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Plan of ACTION to WIN Pennsylvania

Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 10:29:40 AM PDT

We have taken a hit. It hurts. But a champion is born out of how she/he gets up and with even more skill and resiliency walks towards victory.

Here I will try to highlight 3 key battles that we will need to win over the next month to drive our movement forward:

  1. The Clinton campaign has managed to instill in the mind of people that Barack for some reason doesn't have any clear plans and he doesn't know what he is doing beyond giving speeches. As you can see from many exit polls this is one area that the Clinton campaign made some outrageous claims that stuck because they went unchallenged for too long. The first thing that needs to be done is to mail this to any and everyone we can think of - the media, the people in Pennsylvania, poor, rich, educated of not - Barack's "Blueprint for Change"

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We need a million of these things dirtying up the streets of Pittsburgh, Lancaster and Allentown. If everyone just makes 100 copies of it to send or drop out we will be somehow on the way.

  1. But the main problem is that we were so far just content on defending ourselves against Hillary's accusations without actually calling her out on the stupidity of those claims. "Obama is just empty", "He is too young, no experience", "HE can't lead, has no foreign relations knowledge". We need, at every stop, to start comparing head to head Barack with Hillary and forcing her on the back foot. In a clear and forceful manner. It is no longer enough to just sing the praises and talents of our candidate. We have to say: "Barack has introduced and passed TWO major laws in the US Senate to fight against lobbyists and increase transparency in Government spending. Hillary you have taken more money from lobbyist than any candidates. Explain to us Hillary how do you intend on breaking the influence of special interests. Stop hiding from the American people and explain yourself!" We have to behave like this to force the Hillary camp to react to OUR frames. To shame them in public and to push the concept of them being secretive and afraid of the American people.
  1. We need to register as many new minority voters in Pennsylvania as possible between now and March 24th, which is the deadline to register as a Democrat to vote in the Pennsylvania primary. This primary will be CLOSED. And the Democratic Party of PA machine is almost entirely in the Clinton's camp. Gov Rendell, Mayor Nutter of Philadelphia and all. We need to expand our field as well as convert the people that are already registered. Here is the link for anyone of you who knows Obama leaning Independents who want to register as Democrats to vote for him on April 22nd:

http://www.registrationbyworkingasse...

All in all this needs to start now. We are the change we are waiting for. And we will carry this nomination if we stand strong and go marching firmly and squarely on:

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