Obama’s Narrator (really excellent piece on David Axelrod)
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
When Barack Obama decided in January that he would run for president in 2008 and quietly began calling up his staff members and close supporters to tell …

Obama’s Online Strategy Seeks Big Bonus From Small Turnout
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
Ron Lussier of San Diego, far right, a supporter of Senator Barack Obama’s presidential bid, welcomed 12 guests to a campaign event in his home. …

“Size, for what it’s worth, is not a good measure of the quality of an event,” said Zephyr Teachout, who served as director of online organizing for Howard Dean’s presidential bid. She said she would rather have many small groups than a few big ones, because in small groups everyone meets each other but at larger events participants can be passive.

Obama Campaign Aims to Turn Online Backers Into an Offline Force
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
Barack Obama of Illinois will rally thousands of voters in cities and towns across the country today, part of an effort to ensure that the surge of interest …

At home with Obama
Tracy Press - Tracy,CA,USA
One Tracy woman will turn her home into one of 5000 nationwide kick-off events for presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. Press staff report …

Despite difficulties, Obama event goes on
Portsmouth Herald News - Portsmouth,NH,USA
Barack Obama over a Webcast. Around 4 pm, about 15 Seacoast residents mingled in her Portsmouth living room, eating shrimp, sipping wine and champagne. …

Obama rally watched nationwide
WJBC News - Bloomington,IL,USA
Senator Barack Obama’s appearance in Onawa, Iowa, Saturday was streamed on his presidential campaign’s Web site. Aides to the Illinois Democrat said the …

Eastchester house party tunes in Obama webcast
The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA
Barack Obama and one of his top fundraisers, music mogul David Geffen. "The David Geffen incident was the one that told me that Hillary was prepared to do …

Obama dazzles lawmakers, regular folks
Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach,FL,USA
TALLAHASSEE — Illinois Sen. and Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama brought his campaign to the state capital Friday, eliciting star-struck …

Monroe man is sold on Obama
HeraldNet - Everett,WA,USA
Archibald formed the grass-roots group Sno-Sky Valley for Barack Obama shortly after the first-term Illinois US senator in February announced a bid for the …

Obama finds support among former Clinton backers
The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA
Unequivocally and without apology to Hillary or Bill Clinton, she writes, she supports Barack Obama for president. Ashhurst, an administrator at Sarah …

In questioning Obama’s "policy credentials," Wash. Post’s Cillizza …
Media Matters for America - Washington,DC,USA
Barack] Obama [D-IL] will move beyond his rosy rhetoric and into real-world policy proposals have begun to crop up." Cillizza also asked his readers: "So, …