Obama draws diverse crowd of eager volunteers
This past Saturday I attended a voter registration drive hosted by Barack Obama’s campaign. At 10am the office was packed, with volunteers pouring out the front door. They had to announce that they had ‘too many volunteers,’ and didn’t have enough supplies or places to send everyone!
I was amazed not only by the sheer number of people willing to give up a beautiful Sacramento Saturday to register people to vote and to get out Obama’s message, but mainly by the diversity of the crowd.
Surrounding me were teenage white girls, Muslim men wearing turbans, old white men, middle aged white men, middle aged black women, young black men, old black men and women, and other white college students like myself.
I have before never seen a crowd so diverse all working towards the same goal. Senator Obama’s message is getting across to people from all walks of life, don’t let the hype from Senator Clinton fool you!
Senator McCain is going to have his hands full come November; I wonder what a gathering of McCain volunteers looks like.
May 13th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Hmmm, I notice that Asians and Hispanics are conspicuously missing from your “diverse” list of participants. I can only speculate but maybe these folks find Obamas extreme pro-abortion and pro-gay marriage views distasteful?
I’ve never been to a McCain event but I would imagine that it would consist of alot of hardworking Americans, not a bunch of liberal misfits looking for government handouts…
May 23rd, 2008 at 4:13 am
You’ve got to ask yourself the obvious question. Does anyone seeking election on a platform of CHANGE really mean it?
Once elected, he may find that reality sets in…..there will then be a lot of disallusioned voters left with nothing.
No President can ignore the business lobby, whether he’s a black liberal or a woman….
June 18th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11168.html