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On the Obama Campaign Trail: Shouting for Change

Submitted by Alfred Walking Bull on Wed, 2008-03-12 11:04.

SPARKS, Nev. — By the end of Day Two in San Antonio, my brain was fried, but the good kind of fried.

My task at the "Stand for Change" rally was to supervise the ticket-takers. They never tell you about the logistics of a candidate event in campaign school; it's more along the lines of on-the-job training. Estimates put the crowd of people expected to hear Sen. Barack Obama (D - Ill.) speak anywhere from 5,000 to 7,000. That meant two things: a long line of people and various personality types with which, to deal.

On the Obama Campaign Trail: San Antonio

Submitted by Alfred Walking Bull on Fri, 2008-03-07 00:29.

SPARKS, Nev. — Over the past week, I've had the amazing opportunity to join up with the Obama for America campaign for an encore performance in San Antonio, Texas as a deputy field organizer.

While my Internet access was intermittent, at best, I had my trusty notebook with me and took notes at the end of each day to document everything that happened to one, big Indian in the Lone Star State while organizing precincts and coordinating Get Out The Vote/Get Out The Caucus activities.

Day One:

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