From Obama Campaign

Barack in Spartanburg, South Carolina



AN UPDATE FROM IOWA

Singer John Legend will perform at the J.J. Dinner/ Daschle kicks off 90 canvasses in Iowa last weekend


The campaign announced that five-time Grammy award winning singer-songwriter John Legend will headline a rally in Des Moines before the annual Jefferson-Jackson (J.J.) dinner on November 10th. Barack and Michelle Obama will greet his supporters following Legend's performance. The J.J. dinner is considered the marquee event of the Iowa Democrat political season and marks the beginning of the stretch-run to the caucuses. The winner of a "Battle of Bands" competition held at Iowa State University will serve as an opening act for John Legend.



Barack and John Legend in Des Moines


On Saturday, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle from South Dakota, former Oklahoma U.S. Congressman Brad Carson, and former Governor of Mississippi Ray Mabus traveled across Iowa to discuss why they believe that Senator Obama is the best candidate to move our country past the red state-blue state divide. The three Democrats began in Des Moines where they addressed a group of volunteers who were participating in one of more than 90 canvasses the campaign organized for a statewide day of action.


AN UPDATE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA
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Barack Obama swung through the Palmetto State on Friday and Saturday this week addressing crowds in Manning, Sumter, Greenville, and Spartanburg. In Spartanburg on Saturday morning, he spoke of the choice facing the country in the next election and his reasons for running.

"I am running because of what Dr. King called 'the fierce urgency of now," he told the crowd. His promise of bringing hope to our future inspired the crowd. "I've always been registered as a Republican, and I'm also a Christian. And I always thought to stick with my values meant I had to stay Republican," Spartanburg resident Sarah Fisher said. "We need someone who doesn't care what people think and will do what's best for the country and not just saying what people want to hear. I'm going to vote for him."