Reporting from Super Tuesday States

HuffPost's OffTheBus is reporting from Super Tuesday states, including New York and California. Keep checking in for on-the-ground reports of campaign activity.

Youth Come Out For Obama in Northern Idaho by Kathleen Miller
The youth voters came out in full force for Barack Obama in Northern Idaho tonight. Many of the younger participants expressed their belief in Obama's ability to create change.

VIDEO: Double Bubble Trouble in CA by WhyTuesday?
This state, with a tradition of high turnout, activist communities and 441 delegates, is the focus of today's media coverage. Here, the popularity of elections is sure to expose even the most minute hiccup. Today, there was one.

North Idaho Caucus Preliminary Results In by Kathleen Miller and Celia Hunko
Here are the preliminary results for the Kootenai County Democratic Caucus . . .

Obama Supporters Run Rampant in Northern Idaho by Kathleen Miller and Celia Hunko
1,205 people are in currently in the gymnasium where the caucus is being held, a vast majority of them Obama supporters.

NY: Barack Takes a Bite by Bev Davis
-In America's most famous little town, still populated by pot smokers, pool players, grey-haired hippies, and artists, the Obama factor is weighing in heavily despite Clinton's expected win here.

Huckabee Fails to Keep Southern Evangelical Base United by Chip Berlet
Republican presidential contender Mike Huckabee started out his speech on Super Tuesday with two Biblical references, when in fact, his Biblical base is slipping--but not far away.

VIDEO: Students Elect to Campaign by Stephen Pacer. Produced by Megan McGibney
Local students, energized by the presidential race, signed up as campaign volunteers - passing out fliers, making phone calls and flocking to rallies leading up to Super Tuesday.

Local Blogs and Papers Think National by Eliot Caroom
This year's unusually competitive presidential primary has led some of Brooklyn's own media elite to an unusual decision: for the first time, some local news outlets made endorsements in the national race.

VIDEO: Pulpit Pitches Rankle Some Churchgoers by Djenny Passe-Rodriguez
Djenny Passe-Rodriguez spoke with Harlem churchgoers about the appropriateness of religious
leaders endorsing candidates from the pulpit. Watch the video below (running time 2:40).

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African NYers Weigh Obama's Chances by Adeola Oladele. Produced by Abimbola Ishola
Adeola Oladele spoke with African immigrants in Brooklyn. Watch the video below (running time 1:51).

Starbucks In His Eyes For Obama by Lakshmi Gandhi
In a corner of the Starbucks on 181st Street in Washington Heights, Gregg Ross carefully coordinated volunteers for Barack Obama Tuesday morning.

Record Turnout Expected At Kootenai County Democratic Caucus by University Of Washington's SeattlePoliticore

Increased Security At Kootenai County Democratic Caucus by University Of Washington's SeattlePoliticore
"We have some very strong anti-Democratic groups in the area," said Tamara Poelstra, Democratic caucus chair for Kootenai County in northern Idaho.

California: Four Hours Before Poll Closing by Mayhill Fowler
Four hours before polls close in California, the word on the street is that Independents are finding it tricky to vote in a Democratic Primary.

Clinton and Obama Supporters Scramble for Last Minute NY Support by NYCity News Service
In a city where the Giants and their Super Bowl heroics loomed large, there seemed to be as much conversation - and action - generated by the pre-election hoopla for Super Tuesday.

NYC Latinos Torn Between Clinton And Obama by James Trimarco
The feeling that the choice between Clinton and Obama is tough is common throughout the diverse Latino communities of New York City, and both campaigns are fighting hard for this group's vote.

DC: Staffers At Clinton's Favorite Restaurant Spill the Beans by Scott Shrake
Like Bill, I still eat at Lauriol Plaza. I interviewed five Latinas, five Latinos, one Caucasian American woman and one African-American woman to find out who they supported this electoral cycle.

Wooing Colorado's "Chardonnay and Brie" Liberals by John Tomasic
Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker rallied Obama supporters today in Boulder, Colorado, speaking with what was referred to last election as a crowd of "chardonnay-and-brie liberal" townies.

California: Chelsea Clinton Mines For Votes by Mayhill Fowler
Stumping for her mother in California, Chelsea has turned down an invitation from her alma mater in favor of Mills College.

Michelle, Oprah, Caroline Stump For Obama At UCLA by Cristina Chang
Sunday's star-studded rally at UCLA for Democratic hopeful Barack Obama offered his California supporters one last chance to gather together on behalf of their candidate before the state's primary on Tuesday.

VIDEO: Obama Caravan Poaches Latino Hillary Supporters by Daniel Macht and Rosaleen Ortiz.
A 14-car caravan of Obama supporters cruised the streets of the Bronx and Upper Manhattan Sunday while blasting horns and Spanish reggaeton music through Hillary friendly neighborhoods.

"Bronx Stop Three: Starbucks on West 225th," by Annie Shreffler
It took a little convincing for Kenda Nunez, Baltazar Cortez and Geraldine LaPenne to let their lattes cool a minute while they talked politics, but soon they got fired up and realized they had a lot to say.

"Bronx Stop Two: National Doughnut on Bedford Park Blvd.," by Annie Shreffler
In the central Bronx neighborhood of Bedford Park, we talked with Lourdes Roche and Mark Anthony Seda about prescription drug costs and troop withdrawal. Listen to the doughnut shop discussion.

"Obama Supporters Seek Souls After Sunday Service," by Cristina P. Alesci
Obama volunteers mounted pulpits over the weekend in a statewide effort to petition worshippers for their support. On Saturday, campaigners focused on mosques, where they distributed literature about the candidate.

AUDIO SLIDESHOW: Bronx Stop One: El Valle restaurant on Jerome Ave by Annie Shreffler

A weekend trek to local eating spots in the Bronx introduced us to voters who debunk any notion that the borough's residents are united on choosing their candidate.

Obama Rewriting Rules of Conventional Campaigning by Andrew Gumbel
If Obama comes close or even surpasses Hillary Clinton's vote totals in California and the other big Super Tuesday states, it won't just keep him in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. It will overturn conventional wisdom, shared by both major parties, on how to run a successful political campaign.

Political Traders: Can't Get Enough of That Hillary Stuff by Clark Merrefield
With Super Tuesday on our toes, and with pundits and papers all atwitter with prediction fever, this might be a good time to take a quick look at what the Iowa Electronic Markets have to say about the presidential nominations.

Students for Hillary: No More Promises, We Want Proof by Lakshmi Gandhi
The gathering attracted many younger voters, most of whom stressed Clinton's legislative record and public policy experience over opponent Barack Obama's youth and focus on hope.

AUDIO SLIDESHOW: "Apathy and Hope in Atlantic City," by Joshua Cinelli
"Atlantic City, home to wealthy casinos and extreme poverty, is both apathetic and hopeful about the coming election. Watch the audio slideshow and find out why."

AUDIO SLIDESHOW: "Worried About Economy, NY Latino Barber for Obama," by Claudia Cruz
"Not every New Yorker supports their hometown politician. Mr. Luis Cordova, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, would like to see Barack Obama win the presidency."

"Obama Supporters March Over Brooklyn Bridge," by Cristina P. Alesci
"Gregory Smith calls himself the gardener of a grassroots movement that drove a crowd of Brooklynites to march over the city's most iconic bridge in support of Barack Obama."

VIDEO: "On the Trail With Harlem for Obama," by Dana Oliver
"Dana L. Oliver speaks with the members of this group about its role in the election process, what the people of Harlem want, and why Obama is the right man for the job."

"Ted Kennedy Takes on Bay Area," by Mayhill Fowler
"In a few months it'll be forty years since Robert Kennedy was assassinated here in California. I remember the quiet queue of mourners in New York winding around Madison and Fifth, filing in and out of St. Patrick's Cathedral all night long before his funeral."

"Obama and Latinos: Santa Ana Ground Zero," by Jon Wiener
"The Obama campaign, intent on taking some of the crucial Latino vote in California away from Hillary Clinton, organized a day-long door-to-door canvas on Saturday in the region's most Spanish-speaking city just south of Disneyland."

"Obama Hot on Hillary's Heels in California," by Mayhill Fowler
"Where it is clear that Obama will pick up votes is from the substantial number of John Edwards supporters in Northern California."

"From Obama Supporter to Volunteer in Three Days," by Matt Townsend
"My younger sister called me Saturday afternoon from Denver, Col. with excitement in her voice.
"I just got back from phone banking, and it was awesome," Sarah said."

"On the Scene at a Hillary Rally," Allison Fine
"I attended a boisterous rally of Hillary supporters in White Plains, NY today. Hundreds of folks particularly union members who were nurses, teachers and, my favorite, the IUPAT."

"Latina Clinton Supporter Campaigns in Bronx," Matt Townsend
"Only in New York City could you find a woman from the Honduran rainforests trying to convince an Indian man to vote for a woman president while they smoked cigarettes outside a salsa bar."

"NY: Iraq Key Issue for Obama Supporters," Alexandra Zendrian
"Many people who attended the Generation Obama rally in New York noted the importance of Obama's consistent view on the war in Iraq, mentioning that he is the only Democratic candidate who has been against the war from the start."

AUDIO SLIDESHOW: Pub Crawling for Obama," by Matt Townsend
A handful of Obama supporters toured bars in the East Village on Friday night. They talked up the senator's better points to fellow New Yorkers over pints of Guinness and Stella.

Comments

[lawyeredup]

Obama is educated no doubt, and a great speaker -- no question; but is he qualify to be the president of the United State of America? Absolute NOT! He will be another George Bush and, our country will be a country once again being run by undertakers the likes of Ted Kennedy and the John Kerry's. Thats the reason they are supporting him and it a selfish reason.

The Media Support is nothing more than an opposition to a woman candidatcy and a personal aattack on the Clintons. In this, they say experience don't matter -- do anyone believed for a second that will be the case when Obama become the nomine and his facing off against McCain or Romney?

[zreeb]

I've watched his full stump speech, I don't recall anything about slavery in the version I saw.

Also, I don't want to hear a bunch of boring details in a stump, that's what his website is for. It is a RALLY after all.

[kennedy]

I have never heard anyone go on and on and on the way Obama does and say absoutly nothing. You know more about him when you walk into one of his sermons, than when you leave. Obama is like a used car salesmen trying to put you in a car today. But if you try to look under the hood, your called a bigot for not supporting him blindly. Dreams and hope do not put food on the table for my family.

[kennedy]

My sister and brother-in-law went to see Obama speak the other day and were let down. She told me the media had built him up so much that her and my brother-in law were expecting allot more. And that the more and the more he talked, the less they knew. Except on one issue, slavery. Halfway through Obamas speech he starting talking about slavery. The two of them along with hundreds of others went silent. Her husband and her looked at each other and shrugged. They had no idea why he would talk about slavery in his speech. He lost the crowd after that. And Obama went on and on about the past. It took up half his speech. They thought Obama would address the mounting problems facing Americans but he didn't. He gave his speech and didn't take questions afterwards.