Sen. Barack Obama is the most inspiring public leader in America. He has a bold vision to help the middle class and restore America's prestige in the world. Join this grassroots effort to support Sen. Obama's historic and uplifting campaign for president. Keep hope alive! Obama '08!
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Because of your volunteer efforts in 2008, Barack Obama is now the President. Thank you for all your hard work!
Now let's keep up the momentum. Around 1 million people participated in the Texas Democratic precinct caucuses, and this new generation of activists will help turn Texas blue. 2010 will see the strongest statewide Democratic ticket in recent memory, and you're encouraged to meet the various candidates and get involved.
Our regular Texans for Obama monthly meetups are every 3rd Tuesday at Scholz Garten at 6:00pm.
2009 TFO Speaker Series:
May 19 - Mayor Bill White
June 15 - John Sharp
July 21 - Kinky Friedman
August 18 - Ronnie Earle
September 15 - Sen. Kirk Watson
October 20 - Tom Schieffer
November 17 - Jack McDonald
December 15 - Holiday Party Featuring Reps. Valinda Bolton, Donna Howard & Diana Maldonado
We've got a great team of Democratic leaders, so let's keep up the momentum and turn Texas blue!
President Obama unveiled today a bold new plan to increase auto fuel efficiency. This will reduce our dependency on foreign oil and help our environment. Obama's delivering real results and creating change we can believe in!
Today's news is welcome after eight long years of the Bush/Cheney era, but we must keep pressing forward. In order to pass Obama's full agenda, we need to elect more Democratic Senators who won't filibuster Obama's call for change.
Here in our own backyard, Texas Democrats have a unique opportunity to win the open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison.
Houston Mayor Bill White is a nationally recognized leader on alternative energy, and he's announced his candidacy as a Democrat for this Senate seat. Tonight, he'll be at Scholz Garten to answer your questions about his policy proposals. This is an important race with national implications, so we look forward to seeing you at Scholz Garten.
Texans for Obama May Meetup Featuring Mayor Bill White
Tuesday, May 19
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Scholz Garten
1607 San Jacinto Blvd
Austin, TX 78701
Free Admission
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Thanks for everything you did to help elect Barack Obama. Now let's continue the momentum and elect a Texas Senator who will support Obama's agenda.
Our next monthly meetup is scheduled for June 16. The special guest will be John Sharp, another great Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate. Fired up and ready to go!
It's exciting that Organzing for America is investing real resources into Texas. We worked hard in 2007 and 2008 to build a strong grassroots network, and now it's time to keep the momentum going.
Join us tonight to learn more about the future of the Obama movement and offer your suggestions. Fired up and ready go!
Meet Luke Hayes Texas Director of OFA
Tuesday, May 5
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Victory Grill
1104 East 11th Street
Austin, TX 78702
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A dozen years ago, a little-known schoolteacher shocked the state's political establishment by winning the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination while driving the state in a little white pickup truck.
Luke Hayes isn't running for office. But like Victor Morales before him, he has been driving around Texas lately in a white pickup as part of a national effort to keep Democrats energized after last year's presidential race.
Hayes, 25, is the recently arrived state director of Organizing for America, a political committee overseen by the Democratic National Committee. He's among directors placed by the DNC in 20 states, ranging from Democrat-leaning bastions such as California to GOP strongholds such as Alaska and Texas, which probably hasn't had anything close to a national political operative assigned to fanning grass-roots support for a Democratic president's policies since at least Lyndon Johnson's era.
The directors have been holding "listening tour" events focused on fueling grass-roots support for the Obama administration. And Hayes is penciled in to host his second Austin stop at 6 p.m. today at the Victory Grill.
Natalie Wyeth, the committee's spokeswoman, said: "We're also asking supporters and people new to the effort for their ideas on how we can best organize around the president's agenda in their community. The 'bottom up' philosophy served us quite well during the campaign."
Instead of having our regular monthly meetup tonight at Scholz Garten, we're headed downtown to Fado's Irish Pub to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. O'Bama has Irish roots, so come join the fun!
If you want to wear your St. Patrick's Day Obama buttons tonight, then come visit The Obama Store.
Hope to see you tonight. Remember to wear your green!
Many of you joined us last month for our incredibly successful National Day of Service food drive benefitting the Capital Area Food Bank. We went door-to-door, and our goal was to collect one ton of food.
We're excited to announce that thanks to your help and the support of Council Members Martinez and Leffingwell, we've now raised over 3,000 pounds of food!
Thank you for acting upon President Obama's challenge to get involved in community service. In these these difficult times, food donations are even more important as we try to meet the growing hunger challenge. While Obama's bold economic stimulus plan will make a huge difference in turning things around, it's our responsibility to take action on the local level. So if you still have extra food in your cabinet, please continue to support this food drive and help our neighbors in need.
Going forward, we'd like to harness this collective grassroots Obama energy to tackle additional community service projects. In that spirit, we've connected with a wonderful local environmental group called TreeFolks, and we'll help them plant new trees in our local parks. Over the last 20 years, this group has planted hundreds of thousands of trees in public settings across the area, and we're excited to help with that effort. Council Members Martinez & Leffingwell have generously agreed to buy breakfast tacos for our volunteers, so come out and help improve our local environment. (See below for more information.)
Remember, the 2008 election was not the end of our journey. It was only the beginning. Please join your fellow Texas Obama supporters and let's volunteer to make a difference in our own backyard. Yes we can!
There's an important runoff campaign for Texas Senate District 17, and Democrat Chris Bell needs our help. Please attend one of our scheduled phone banks and help turn Texas blue.
We're also planning a road trip for the December 6-7 weekend. We'll knock on doors and help get out the vote. Please RSVP with Ken Flippin, (512) 627-9171 or kflippin@gmail.com.
Your hard work has helped make history. Thank you for knocking on doors, making phone calls and getting on buses to swing states. This was the biggest and most effective grassroots campaign in history, and you made it happen!
But our work has only begun.
Now we must stay organized and help support Obama's policy initiatives. We must continue organizing on the local grassroots level to help turn Texas blue.
Our first post-election meetup with be Wednesday, November 19 at Scholz Garten. We'll discuss which direction to take our grassroots movement. Our goal is to maintain the momentum and help prepare for 2010 & 2012.
Texans for Obama Meetup Post-Election Reunion
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 19
Scholz Garten
1607 San Jacinto Blvd
Austin, TX 78701
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If you're going to DC for the Obama inauguration, then please email us at texasinauguration@gmail.com. We'll connect you with other Texans, and we look forward to hearing your stories.
Also, the 2008 election still isn't over yet. Please don't forget about the December runoff for Texas Senate District 17. Democrat Chris Bell needs your help, so please donate online today. Or you can join Mr. Bell in Austin this Tuesday at Sen. Kirk Watson's house.
One of the most widely read blogs in the country, Huffington Post, featured on their front page last night a picture with our Texans for Obama banner. The Texas delegation had great seats for Obama's big speech (just 11 rows back from the podium), and we were able to get our banner on the stadium jumbotron screen twice.
Obama's speech was truly inspiring, and it was a thrill to be a part of history last night. Onward to victory!
Our all-volunteer grassroots movement here in Texas has come a long way over the last year and a half.
In 2006, before Barack Obama had announced for president, Texans for Obama started as a small book club at El Sol y La Luna on South Congress. Our all-volunteer group grew quickly, and we organized some of the biggest rallies in the country. We have never been a formal group and exist only online and at neighborhood watering holes like Scholz Garten and Victory Grill. Our diverse network of volunteers has worked hard over the last year, and we should be proud of the movement we've helped build.
Now it's time to vote. Not in November, but in August.
The annual Austin Chronicle Best-of-Austin Awards are up for grabs. For the "Grassroots Movement" category, Texans for Obama humbly asks for your vote. The deadline to vote is September 2, so vote today and spread the word to your friends.
Thanks to all our wonderful volunteers who have helped make a difference. There's less than 75 days left, so keep up the good work!
Here are some more Obama-friendly suggestions that you might want to consider in the Austin Chronicle Poll...
POLITICS AND PERSONALITIES: Austin Booster - Eugene Sepulveda
News Story - 22,000 person Obama rally at Auditorium Shores
State Legislator - Mark Strama
Council Member - Mike Martinez
Unsung Behind-the-Scenester - Alexa Wesner & Kirk Rudy
Public Service - Travis County Democratic Party
Nonprofit Group - Sierra Club
Activist - Ian Davis
Local Politics Blog - Burnt Orange Report
Local Politics Blogger - Karl-Thomas Mussleman
Environmentalist - Lee Leffingwell
MEDIA: Local Blogger - Katherine Haenschen
Local Blog - Austinist
Radio Talk/News Host - David Kobierowski
FOOD AND DRINK: Bar Staff - Scholz Garten
Neighborhood/Dive Bar - Victory Grill
Best-Kept Secret - Torchy's Tacos
SERVICES: Recording Studio - Another Option Productions
Barbershop - Wooten
Project Obama Bumpersticker -- 10,000 Texans for Obama bumperstickers have been sent all over Texas, and we want more out everywhere -- from the Valley to the Red River, El Paso and the Panhandle to Beaumont. Please help get these out.
Email name, address, and how many you want to bobbinder@sbcglobal.net
There is no charge, however, contributions are requested, and needed, so I can keep doing this.
They're union printed (with the bug), full-size, noticeable, and will last beyond the election of Obama as President!
Bob Binder has made Texans for Obama bumperstickers.
The bumperstickers are in!
I now have 2,250 good looking 11 1/2" x 3", red, white, and blue, bumperstickers that show a Texas flag background with the words "Texans for Obama" superimposed ready to put on cars and display wherever they can be seen!
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