Fired Up!
I have been really lazy at updating this, but every so often there are things that I want to share…
As many of you know, I was a precinct captain for Barack Obama in Iowa. As you probably can also imagine, business was great last week. It was really a fun time and it is amazing what we accomplished. I met Obama twice and saw him a seven events total. One of the things that I like is his accessibility. He spent a lot of time in Iowa and he usually found time for group photos and handshaking.
The caucus was crazy. At the first count in precinct 4-3 (my precinct), Obama was the only viable candidate with 81 out of 160 people in his corner. After a long time for realignment, we ended up with 93 people, earning 5 delegates for Obama. Edwards scrapped together enough people for 2 delegates and Richardson got 1 delegate. It was really a great experience for individuals like myself to be involved in something with the potential to make such a big impact on the choice of the next president of the United States.
I like Barack Obama because I think he will actually make decisions based on what is best for the country as opposed to who funded his campaign. We need to get rid of special interests in Washington and we need a president who is willing to say what needs to be said, even when it’s unpopular.
Now we need the rest of the nation to follow Iowa’s lead. It is unfortunate that he didn’t beat Clinton in New Hampshire but, in reality, he did pretty well there considering what he is up against and what many people expected.