Obama Precinct Captain Training

February 18, 2008 on 10:30 am | In Uncategorized |

Today the Obama Campaign in Houston hosted Precinct Captain training in preparation for the March 4th primary here in Texas.

Like many people (and I do mean MANY) in the city myself and a friend headed out to see if we could lend our support to the campaign in anyway possible. Imagine our surprise when we arrived only to see the line stretching out of the main office door, around the corner and down the street. Then, across the street was another line, stretching nearly as far down the street.

So many showed up, in fact, that the volunteers were overwhelmed in the most wonderful way. I spoke with several volunteers who were so amazed and moved at the amount of support that showed up for Senator Obama’s campaign.

We were asked by the volunteers if we might be able to come back at 7pm (we initially showed up for the 4pm training) since the building was at capacity. Of course, I was more than happy to kill an hour or two and return later.

The most interesting thing was when we returned near 7pm, I noticed tons of people who I had been standing in line with hours earlier had returned as well. It’s a truly inspirational feeling to see this many people moved to get involved in the political process for a candidate we all truly believe in.

There will be another precinct captain training session at the Obama HQ at 3710 Travis St. at the corner of Travis and West Alabama on Wednesday evening at 7 also.

If you are able to and are interested in helping the campaign reach voters in your neighborhood then I highly recommend going. It was a great experience to be in a room of people from all walks of life, united behind a candidate we all truly believe can change the course of the nation.

Back when we were sitting around biting our nails over the Iowa Caucus, many pundits and pollsters didn’t think Texas would play much of a role, since we had declined inclusion in Super Tuesday. They thought our primary was too far along to really make much of a difference - but we all know better now.

It is vitally important that we get the vote out for Obama here in the Lone Star State and that we touch as many people as possible with his message of change and inclusion for everyone. Recent polls are showing Senator Obama’s approval rating rises more and more by relation to how often he is seen and heard by voters. Day by day, more and more people are flocking behind the one candidate who is genuinely interested in affecting change in Washington from the bottom-up.

Yes We Can!