NYT: Hillary's campaign has not yet opened offices in Texas.

[denem]

...Clinton aides said they were confident they would have enough money to prevail in Ohio and Texas. They plan to open a campaign headquarters in Austin this weekend, and to open field offices soon; more than 100 staff members have been redeployed to Texas.

On Tuesday afternoon, sent an urgent request for help to volunteers in California, New York and other states that have already voted, asking people to travel to Texas and Ohio “to spread Hillary’s message and help her win.”

“We are setting up field offices and are looking for volunteers to travel into these states and spend as much time as they can,” the campaign e-mail request stated. “Every phone call made and every person on the ground makes all the difference".
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/us/politics/14clinton.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin

WTF? HRC's campaign has been talking about Texas for two weeks now. Is this confirmed?

[thevoiceofreason]

1. HRC has very low visability in Houston

Except for the party functionaries who have backed her from the get-go and the infernal robocalls.

[bigtree]

2. you sound concerned

[denem]

3. I am concerned.

This is politics 101. If you care counting on a state, you have an office or three opened there.

[my3boyz]

5. Stunned! Please tell me Obama has offices there!!!

[City Lights]

11. IIRC, someone posted they were opening 6 there last weekend. eom

[Gothmog]

25. Houston Office had a good opening

The Houston office was open last week and had a good turnout including some DUers
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=180x48018

[thevoiceofreason]

39. Obama currently has 5 in Houston

4 are grassroots (of which 2 are quite large) and 1 is national.

I know Katy and the Heights are organizing this weekend.

[Hill_YesWeWill]

43. Oh yeah, in Austin, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and Corpus Christ I know for sure

or if they're not already open, they'll be open shortly. Really all you have to do to see what's going on is go to his website and search for events with a zip code in Texas and you'll see how much is going on right now!

[Hill_YesWeWill]

44. well Obama has supporters opening their Own offices for him so,

that should tell you something!

[crispini]

4. Nothing in Dallas yet, I can confirm.

And if you'll stop by the Texas forum it doesn't look like she has any yet, or at least any that we've picked up on.

[grantcart]

I heard this on the TV yesterday. They were talking to Clinton

supporters who were waiting to go to an office and were unhappy because their friends had been going to Obama's office for 2 weeks.

[DJ13]

6. Sounds like a funding crunch

Probably cant yet afford the needed offices and staff.

:shrug:

[Independent-Voter]

7. And this is the person some of ya'll want as president?!

After watching this trainwreck of a candidacy, how can anyone think she'd actually not fuck up things in the whitehouse?

[Stephanie]

13. Her budget is a trainwreck, for sure

How can she raise $140 MILLION and not have enough left over, after paying for flowers and parkng and Mark Penn, to rent and office and hire field staff? Staff who are college students working for peanuts. It's fucking ridiculous. And the claims that she DIDN'T KNOW that they were out of money? She's either gullible or incompetent. I mean, come on.

[samdogmom]

14. Thank you! My thoughts exactly! n/t

[elixir]

32. Don't worry, you won't have to pick up the tab. You'll have to worry about Obama's bill.

[Arugula Latte]

41. That's some "Leadership" huh?

x(

[Skidmore]

8. All hat and no cattle.

[cottonseed]

38. Indeed. I don't think she can afford more cattle.

nt

[HeraldSquare212]

9. Asking people to pay their own travel and lodgings to volunteer?

I suppose some might, but it seems a stretch as a strategy to work the state.

[billyoc]

10. They're having trouble leasing office space,

bad reference from their last landlord, I heard. ;)

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. They had NO Post-Super Tuesday plan

All the jubilation here about Clinton winning Super Tuesday is utterly refuted by the chaos in the campaign afterwards. It is very clear that by staying abreast, Obama won Super Tuesday huge and sent the Clinton people into a campaign tailspin. they may yet pull out of it, but the consequences of the Super Tuesday strategy for Clinton are clear: zero Plan B.

[HeraldSquare212]

15. Wasn't it Rumsfield who said, "There is no Plan B"?

I guess the Clinton campaign learned from him.

[Arugula Latte]

42. Maybe she can don a flightsuit land on a carrier off of Corpus Christi

"Mission Accomplished."

[ORDem]

49. If she did that I'd gladly donate $50 to her campaign. LOL! n/t

:dem:

[tammywammy]

16. Early voting in Texas starts next Tuesday

Hillary Clinton better get them set up soon.

[Tatiana]

17. More than 100 staff members have been redeployed to Texas.

“We are setting up field offices and are looking for volunteers to travel into these states and spend as much time as they can.”

There are lots of people in Texas. Why can't they find the necessary volunteers in Texas? Where is her Texan state chair for the campaign?

***Sigh***

[Barack_America]

21. What are these "100 staff members" doing?

Where are they working?

I feel sorry for them.

[Tatiana]

33. Not a clue. I don't think there has been a strong presence in Clinton-leaning areas like Houston.

Which is surprising because Clinton has written off Wisconsin in favor of Texas. Their HQ is supposed to be opening this Saturday.

Obama's supporters were meeting up at Applebee's and Starbucks long before campaign officials arrived in the state and already had their signage and fact sheets printed and ready to go.

http://www.austinforobama.com/

[Hill_YesWeWill]

45. Yeah, really what she needs is Texans volunteering for her or she's not going to be able to

compete with Obama's ground game. There are already volunteers canvassing for Obama in Texas right now

[woolldog]

18. Not qualified to be President

If she can't run a competent campaign then she's not qualified to be president.

[Stephanie]

19. If she can't budget $140M, how can she handle the U.S. budget?

Can you imagine?

[woolldog]

28. Scary isn't it?

That she was almost our president.

[bigtree]

20. where ARE the Obama headquarters located in Texas?

I'd like to see how 'competent' he is by your measure here.

[Tatiana]

22. 816 Congress Avenue, just south of the Capitol. n/t

[SoxFan]

23. Up and Running

Houston
Fort Worth
Austin
Corpus Christi
Amarillo
Brownsville
El Paso
San Antonio

Probably others that I haven't heard about...

[bigtree]

24. all of that, and he still trails . . .

do his supporters know he's there?

[NJSecularist]

26. Keep relying on 3 week old polls

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Obama will win Texas.

[Independent-Voter]

27. I think he's got a shot

Texas and Ohio have some to the highest % of uneducated white folks in the country - Hillary's best possible demographic. Obaba typically does much better once he's on the ground and meets people though, so look for this one to be close.

In any case, no way does Hillary win big. Obama has kicked her ass all over the country, and people aren't ignoring that. The polls are getting tighter in case you haven't noticed.

[woolldog]

36. bigtree

Give credit where credit is due. It's tough going up against the Clinton brand. Obama has displayed foresight and superb organizational abilities. Read the article. Some of these states he's been organizing months and months in advance.

[Stephanie]

29. That's what you get when you spend your donors' money on field and ads to win votes

Instead of blowing it all enriching your image consultants.

[SoxFan]

46. Or on parking

$500,000 in the Clinton campaign's case

[Hill_YesWeWill]

48. or on getting your offices cleaned, oh wait. . . nt

[Tatiana]

34. HQ is in Austin (like Hillary's), I think, with field offices throughout the state. n/t

[crispini]

35. Dallas staffers got here Thursday of last week

Office opens tomorrow.

[Hill_YesWeWill]

47. possibly Waco very soon! nt

[thevoiceofreason]

40. Houston offices:

Main grassroots: 2520 Southmore

National: 3710 Travis

There is also Hispanic, Clear Lake and Southwest (I don't have their addresses handy).

Also in Houston, folks with extra room in their homes (like us) are opening them up to the out of state volunteers.

Go Big O.

[Marie26]

30. Looks like it's opening Sat.

http://www.hillaryclinton.com/actioncenter/event/view/?id=9235

It's become so painfully clear that they thought the race would be over by now. At least Texas is on her website. It still blows me away that they haven't added many other post-super tuesday states.

[elixir]

31. .. and another....a disturbing trend...

:freak:

[CreekDog]

37. Offices schmoffices, we don't need them because we are gonig to win!

don't trouble me with insignificant things. My polling of left handed, white auto mechanics in towns of < 5000 shows that we are going to win that key demographic by 27 points, and that will propel us to a win in Texas.