From the Trail
Posted on 16. May, 2008 by Redneck Genius in From the Trail, Front Page, Politics
Bet on black? [NYTimes]
The sharp surge in black turnout that Senator Barack Obama has helped to generate in recent primaries and Congressional races could signal a threat this fall to the longtime Republican dominance of the South, according to politicians and voting experts.
Some analysts suggest that North Carolina and Virginia may even be within reach for the Democratic nominee, and they point to the surprising result in a Congressional special election in Mississippi this week as an indicator of things to come.
The revolution will be televised. [The Root]
Indeed, Obama’s campaign has used the Web to stunning effect, whether in terms of fundraising or get-out-the-vote operations like the recently launched Vote for Change, a social networking/registration tool that raises the prospect that, as The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder put it, “[o]n 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.”
Check out the latest Obama video.
This is real and not for play
I’ma vote Obama way
We hood, We votin’ and throwin’ it up.
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16. May, 2008
Welcome shout out to Mr. ALMOST! I believe this is his first post on FDC.
Glad you people finally let an Obama supporter jump on board. It was missing from your site.