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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Just what are you afraid of, TK?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>From <a
href="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0930136.html">http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0930136.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Barack Obama<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>U.S. Senator (D-Illinois)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Born: Aug. 4, 1961<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Birthplace: <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Honolulu</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Hawaii</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Barack Obama was born in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Hawaii</st1:place></st1:State> in 1961 to an American mother and a
Kenyan father. When he was two, his parents, who had met as students at the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Hawaii</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, divorced. Obama's
Harvard-educated father then returned to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region>, where he worked in the
economics ministry. Obama lived in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Indonesia</st1:country-region>
with his mother and stepfather for part of his childhood, returning to <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hawaii</st1:place></st1:State> to finish high
school. He graduated from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Columbia</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, where he
majored in political science and specialized in international relations. He
then attended <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Harvard</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Law</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
graduated magna cum laude, and served as the first African-American president
of the Harvard Law Review. After law school, he worked as a community organizer
and a civil rights lawyer in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City>.
He also taught at the University of Chicago Law School as a senior lecturer
specializing in constitutional law. Obama represented the South Side of Chicago
in the Illinois State Senate from 1996–2004 as a Democrat. In 2004, he
was elected to the U.S. Senate, winning with 70% of the vote against the
conservative black Republican, Alan Keyes. Obama became the only
African-American serving in the U.S. Senate (and the fifth in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> history).
Obama's idealism, commitment to civil rights, and telegenic good looks
generated enormous media attention for his Senate campaign. The eloquence of
his keynote address at the 2004 Democratic Nation Convention in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Boston</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Mass.</st1:State></st1:place>,
confirmed his status as one of the Democratic party's freshest and most
inspirational new leaders. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Obama published an autobiography, Dreams
>From My Father, in 1995; it became a best-seller during his 2004 Senate
campaign. He is married to Michelle Obama, a <st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City>
native who also graduated from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Harvard</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Law</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
They have two daughters: Malia Ann and Sasha.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>From <a
href="http://www.socialpolicy.org/index.php?id=838">http://www.socialpolicy.org/index.php?id=838</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Case Study: Chicago-The Barack Obama
Campaign<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>By Toni Foulkes<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>ACORN's history of nonpartisan electoral
work (voter registration and voter turnout) and leadership development combined
during the March, 2004 primary season to make a big difference in the level of
participation of our communities in that important election. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>ACORN is active in experimenting with
methods of increasing voter participation in our low and moderate income
communities in virtually every election. But in some elections we get to have
our cake and eat it too: work on nonpartisan voter registration and GOTV, which
also turns out to benefit the candidate that we hold dear. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The March primary was not particularly
important for the presidential race, as Kerry was just in the process of
clinching the Dem presidential nomination. But it was critical in the U.S.
Senate race. On March 16th, State Senator Barack Obama won the right to
represent the Democratic Party in the U.S. Senate campaign. Jack Ryan won the
Republican nomination that day, but went on to self-destruct over sex club
revelations in his divorce papers. Sen. Obama went on to keynote the
Democratic Convention in July and was catapulted to the national stage. As Sen.
Obama puts it, how did a skinny kid with a funny name become the Democratic
candidate for the U.S. Senate, with 53% of the statewide Democratic vote in a
seven-person field?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Obama started building the base years
before. For instance, ACORN noticed him when he was organizing on the far
south side of the city with the Developing Communities Project. He was a very
good organizer. When he returned from law school, we asked him to help us with
a lawsuit to challenge the state of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Illinois</st1:place></st1:State>'
refusal to abide by the National Voting Rights Act, also known as motor voter.
Allied only with the state of <st1:State w:st="on">Mississippi</st1:State>, <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Illinois</st1:place></st1:State> had been
refusing to allow mass-based voter registration according to the new law.
Obama took the case, known as ACORN vs. Edgar (the name of the Republican
governor at the time) and we won. Obama then went on to run a voter
registration project with Project VOTE in 1992 that made it possible for Carol
Moseley Braun to win the Senate that year. Project VOTE delivered 50,000 newly
registered voters in that campaign (ACORN delivered about 5000 of them). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Since then, we have invited Obama to our
leadership training sessions to run the session on power every year, and, as a
result, many of our newly developing leaders got to know him before he ever ran
for office. Thus, it was natural for many of us to be active volunteers in his
first campaign for State Senate and then his failed bid for U.S. Congress in
1996. By the time he ran for U.S. Senate, we were old friends. And along about
early March, we started to see that the African-American community had made its
move: when Sen. Obama's name was mentioned at our Southside Summit meeting with
700 people in attendance from three southside communities, the crowd went
crazy. With about a week to go before the election, it was very clear how the
African-American community would vote. But would they vote in high enough
numbers? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It seemed to us that what Obama needed in
the March primary was what we always work to deliver anyway: increased turnout
in our ACORN communities. ACORN is active on the south and west sides of <st1:City
w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City>, in the south suburbs and on the east side of <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Springfield</st1:place></st1:City>, the state
capital. Most of the turf where we organize in is African American, with a
growing Latino presence in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City>'s
Little Village and the suburbs. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>ACORN members were involved in three
activities around the primary: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>1) Block captains were identified, as
early as the summer before the March primary, and provided with lists of
registered and unregistered voters and voter registration materials. We
attended trainings and accountability meetings to receive our materials and
make plans to get the people registered. Then we came back to report on our
progress. We also hired voter registrars in the final three weeks to work the
supermarkets in our communities. By the February 17 voter registration
deadline for the primary, ACORN had registered 12,984 new voters. This was an
organizational best for us. (As of this writing, we have added over 27,000 new
voters). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>2) Block captains then went to work to
turn out the vote. They were all volunteers until the last few days, when we
received funding to pay some of our block captains in some precincts of the
24th ward (North Lawndale) and the 15th ward (<st1:place w:st="on">West
Englewood</st1:place>) to get out the vote on the last Saturday before the
election and on election day. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>3) In some precincts in the 15th ward, we
were able to hire canvassers to work on voter turnout for a full two weeks
before the election. Each canvasser worked two to three precincts during that
time. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The results of this activity were very
interesting, and mirror what Professor Donald Green of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Yale</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
has found about voter turnout work: where we were able to run a crew of paid
and supervised canvassers for two weeks before the election, we did very well.
In those targeted ACORN precincts in the 15th ward, voter turnout improved by
an average of 50% over the previous year's city election (the only other
election since the redistricting). Citywide turnout increased by only 14% over
the same election. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The way the canvassers approached each
door was important. Instead of a speech about a candidate they engaged the
potential voter in a conversation about the issues, relating their issues to
the importance of voting, and moving them to a commitment to vote in the
primary. In addition ACORN leaders were making the rounds talking to their
neighbors about the election. I am proud to report that the combination of a
paid canvass and my volunteer work was especially successful in turning out the
vote in my two precincts (34 and 51). In those precincts we boosted turnout by
82% (precinct 34) and 90% (precinct 51) over the previous year’s turnout.
ACORN leader Denise Dixon again paired with an effective canvasser, increased
turnout in her precinct by 131%. The best performing precincts were the ones
with a canvasser and a leader who worked at least Election Day and the Saturday
before. There is a noticeable difference between these precincts and those
that only had a paid canvasser in it, who wasn't a local community leader. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>We're not ready to prove anything yet with
our data, because we have not run a scientific test, but we believe Green's results
showing that door-to-door field work for two weeks before an election yields
significant results, and we believe that there is a correlation with strong
local leaders assisting the paid canvassing in winning even more dramatic
increases. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The 24th ward has traditionally had higher
voter turnout than in the 15th. The work leading up to the election in the
24th Ward was done by leaders who volunteered their time. Some were paid for
two half days of door knocking, election day and the Saturday before. Turnout
increased in ACORN precincts in the 24th ward at a rate higher than the city
average, but not at the rate at which it increased in the 15th. Overall
turnout was still higher in our 24th ward precincts than our 15th ward
precincts, but the rate of increase was not as dramatic. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>None of this is rocket science, but it is
important. Good door-knocking by community residents for even two half days
can impact turnout. Good door-knocking by paid and supervised canvassers for
two weeks can have dramatic impact. And a combination of the two, especially
with experienced community leaders working with the paid canvassers, can make a
huge difference. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>As it turned out, Obama won the primary
handily, pulling white wards as well as African American. But no one knew that
that would be the case. In each election we must act as if our work is
critical for our communities. That is what we did in the primary, and we
learned something in the process. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Toni Foulkes is a Chicago ACORN leader and
a member of ACORN's National Association Board.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Now, unless you have something a bit more tangible than a bad attitude
to substantiate your allegations . . .<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Moscow</span></font></st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Tony<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, January 16, 2007
5:08 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Ted Moffett<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> vision2020@moscow.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020]
"Which Way To The Egress?" Barak Obama</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In the case of Barak Obama, you folks may want to be a
little cautious. He is reputed to have been quite radical in the past,
only recently moderating his tone and posture in an attempt to disguise his far
left proclivities. It's called grooming but all it really amounts to is a
polished process to mislead the potential voter as to Barak's true
nature. Obama plays on the apathy and laziness of a large percentage of
voters who tire of spirited discussion of the issues, preferring instead to pay
too little attention and then rely on manipulative sound bites two weeks prior
to the election. Rather than analyze the arguments of both sides over
time and make an informed decision, they prefer to bail on their
responsibilities as citizens of a constitutional republic and demand that both
sides just "get along." Obama has cynically targeted this
portion of our spoiled population and intends to get into the Whitehouse by
exploiting them. Don't be conned. Stay involved and informed.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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