately.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aYFEdOAU37vc&refer=worldwide

[heal57]

I donated 3 times to Barack Obama and my husband donated separately. He is a dem and I am an independentt but we're both voting for Obama. This is the best campaign and best candidate ever since John F Kennedy. Yes, we are in our 60's and want a better country for our kids and grandkids and for us too!


Independent for Obama '08

[maxdenn]

Good on you two!

[flydoghead]

hooray for you and your husband

[Countdown09]

Man it feels good to know that it was the American people that bought our next President!! Every single person that donated to Sen. Obama should be so proud. You have these big wig's who've been threaten Nancy that if they don't get their candidate (Hillary) they are pulling their funds.......thanks to us Nancy has been able to tell them "don't let the door hit your ass on the way out"!

[Boboday555]

Senator Obama is finally encouraging 'We The People' to get involved in running this country again.
Looks like you and I will finally have our President's ear again!

[buckygreen]

Amazing radical concept no? That America could actually work for Americans.

Sounds like a really good idea to me.

Obama/Webb 08

[Changeizgood]

You know something Bucky, I had the same thought on my mind just yesterday about Webb. He is a reformed Republican and has that respect on both sides too. Also he had such moxy to campaign with his active duty son's combat boots and wore them in the House while voting no to Iraq. I like my Senator here in VA. Never thought I'd like a republican because I'm AA and they don't like me or respect me as a citizen.

I'm for a Obama/ Webb ticket too. They are all so good these new dems and some of the old. It's a hard decision and should be left up to Obama and Obama alone. He knows the American People's hearts and who they won't put up with as an official. He does his research and makes proper and sound judgements..

We will be alright with his decision, whomever he picks as long as it isn't another dynasty elite family with no moral fiber to their souls.

[jkpcguru]

Taking what he learned as a community organizer on the south side of chicago, NATIONWIDE. Political scientists will be studying Barack Obama's beautifully run campaign for decades to come.

If american's really want to see how a candidate will run the country just look at how well they run their campaigns.

Obama runs his campaign will precision, he hires the best people, recruites die hard supporters to push his message to the masses. When a gaffe or a serious problem arises (bittergat­e,wrightga­te), he and his campaign swiftly come out and do damage control and he weathers the storm. His online strategy is second to none. He revolutionized online fundraising for decades to come. From now on the American people are going to demand candidates go to them for money and not special interests.

Hillary's campaign was a total mess. She ran as the presumptive nominee from the beginning. No post-super tuesday strategy. ALOT OF WASTED MONEY. For example, a bill for $5,000 worth of party platters in IOWA, come on!

McCain dances around the campaign finance regulations like it's his senior prom!

[missionimpossible]

I agree with your assessment. Textbooks will be written about how he revolutionized campaigning in America. Republicans, Independents, and Democrats alike will use this as a model to elect their respective candidates.
The "status quo" way of doing politics will be officially over with the official nomination of Senator Obama for Democratic nominee for President.

[buckygreen]

It will also be remembered as the moment America finally entered the 21st century,

[Cunningham]

Right on!

[CarlsV]

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*** Dateline - Antiques Roadshow ***

Coming to the Coachella Valley in June has sent advance peoples to determine item value and "show ability".

I took in a ming dynasty (2000 yrs bc) vase that was valued at 10 million dollars.

The only problem ... there was an engraving of john mclame on it!

[only1Demvoter]

CarlsV : Mummified !


-ralph

[CarlsV]

Hey ... I loved my Dad too!
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[williamg]

The McCain-picked Republican National convention head resigned today after a Newsweek report revealed the man’s lobbying ties on behalf of the military Myanmar government.

AP: “Doug Goodyear resigned as convention coordinator and issued a two sentence statement: ‘Today I offered the convention my resignation so as not to become a distraction in this campaign. I continue to strongly support John McCain for president, and wish him the best of luck in this campaign.’ Goodyear is chief executive of DCI Group, a lobbying firm that Newsweek reported in a story posted online was paid $348,000 in 2002 to represent Myanmar's junta.”

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/10/1007847.aspx

[AMJordan]

What was worse, I think he wrote them a rubber check...

[only1Demvoter]

Jordan : No wonder they're pissed.


-ralph

[shockmagog]

Oops there goes another rubbery check.

[AdLib]

Shocking that someone in that position would be involved with fascists...but then Myanmar's junta probably didn't have anyone other than Republicans to choose from.

[WLA]

Heh.

[VolvoBirkenstock]

The name alone should have tipped people off.

[bowloforanges]

in Chicago we had between 250 - 300 people who participated in the training and took the oath to become deputy registrars.

It was amazing, I think we could have lined everybody up by age and found every age group represented by both sexes.

[kevenseven]

Please. Continue to fight.

[blessedfrog]

What oath did you all take?

just curious

[bowloforanges]

http://www.voterinfonet.com/sub/deputy_registrar.asp

I, ____________ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Illinois, and will faithfully discharge the duties of the Office of Deputy Registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register no person nor cause the registration of any person except upon his or her personal application before me.

http://www.voterinfonet.com/sub/deputy_registrar.asp

It is Cook County Oath.

[Bluesman48]

Jesus, ths man's organizational skills are completely off the charts. Like nothing I've seen in my 59 years. LOOK OUT MCCAIN!!

[kevenseven]

Dean is just BEAMING!

[AMJordan]

He's been like that ever since he cleaned himself out with the scream.

[HumeSkeptic]

Phenomenal.

[maxdenn]

The fact that Senator Obama will be out spending Mr. McCain in the general says quite a lot.

[kevenseven]

Oh, I don't know.

McCain will take the Fed money. The thugs will have 527 anti-Obama money to spend.

But Obama will have over $300mil. He may have $500mil.

Do not get in the way of the Democratic Party this year!

[AMJordan]

It was described as a tsunami earlier this year. The Obama juggernaut is paying a visit to the Repulsives soon.

[VolvoBirkenstock]

From the (conservative) Sunday Telegraph:

Barack Obama 'has enough super-delegates to win Democratic nomination'

By Tim Shipman in Washington
Last Updated: 1:03AM BST 11/05/2008

Barack Obama believes he has already secured the private support of enough super-delegates to beat Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic White House nomination, The Sunday Telegraph has learned.

The Illinois senator last week switched his attention to the general election battle against John McCain after locking down more than enough pledges to reach the victory target of 2,025 delegates.

A senior Democrat strategist, familiar with discussions at the highest levels of the Obama camp, has revealed that Mr Obama is now confident of the support of around 120 of the remaining 260 undeclared superdelegates.

His aides believe he will only need between 70 and 80 to be sure of the nomination if he wins the Oregon, Montana and South Dakota primaries as expected later this month.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/1943910/Barack-Obama-%27has-enough-super-delegates-to-win-Democratic-nomination%27.html

Let the party begin!

[HumeSkeptic]

Party sounds good.

I'm awfully bored here with the quality of Right Winders that show up. I think I'll move to a Right Wing site and try my luck there.

I mean lokk at what we get here, morons like JackKemp , becky, Podium, that commie creature..­..Pathetic­!

[AMJordan]

But I like poking the badjurs...

[VolvoBirkenstock]

The RNC is so broke they have had to outsource the manufacture.

Inevitable that the quality would decline.

[becky]

So that picture on the front page of Huff Post is real. You were all in Washington today rallying?

[AMJordan]

Speaking of badjurs....

[VolvoBirkenstock]

...the badjur is the male of the specie

[williamg]

(WASHINGTON) — Barack Obama erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among superdelegates Saturday when he added more endorsements from the group of Democrats who will decide the party's nomination for president.

Obama added superdelegates from Utah, Ohio and Arizona, as well as two from the Virgin Islands who had previously backed Clinton. The additions enabled Obama to surpass Clinton's total for the first time in the campaign. He had picked up nine endorsements Friday.

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1739102,00.html

[kevenseven]

Wow. That "inevitable" theme sort of cuts both ways, yes?

[buckygreen]

Thanks for the updates will. Makes a good day registering new voters even better.

Obama 08