Obama’s first Pennsylvania field office to open in Allentown [The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.]
By Scott Kraus, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. | |
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The campaign will open its first
In the 2008 campaign, tens of thousands of volunteers worked out of dozens of storefront offices and volunteers' homes across the state to help Obama carry
The 2008 grass-roots effort, powered by volunteers and a sophisticated online campaign, registered and turned out hundreds of thousands of new voters.
With
With
Volunteers played a big role in
"Even if we don't have a competitive primary, I think people are focused on the goal of getting [Obama] out of the
"
He said he thinks Obama's re-election message will resonate locally, especially when compared with that of the eventual Republican nominee.
Local Obama volunteers are hoping to duplicate their 2008 election effort.
Novices in 2008, Obama's experienced volunteers are more seasoned and savvy today, Lauritzen said.
"We have actually been working at it for a while now," he said.
After Obama took office, his campaign staff morphed into Organizing For America under the
Still, volunteers have made 300,000 phone calls since Obama announced his re-election effort in April, according to the campaign.
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