Yesterday, Will.i.am was on NPR to talk about his performance at the HBO inaugural special and, of course, was asked about his song, "Yes We Can." And I collapsed into a heap ( Read more... )

While I have much to say about how amazed and happy and joyful and indescribably ecstatic I feel about tonight's moment of history; I'll leave it to my mother to sum it up in her letter to me after I got home from canvassing and celebrating in Reno.

"Your belief in a man no one hardly knew was very strong from the start. You read everything you ( Read more... )

While I could say any combination of things I could say, like how we've been working for this day since February of 2007; or how I've been on this campaign for a year and am finally seeing my faith and hope restored in the process; or how we need to win this thing for Madelyn Dunham, Terrence Tolbert and every other American thirsting for change ( Read more... )

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Obama cinched the nomination, a new day dawns in America, I find hope in the fact a person of color can be a presidential hopeful and all that jazz.

The really exciting thing:
According to CNN, Obama totally won South Dakota Indian Country ( Read more... )

Once more, bothers and sisters, how many times have you cried out, "I believe in a better way!"

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And how many times have your cries been answered?

"What good is a man who won't take a stand ( Read more... )

SPARKS, Nev. - Even now, recalling these events of my last days in San Antonio, I have the same apprehension and worry. Did we contact enough voters? Did we train our volunteers on everything? Do we have a presence in every precinct? These things haunted me the night before the big day ( Read more... )

(Originally posted on ReznetSPARKS, Nev. - Day Three of San Antonio continued the momentum of Sen. Barack Obama's (D - Ill.) campaign and, for me, had highlights like meeting Ray's wife, Ryan from The O.C. and training volunteers for the essential work of the campaign ( Read more... )

(Originally posted on Reznet NewsSPARKS, Nev. - By the end of Day Two in San Antonio, my brain was fried, but the good kind of fried ( Read more... )

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 ( Read more... )

Oh my dear sweet lord, I went to bed at 3:30 a.m. (after a lengthy staff meeting and room reassignment), woke up at 8:20 a.m. and I loved every minute of it ( Read more... )