Obama Campaign listens & responds to California supporters

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Repost Todd Beeton's MyDD blog entry from http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/4/11/51512/6193

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Via calitics, David Plouffe sends e-mails:

There has been an extraordinary outpouring of grassroots support for Senator Obama among Democrats and Independents in all 53 California Congressional districts.

In recognition of this tremendous enthusiasm, our campaign has asked the California Democratic Party to allow all persons who have filed to be a district delegate candidate for Senator Obama at the Democratic National Convention to participate in the caucuses this Sunday, April 13, 2008.

We are confident that delegates elected from this pool will reflect the Senator's commitment to a diverse and unified delegation at the National Convention.

An overwhelming number of supporters have signed up to run for delegate, so there will likely be lines and tight space at the caucus locations. We ask for everyone's patience and cooperation.

Most of all, please enjoy this opportunity to meet other Obama supporters and elect delegate candidates to the Convention in Denver.

If you have any questions, please contact Daryl Sprague at [e-mail].

Thanks for your interest and active participation in Barack's campaign to change politics and change America.

David

The Obama campaign sent a really clear message today: "we are listening." This is how elected (and would be elected) officials are supposed to act when there's a public outcry about something. I've spoken to many Obama voters about why they are supporting him and one of the common threads is that they feel he'd be far more responsive to grassroots pressure than Hillary Clinton would be. I'm not sure if that's true but the events of today at least give me confidence that, while being president and running for president are two different things, as president Obama would be willing to change course if the public demanded it. That would be quite a change indeed.

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