AP: UA is now a swing suburb!
AP: UA is now a swing suburb!
Obama's campaign centerpiece: community organizing with the house meeting
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Want to know the centerpiece for Obama's strategy for winning Ohio? In two words it's:
House Meeting
On-the-ground, good-old-fashioned grassroots field organizing and social networking is the game plan for winning in 2008. Yup, it's that simple.
It's not going to be the usual candidate campaign tactics in which hordes of political types swoop in and knock on thousands of doors without regard to communities, churches, neighborhoods, cultures and existing networks.
This community organizing and house meeting video describes the house meeting concept. It's not too much different than the UAPA house parties you may already be familiar with, but a big difference is emphasis on grassroots social networking compared to other campaigns. Read 'Obama's paid staff dwarfing McCain's'.
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Sign up to host or attend a house meeting and we'll contact you with details on how to organize your network to help Obama!
AP: UA is now a swing suburb!
What once seemed almost impossible could become a reality this election: turning UA blue.
UA Progressive Action is the focus of an Associated Press story called 'Democrats target Ohio GOP suburban stronghold'
UPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio (AP) — Democrats' display of support for John Kerry four years ago in this Republican stronghold ruffled more than a few community feathers.
Despite the efforts of the group UA for Kerry, President Bush beat his opponent handily. But Kerry also received a record number of votes for a Democrat in a city that just two decades ago was voting for Republican presidential candidates by 4-1 ratios.
Emboldened, the group has its sights set on the unthinkable this presidential election: turning a bright red town blue.
"My goal for Upper Arlington is for Obama to win, to get 51 percent," Melissa Hedden, a group founder, said flatly. " That would be my definition of success."
Read the rest of the AP story here.
In fact, it's happening in suburbs all over the country! (LATimes: 'Longtime Republican voters are airing new views')
Upcoming Events
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There will be a canvass for Obama and the local candidates this Saturday, August 16th, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Here are the details.
- "Audacity of Hope" Book Club meeting, Tuesday, August 19th
- Join the party to watch Obama's Acceptance Speech!
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- Time’s Joe Klein conceded last week that he was wrong to believe McCain is an “honorable man.” Soon after, writing about McCain’s attacks against Barack Obama, Klein’s headline read, “The Scum Also Rises .”
- It looks like Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter has joined the club, saying that he “misread McCain.”
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