>Posted on 06/10/2007 5:40:39 PM PDT by melt
The upstart presidential run of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is drawing volunteers who haven't previously put their time and money on the line for a presidential candidate.
They wear Obama T-shirts and buttons, go door-to-door and use the Internet to recruit. Some are Obama moms - women with children and jobs carving hours out of their week to help the campaign.
"You don't have to have any credentials," said Kristl Tyler, who said she's working 20 hours a week heading up Denver4Obama.com. "We can e-mail while our kids are just playing in the background."
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Tyler, 39, is a data analyst who is married, with an infant daughter. A lifelong Democrat, she nonetheless
voted for George W. Bush in the past two presidential elections. She said the country is ready for a change and that Obama's "values and intelligence" appeal to her. Having the Obama family in the White House "could be the new Camelot," said Tyler, referring to the Kennedy presidency of the early 1960s.
Part of Obama's appeal to women is a "craving for authenticity," said Melinda Henneberger, author of the recent book "If They Only Listened to Us: What Women Voters Want Politicians to Hear."
And if Obama's campaign fades, what might happen to those energized volunteers?
"Committed Democrats will go with the nominee, period," said Henneberger. But, she said, the Obama moms and other volunteers "could very well drop out again."
Tyler and other Obama supporters hit the streets Saturday as part of his "Walk for Change," a neighborhood canvassing effort intended to cultivate support and small-donor fundraising.
The Obama campaign claimed that 10,000 volunteers took part nationwide, knocking on an estimated 350,000 doors.
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There will be hell to pay for this...
Obama Mama drama???
Link?
Obama and authenticity don’t seem to have a lot in common.
I'd say adopted.
"Link?"
Good pick-up. There is a link. Unfortunately, "compassionate" conservative translates to liberal domestically in so many ways.
But, to his credit, he did cut taxes. And he's not Al Gore or John F'n Kerry.
What a coincidence.........neither does your candidate.
Barry Barry Barry...the Indonesian Hawaiian Tropic Candidate whose main attraction is light skinned black skin. What has this guy done besides spinning his “rock star†status from, LITERALLY, NOTHING. He hasn’t got a single achievement besides being black enough to sell.
But, he's a prince of a guy--- eager to begin the "New Camelot".
Why not? A lot of lower class white girls are so fed up with wimpy white “males” they do what Obama’s real mama did- have a little jungle adventure.
Hopefully she's looking beyond his genetics and thinking about his experience, record, political stance, and leadership skills.
No kidding! Whenever I see such “qualifications” as a “lifelong” whatever voting for the other party, the red flags go up. I want to see evidence of such a switch.
THE MENDACITY OF HYPE ALERT.
Cool... so is Obama a drug-taking adulterer who will have a major fiasco 4 months into his first term and almost have us in a nuclear war like JFK?
ROTFL
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