[ResistorSister]

Within a few months, Obama, a tall, affable workaholic, had recruited staff and volunteers from black churches, community groups, and politicians. He helped train 700 deputy registrars, out of a total of 11,000 citywide. And he began a saturation media campaign with the help of black-owned Brainstorm Communications. (The company's president, Terri Gardner, is the sister of Gary Gardner, president of Soft Sheen Products, Inc., which donated thousands of dollars to Project Voters efforts.) The group's slogan-"It's a Power Thing"-was ubiquitous in African-American neighborhoods. Posters were put up. Black-oriented radio stations aired the group's ads and announced where people could go to register. Minority owners of McDonald's restaurants allowed registrars on site and donated paid radio time to Project Vote! Labor unions provided funding, as, in late fall, did the Clin¬ton/Gore campaign, whose national voter-registration drive was being directed by Chicago alderman Bobby Rush.

Obama had a lot of help from others for the Project Vote campaign; yet, I wonder what he said to the black community to get them all FIRED-UP and READY-TO-GO?

He did tell Harry Reid that he HAS A GIFT!

[jamine]

Barack Obama is all over the place. You see his campaign signs along all the roads and his face plastered all over the newspapers and TV.

Now you even see his face on a pair of custom Air Force Ones: http://www.wow-nike.com/article.php?id=24

[ReleaseTheHounds]

Sounds like a completely non-partisan organization and effort... Was Project Vote really a non-profit? Were donations to Project Vote tax-deductible? Inquiring minds want to know!