CNN Projects Obama Wins Virginia

Obama Wins Virginia's Democratic Primary
By DAVID ESPO

"Barack Obama has won Virginia's Democratic primary, defeating Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Obama is also hoping to capture first place in Tuesday's Democratic primaries in Maryland and the District of Columbia."

Obama challenges Clinton with 62 percent. Obama will have to wait on Maryland and Washington voters who have been granted longer hours to vote due to the weather, polls closing at 9:30 p.m.

Some folks working for Hillary Clinton are not taking the sound defeat so well. According to Suzanne Goldenberg and Ewen MacAskill of guardian.co.uk, The crushing defeats for Clinton brought new signs of disarray within her camp including the resignation of her deputy campaign manager, Michael Henry. As the results came in, her campaign worked the telephones in an effort to reassure donors that she remained a viable candidate.

Letter requesting volunteers to those who attended the Alexandria rally

Friends, [that would include me]

First of all, thank you so much for joining us at Senator Obama's rally yesterday in Alexandria

We are in the final hours of the campaign here in Virginia. We NEED your help tomorrow (and tonight!) to make sure Senator Obama sweeps Northern Virginia and the whole state.

Many of you have volunteered with the campaign before, and have assignments for tonight and for election day. So, if someone from the campaign has already given you marching orders, go with those.

For the rest of you, it's all hands on deck time. Our main office location is 6066 Leesburg Pike in Falls Church. We need volunteers TONIGHT (we go until 9 PM) and TOMORROW (Election Day) All day (9 AM - 7 PM). Any time you can give us is a big help. We need folks on the phones, knocking on doors, and helping with office work. Drop by the office and lend a hand!


Rallies are great, but this is the stuff that wins elections!


Best,


Yohannes Abraham
Obama for America, Virginia
(515) 418 2702
www.VA.BarackObama.com
YAbraham@barackobama.com

Obama is on the move toward change

Barack Obama wins big. Obama is slowly cutting into Hillary lead. According to David Espo -WASHINGTON - "Sen. Barack Obama swept the Louisiana primary and caucuses in Nebraska and Washington state Saturday night, slicing into Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's slender delegate lead in their historic race for the Democratic presidential nomination."

It is possible that Obama will take the lead after Tuesday primary, as he courts Republicans defectors.

Fannie Lou Hamer-Sick and Tired and Uncompromising

Fannie Lou Hamer fought for representation of the African-American voters of Mississippi within the Democrat Party. Hamer was beaten and lost her job when she decided to stand up for what she believed in, the right to vote. Hamer lead a group of African-Americans, belonging to the Mississippi Freedom Democrats Party, to become delegates to the Democratic Convention floor to represents African-Americans. that would cause President Lyndon Johnson felt so threaten by the action of Hamer that he called a press conference to block out the power of this woman.

Hamer, the voice of the Mississippi civil right struggle was famous for the words I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.


"We didn't come all the way up here to compromise for no more than we’d gotten here. We didn't come all this way for no two seats, 'cause all of us is tired."

"I am sick and tired of being sick and tired."



Some in the Afrosphere is suggesting that Obama is getting the same type of treatment from the superdelegates that Hamer received from the late President Johnson. The same discussion is now taking place with other bloggers such as Cuba Journal and within the Democratic Party.

"The job of putting a candidate over the top would then fall to superdelegates -- the nearly 800 party leaders who can cast ballots for the candidate of their choice.

Asked whether she would be troubled by a brokered Democratic convention in which superdelegates would determine the party's nominee, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended her party's system.

"These superdelegates are all part of their state delegation, so that state will speak," Pelosi said. The superdelegates "work out their preference, working with the people of their state."

Superdelegates were established, Pelosi explained, to allow grass-roots Democratic activists to attend the nominating convention without having to compete with high-ranking Democratic party officials for a coveted spot on the convention floor.


'So, again, I don't think that members of Congress, governors and senators are not attuned to what's happening in their states and in their districts,' Pelosi said."

Donna Brazile is threatening to leave the Democratic Party if it is left up to the Superdelegate to determine the nominee.

"CNN political analyst Donna Brazile railed against the scenario.

"If 795 of my colleagues decide this election, I will quit the Democratic Party. I feel very strongly about this," Brazile said.

And Hilliary is battling for certain delegates to be seated on the floor.

The second fight is likely to be over seating delegates from Michigan and Florida. The Democratic Party has already voted not to seat their delegates because they held early primaries.

Clinton won both contests, and she wants those delegates seated.

Obama coming to Virginia

From VirginiaDem.org


RICHMOND, VA – U.S. Sen. Barack Obamawill criss-cross Virginia in the days leading up to the Potomac Primary, making stops in Richmond, Alexandria, Virginia Beach and Roanoke to talk directly to voters about his plans to bring people together to deliver change we can believe in.

Obama will hold a Sunday “Stand for Change” town hall event at TC Williams High School in Alexandria, a rally in Virginia Beach and a Monday morning town hall in Roanoke. (Details on the Roanoke event will be announced soon.) He will also be attending tomorrow night’s Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in Richmond.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Richmond, VA

DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF VIRGINIA JEFFERSON-JACKSON DAY DINNER

AlltelPavillion at the Stuart C Siegel Center 1200 West Broad Street Richmond, VA Doors Open: 6:00 PM Tickets are required for more information visit the Democratic Party of Virginia website

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10 Alexandria, VA

“STAND FOR CHANGE” TOWN HALL MEETING

TC Williams High School Gym 3330 King St Alexandria, VA 22302 Doors Open: 12:30 PM The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Free tickets can be picked up at either of Obama for America’s Northern Virginia offices, listed below. Tickets are limited to two per person. Tickets will be available beginning at 5:00 PM Friday. ***For security reasons, no bags are allowed and please limit personal belongings. No signs or banners permitted. Parking is limited, so please car pool or take public transportation. ***


Ticketing Locations: Falls Church Field Office 6066 Leesburg Pike, 4th Floor Falls Church, VA Open 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM Phone: 703-778-6866 and the Falls Church Phone Bank 400 North Washington St, 3rd Floor Falls Church, VA Open 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM Phone: 703-778-6866



SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10 Virginia Beach, VA

“STAND FOR CHANGE” RALLY WITH BARACK OBAMA

Virginia Beach Convention Center 1000 19th St Virginia Beach, VA Doors Open: 5:30 PM Program Begins: 7:30 PM The event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required, but an RSVP is strongly encouraged. To RSVP or for more information, please visit va.baracakobama.com. An RSVP does not guarantee admission. Admission is on a first come, first served basis. Seating is extremely limited. ***For security reasons, no bags are allowed and please limit personal belongings. No signs or banners permitted.***


MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Roanoke, VA

“STAND FOR CHANGE” TOWN HALL MEETING Location To Be Announced Doors Open: 7 AM The event will be free and open to the public, but tickets will be required. Ticketing information will be released soon. ***For security reasons, no bags will be allowed and please limit personal belongings. No signs or banners permitted. Parking is limited, so please car pool or take public transportation. ***



UpdateStand for Change Rally with Barack Obama

University of Maryland
Comcast Center
1 Terrapin Trail
College Park, MD 20742

Monday, February 11, 2008
Doors Open: 10:30 a.m.