| As I've mentioned for months, the grassroots and Democratic activists have worked for months in West Virginia for Sen.Barack Obama's presidential bid while the Sen. Hillary Clinton campaign has lagged.
The worst sign of it occurred with the first email from Clinton's state director, Talley Sergent.
The campaign here in West Virginia has hit the ground running. Everywhere I go, I
meet West Virginians who are excited about supporting Hillary on May 13. But we need
all the help we can get to bring home a victory for Hillary in West Virginia.
We're looking for volunteers who can help knock on doors, make phone calls and come
into our offices. Will you sign up to help Hillary in West Virginia?
Click here to sign up to join Hillary's West Virginia team.
That email came two days after West Virginia Democrats held county conventions across the state - conventions where Obama delegates were selected in big majorities to go to the state conventions. In Berkeley County alone, 50 of the 52 delegates picked were Obama supporters.
Why? Because for months the Obama supporters had been meeting, canvassing, registering new voters and phonebanking.
Meanwhile, the Clinton campaign doesn't launch until after the county conventions and a week before voter registration deadline for the primary.
So how exactly has the Clinton campaign "hit the ground running?"
From HillaryClinton.com's West Virginia page:
• I signed up months ago to volunteer for Hillary here in WV. I have never been contacted. I am concerned with the BO presence I am seeing in Charleston and so little Hillary presence. Let's get things going for Hillary!
by west virginia for hillary at 4/14/2008 7:32:21 PM
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o Rally
Does anyone know of any planned rally or event. There is no organization.
by touche at 4/22/2008 6:10:44 PM
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volunteering
I also signed up a while back but decided that I would sign up agian. I think that Hillary needs our help and look forward to helping as much as I possibly can and would encourage evryone to do the same. I have vounteered time in '04 and '06 and I had a great time talking to people in my community and meeting people from around my county. I encourage people to volunteer thier time by calling people, going door to door, or just helping get the word out at work. I know Hillary is prepared to work for the people of West Virginia,but right now we needed to work for her and making sure that she get the nomination in August.
LOOKING FOR A HILL OF A WIN IN MAY!
by Lewis Skinner at 4/15/2008 12:25:38 PM
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I signed up..
I signed up just last night to help with the campaign as much as I can, and I hope that I am contacted. I live over in Logan County and we are more than ready to see Hillary Clinton standing tall in November after she beats out Obama and then John McCain. Lets go Hillary!
by Jarrod at 4/15/2008 7:04:39 PM
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FORMER WV VISTA VOLUNTEER for Hillary
I, too, have tried (in vain) to help jump-start the WV campaign for Hillary from afar. I was a VISTA in Richwood, WV (Little Laurel) and Parkersburg and returned to Nicholas County with the Kerry campaign to find "too little, too late"...so, with DNC Chair Howard Dean's initiative to get grassroots things going in WV so that the DEMS could win WV for the Presidential 2008 race, I've been willing, able & ready to help in WV with phone(from at home and contacting those I already know there), offering to go there (& bring NYers who know that Hillary won over even Republicans with the great work she's done here- including for 9/11 victims & SURVIVORS = who are often forgotten) & trying to get HRC & buttons, posters, literature, bumper stickers & signs to WV BEFORE anyone else does.....I was told to buy stuff on line & send it - but since my funds are very limited, I'm asking that everyone push for getting out those signs & bumper stickers EVEN IF HRC cannot make it to Richwood, WV for a rally - which would be a perfect setting to talk about rural America in Appalachia......Let's take the WV campaing out of JUST CITIES & liberal little towns & get (the usual venues, if any) & get RUGGED to where people need a GREAT PRESIDENT LIKE HILLARY = into the hollers of WV!!!....GOOD LUCK, TALLEY - I hope you are the one! Cindy, NYC
by ctlesqnyc at 4/16/2008 11:35:24 AM
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o Former WV Appalachian Vol-VISTA Associate for Hillary
I was a Appalachian Vol-VISTA Associate in Beckley, WV a long time ago. I now live in Western NC and I volunteered to go to Beckley. I well re-volunteer as I have heard nothing. I can go the weekend before the WV primary, after our NC primary. Go West Virginia! Go Hillary!
by KathyforHillary at 4/20/2008 10:42:31 AM
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volunteering for Hillary in West Virginia
I took the advice of fellow posters and have signed up again as a volunteer. My son and I are also traveling to PA this weekend to help in Pittsburgh. We also want to be active here in the Charleston area. I would like to organize some honk/wave groups at major intersections at least for the weekend/Monday before the May 13th primary. Plus, can we get some signs around Charleston and at some other key locations in the state? I just spent 8 hours on the road (traveling in WV) and did not see one Hillary sign. BO signs are all over the east end of Charleston. I don't mean to be negative, but I want those who quietly support Hillary to know that there is strong, active support for her in WV. Thanks WV campaign staff for doing what you can.
by west virginia for hillary at 4/17/2008 5:27:22 PM
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Volunteers and Registration Deadline
I hope all those that signed up to help have been contacted. W Virginia's voter registration deadline is Tues April 22nd. If you haven't been contacted try the phone#'s listed at "contact" at the bottom of this page. There is so much to do & everyone is needed. Also try the "tips" email on HillaryHub top right corner. Don't give up. Put signs in windows so they can't be taken. Call Everyone! Keep Smiling
and Keep Working! Kathryn Ellis
by keep smiling at 4/17/2008 7:49:34 PM
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o early voting in WV
Early voting in WV begins on April 23, 2008. Calls to WV need to start as soon as Hillary takes PA by a landslide! Go Hillary!
by west virginia for hillary at 4/18/2008 7:30:54 PM
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Get going in WV
I am originally from WV and have HAVE campaigned in NY where I live and in Ohio and PENN. I HAVE TRIED TO GET SOMETHING GOING IN THE MERCER AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES AREA, BUT NOTHING IS HAPPENING. THE MAYOR OF HINTON IS WITH ME, BUT OBAMA HAS A REAL HEAD START. WE CAN'T LOSE THIS STATE. THE NEW CAMPAIGN MANAGER HAS NOT RESPONDED TO MY MESSAGES FOR HELP. ANYTHING GOING ANYONE KNOWS OF PLEASE POST. WE MUST WORK FAST!!!!!!!QQQQ
by touche at 4/22/2008 12:43:03 PM
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o Help Hillary in WV
We should not take it for granted that Hillary will do exceedingly well in WV. We should make every effort to ensure she has a landslide victory here in WV. I try every day to reach out to someone here in WV. The past 2 days I have had repair work done at my home and I have used those opportunities to talk about Hillary. One guy put 2 Hillary stickers on his vehicle's bumper before he left!
I hope we get alot of out of state volunteers. My son and I traveled to PA last weekend and canvassed neighborhoods in Pittsburgh. We were glad to help there and will work hard here in our home state too.
by west virginia for hillary at 4/23/2008 11:43:42 AM
That's not me picking the negative comments. That's all of the comments.
I've yet to receive an email to organize Clinton supporters in the Eastern Panhandle. |
