Email This StorySen. Obama to set up Waco campaign office
Feb. 14, 2008
 Associated PressDemocratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., makes remarks Wednesday during a town hall rally in Waukesha, Wis. Obama is setting up a national campaign office in Waco. |
By Christina Kruse
Staff writer
In the state where President George W. Bush currently owns a ranch and was once governor, democratic presidential nominees are ardently campaigning for 228 Texas delegates.
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is even bringing his campaign efforts to central Texas by setting up office in Waco. This is only one of ten campaign offices that the Obama campaign plans to establish statewide.
"People are uniting and wanting to get the word out in Waco," Boerne senior and Baylor Democrats president Alexandra Neville said.
National headquarters noticed Waco because of the numerous Obama groups that have formed on Baylor, McLennan Community College, and Texas State Technical College campuses as well as the city of Waco.
"We are tying to pull the disparate groups together," alumnus Ryan Young, creator of the Baylor for Obama group, said.
Fifteen staff members from Obama's national campaign headquarters arrived in Waco Tuesday afternoon to seek out and establish a physical location for the campaign office
The Obama staffers plan on setting up the office within 48 to 72 hours, according to Young. "Once the office is open, it will generate more of a buzz."
The staffers also spoke to Waco area Obama supporters Wednesday night in order to train the supporters for canvassing planned for this Saturday.
Obama supporters will go door-to-door to inform citizens of Obama's ideology. This grassroots practice is especially associated with the Obama campaign.
Waco is appealing to the Obama campaign because the city populated with college students and lower income families, two groups that are likely to support the Illinois senator, according to Katy sophomore Jeff Fralick, a member of the Baylor for Obama group.
Since Baylor is a closed campus, the university's policy does not allow for on-campus campaigning until March 7.
"It is interesting getting through loopholes and getting the word out," Fralick said.
"I'm really excited. Obama is my favorite candidate," Neville said. "This is such a big deal because Texas is a key state."
The San Antonio Press, Dallas Morning News, the Houston Chronicle and the Burnt Orange Report, a popular web log, are Texas publications endorsing Obama.*
* The original article incorrectly state that this was a student web log.
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