Ending Feb. with Great Numbers

An Amazing Number of Volunteers for Barack! Not only do we have hundreds coming out to support our campain, but look at the polling numbers this early in 2007:
Washington Post-ABC News Poll
The Washington PostTuesday, Feb. 27, 2007
This Washington Post-ABC News poll was conducted by telephone February 22-25, 2007, among a random national sample of 1082 adults, including an oversample of 86 black respondents. The results have a three-point error margin. Sampling, data collection and tabulation by TNS of Horsham, PA.

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of (NAME)? Do you feel that way strongly or somewhat? Favorable Unfavorable No opin.
a. Hillary Clinton 49 48 3
b. John McCain 52 35 13
c. Barack Obama 53 30 16
d. Rudy Giuliani 64 28 8
e. Bill Clinton 55 42 2
f. John Edwards 46 39 14
g. Mitt Romney 26 34 40
Breakdown:

Barack Obama ------ Favorable ------ ----- Unfavorable ----- No
NET Strongly Somewhat NET Somewhat Strongly opinion
2/25/07 53 21 33 30 16 14 16
1/19/07 45 NA NA 29 NA NA 25
12/11/06 44 21 22 23 17 6 33
Polling data shows a slow but gradual gaining in polling, and on 14% strong negative with the rest being approachable in their thinking. Compare this to Hillary's figures:

Hillary Clinton:
------ Favorable ------ ----- Unfavorable ----- No NET Strongly Somewhat NET Somewhat Strongly opinion2/25/07 49 25 24 48 13 35 3 1/19/07 54 31 23 44 14 30 3 12/11/06 56 27 29 40 11 29 4 5/15/06 54 29 25 42 11 31 4 3/5/06 52 27 25 46 12 33 26/5/05 51 NA NA 46 NA NA 36/1/03 44 15 29 48 16 32 89/2/99 49 NA NA 44 NA NA 76/6/99 59 35 63/14/99 60 36 42/14/99&nbs p; 63 31 6 11/1/98 64 31 58/21/98 64 28 88/19/98 64 32 ; 4 4/4/98 58 33 10 1/30/98 60 30 10 1/19/98 52 39 &n bsp; 9 3/9/97 47 44 9 9/4/96 RV 47 42 12 6/30/96 44 47 & nbsp; 9 1/21/96 28 36 36 1/19/96 32 34 34 10/31/94 47 44 8 5/15/94 54 41 5 3/27/94 53 39 8 1/23/94 55 34 &nb sp; 11 11/14/93 58 33 9 8/8/93 59 33 8 4/26/93 54 26 &nb sp; 20 2/23/93 59 24 18 1/17/93 51 20 297/8/92 30 26 &nb sp; 43 3/28/92 28 22 51

While Barack Obama shows a gaining in strength, and a lesser absolute negative of only 14% compared to Hillary's negative polls are gaining and are almost now even with her positive rating.
The Washngton Post goes on to report the following:
Clinton continues to lead Obama and other rivals in the Democratic nominating contest, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll. But her once-sizeable margin over the freshman senator from Illinois was sliced in half during the past month largely because of Obama's growing support among black voters.
By the way: Late breaking news on the wires: The Washington Post broke a story of the failure of Hillary Clinton to report for 5 years her family formed charity and her tax breaks of 5 million dollars while only giving 1 million to charity,$100,000 of that to her old buddy in Arkansas who was involved in her famous "I don't remember" responses to Whitewater allowing her husband to take the heat. When reached for comment, a Clinton Campaign staff member immediately in the late hours of yesterday afternoon filed the required papers with the Senate Ethics Committee yet she speaks on the road of the need for Ethics Reform? By the way, the only officers listed for this charity are Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton.
I do a lot of research, so please don't yell at me for sharing important information as to how Senator Obama is doing in important polls. Also I did not want to try to post the information on the Wire news re the Washington Post investigation into the Clinton Charity on Senator Obama's website ( MSNBC was the first I noticed).(link to story provided)

No Day But Tues - Another View

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No Day But Tues - Another View

By Mike Barako - PasadenaForObama.org / Barako2020.org - Feb 21st, 2007 at 9:32 pm EST

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A different take on today's speech in Los Angeles.By John Adriatico - Feb 21st, 2007 at 1:43 am EST Also listed in: Los Angeles for Obama '08! Grassroots Obama L.A.

When I heard that Barack was coming to Los Angeles, I was eager to attend, especially after seeing the principles of which he launched his Presidential campaign one week before.

It was both a surprise and an honor to hear that he was holding his speech at the Rancho Cienega Sports Center, in the same zip code, close to where I was raised and not far from where I currently reside.

Our neighborhood contains a diverse variety of people, and strong values of family, community and friendship.

It could be read anywhere about the large turnout and the overwhelmingly positive response, but let me tell you about what Barack's visit meant to our neighborhood.

In my 21 years of living here, Barack Obama was the first Presidential candidate to actively campaign here. When I was leaving, I saw many residents of our area with a look of pride and jubilance after the speech, due to Senator Obama's sincere outreach efforts.

It meant a lot to me and others for Barack to come and visit, and I believe that it shows his character for choosing to bring his compassion and optimism to us here in the Mid-City.

I certainly believe that Barack Obama will be a President to unite all of America.

THESE ARE THE STORIES THAT MAKE IT ALL WORTH IT!
No Day But Today! pasadenforobama.org

What A Party with Barack in Los Angeles

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What A Party with Barack in Los Angeles

By Mike Barako - PasadenaForObama.org / Barako2020.org - Feb 21st, 2007 at 12:36 am EST

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What a beautiful day to welcome our future President to Los Angeles. It is wonderful to imagine the possibilities. I was very touched at the warmth of people coming together and thanking each other for being there. None of this would be possible without the support of my community:

First, Big Shot Out to Peydria, Julia, Terry, all of Pasadena that made it out today, even if we didn't connect...I know my voice is a little shot! Also great to connect to everyone at Grassroots LA, USC for Obama, and a lot of Barack's great volunteer team that led us today: Captain #1 in my book Laura; thanks to Steve and Patrick and the generous dude that gave my a Obama little media pin! Thanks to the singers and the pizza man, and all the good vibes.

Most of all, I have gratitude that Barack Obama is willing to be an open vessel for my hope. There is so much from everyone that it could be a task to turn away from. Barack will get up and stand up for us, and for that am thankful!

PasadenaForObama.org and the crowd look forward to getting together at Big Mama's Thurs., and strive to carry the enthusiasm forward to all open to change.

Power to the People!

No Day But Today!

No Day But Tues

With less than 24 hours till what will be a great LA rally, excitement is building in Pasadena, CA with our Barack2008-Freethinkers group. No only were there a ton of thoughtful ideas at our first meetup, but we've been connecting and contacting Altadena and Glendale. Everyone's positivity is appreciated and our grassroots efforts will pay off. Thursday is the next chance we all have to be together and more events will be announced, even if IE is not compatible with barackobama.com. And PasadenaForObama.org and our Give-A-Penny campaign are projects we all are looking forward to. Pasadena natives like teachers, lawyers, artists, professors, tech innovators are planning right now for literature and word of mouth campains to tell those with less resources and off the grid about Barack. With all of our ideas together, we can make that change. The future is so bright... - Mike

No Day But Today

Barack2008-Freethinkers Pasadena, CA meetup was a success! Minutes are being finished now by our Secretary. Our group will then follow-up with our suggestions and get ready for the next meetup in Pasadena/Altadena. We are also going to try and coordinate transportation to see Barack on Tues. afternoon. Pasadena is keeping it real and hitting the ground running! So glad to see everyone in a great place together!