Today, Obama began stumping deep in the heart of Texas, where he drew 19,000 suporters to a rally in downtown Houston. I imagine it would have been more, but they ran out of tickets quite quickly, and still had lots of people on standby, hoping for a chance to get in.
An hour before the [...]
Several major candidate and surrogate events in the city this week:
Obama “Stand for Change” rally at Toyota Center — Tuesday, 6pm (registration req’d)
Morning Bill Clinton “Early Vote Rally,” at Galveston County Justice Center — Wednesday, 8:30am
Evening Bill Clinton “Early Vote Rally” at University of Houston Hoffheinz Pavillion — Wednesday, 8:45pm
Bill Clinton fundraiser at Hyatt Regency [...]
Barry O pulled Texas’ largest and perhaps most influential paper today, the Chron:
Of the two finalists for the Democratic presidential nomination, the Chronicle believes Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois is best-qualified by life experience, skill and temperament to be the standard bearer for his party. In a conference call, Obama told the Chronicle editorial [...]