BARACK OBAMA      88,886   52.21% HILLARY CLINTON   75,341   44.25% Unfortunately, those numbers were only from the City County Nation State of San Francisco.  It's a great, important contest.  I'm happy that our district will be supplying more Obama delegates to the convention.

My fingers are tired from holding up two Barrack Obama signs on the traffic island at Castro and Market for a couple hours. It's a good tired, I think. The last time I stood on a street corner proclaiming for a Presidential candidate was in 1960 about 100 feet from the polling place at the local school. Since I lived in John Kennedy's old Congressional District, the crowd was pretty friendly to the 7-year-old me.  The crowds driving by this afternoon were pretty friendly to the 54-year-old me.  Lots of honks, waves, and pumped fists of encouragement.  The assortment of passing fans [...]

On the way to watching the Superbowl yesterday, we passed the home of an obviously intelligent, sophisticated, and patriotic neighbor. I admit to being impressed that hand made their "Obama" letters -- nothing from campaign HQ here! I'm taking time off today to do more Get Out The Vote calls, and plan to walk my precinct tomorrow. 

I signed up to work as an Obama precinct captain on a Saturday.  After 10 days and many emails I was sent a username and password to get access to my assigned precinct. The online system lets me log in, but won't let me look at any voters. I call the volunteer office and make a round of phone calls from a PDF list.  Days pass, and my online account gets reset.  I can log in and see voters. I record the results of the calls I made previously.  Two days later I try to log into the system again to make [...]

Dear Senator Kerry, I apologize for my snarky comments about your ability to spark a crowd. I will happily eat them. Yum! You hit the tone and hit the words this morning at the Obama rally. Thank you! (It's not my fault. He was wooden on TV during the 2004 campaign. It wasn't my imagination, was it??!) The auditorium was packed and they gave a great send off to the precinct walking volunteers. Fun, even for interlopers like redozdachs who took the picture above. A few more pictures.

Tomorrow (Saturday, February 2) Obama supporters are meeting at Everett Middle School, 450 Church Street @ 16th at 9:30 a.m.  We'll be whipped into a frenzy by speakers Sen. John Kerry and Supervisor Bevan Dufty. (Okay, I cannot make this up.  Sen. Kerry will speak, and the Obama person I spoke with in the office yesterday was saying how lucky we were to have such a fantastic speaker for our rally.  Maybe Kerry has been taking public speaking lessons since 2004?) After getting pumped up, we'll walk a precinct... Anyone want to join me in Noe Valley precinct 3845, about [...]

The new car is comfortable in the garage, but it's a bit jealous of our old love.  It's insisting that we sell soon, or it will doubt the sincerity of our relationship. Anyone have experience with selling a vehicle on Craigslist, cars.com, or Kelly Book Book.com?  Kelly Blue Book online says its private party sale value is $2,820.  So does that mean we ask for $3,000? 92 Honda Accord Details

In my opinion, there are several good Democratic candidates running for President.  I am happy to choose among well qualified people who have reasonable views on most issues.  I will support any of the major Democratic contenders in the Fall election. Nevertheless, I have a strong preference for Senator Barack Obama. The greatest Obama advantage is the way he articulates and illustrates the American Story. It’s generationally, racially, experientially different — and more hopeful than — the dismal narrative we’ve been living through under President Bush.  In many ways it’s also superior to what any President has offered in generations. Perhaps, as one story I [...]

I dislike people who wrap themselves up in the flag to advance their personal agendas.  It's unseemly.  It cheapens the symbolic power of the flag. I consider self-serving calls to rally around the flag contemptible.  I don't vote for politicians whose major ability seems their skill in draping themselves in red, white, and blue. I don't respect anyone who stands behind a symbol to get their own way. This week's Bay Area Reporter shills for man whose dressing up his own self interest in the colors of the rainbow.  The article hypes "Neighbors oppose home addition near revered stairwell".  (Quick... without [...]