Dear friends,
I write to you today to encourage you to support Senator Barack Obama as our next President of the United States.
Last week Rachel and I dropped everything and drove down to South Carolina to volunteer for the Obama campaign. What we witnessed was a revolution that rewrote the rules of politics in that state: [...]
We got back from South Carolina on Monday afternoon and found waiting for us an Obama flyer and a written note to call HQ to come volunteer. I’ve been making calls after work out of the main state office in Somerville ever since. Massachusetts is reputed to be Clinton territory, Kennedy/Kerry/Patrick notwithstanding, but we are [...]
I’ve given my share to campaigns, from local to national, and normally I assume the money’s going towards something tangible like lawn signs, or phone calls, or campaign literature. But after spending this past week in the South Carolina trenches, I see that the money I’ve given to the Obama For America campaign has gone [...]
Change is hard; change is painful. Those who benefit from the way things are have every interest to delay those who long for change. But eventually the waters that build up behind the dam cannot be contained. The status quo breaks: not by trickles, but in a flood.
This past Saturday, we were privileged to witness [...]
It’s not about winning or losing, but how you play the game. Last night’s victory in South Carolina testified to the power of people coming together and donating their time and energy to making a difference in the world. We’ve got a lot to reflect upon and to write about in the coming days, but [...]
Photos from Bluff Precinct (Columbia), Richland County
In 1787, the U.S. Constitution enshrined the Three-Fifths Clause, reminding us of a time when Black slaves counted as three-fifths of a person when it came to assigning representatives in Congress but were denied the vote themselves.
Today in 2008, that legacy ends.
When the Democratic Party moved up the South Carolina primary, it was to amplify [...]
The sky is lightening, and the polls are open. Here at the Bluff staging area, the local field director, six college students, and we are getting ready to turn out the vote. I’m feeling really good about the day ahead. We skipped the rally last night to get some sleep, but the students were there, [...]
After a week data-stewing for Obama, I’m finally able to head out to the trenches. Rachel’s a canvassing captain in the Bluff precinct of Columbia, and I’ll be on her team filling in gaps as the day progresses. This happens to be one of the neighborhoods mentioned in this week’s Wall Street Journal article, so [...]
While volunteering for the Obama campaign in SC has been an incredible and unique experience for me, mostly what I’ve been doing in the last few days has been poring over data with OCD care. Everything in a modern campaign turns on data — vast, huge amounts of data. (We have attempted to reach out [...]
