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Obama Santa Cruz Fundraiser - North Carolina / Indiana Party
"Barack-Bowling" Comes to Santa Cruz at the Broadwalk Bowl - Tuesday May 6th 5:30pm to 10:30pm

This will be fun - Join the Obama 08 Santa Cruz team for a local fundraiser on May 6th starting at 5:30 pm for
North Carolina and Indiana Watch Party followed by "Barack-Bowling" with fellow Obama Santa Cruz supporters.
The event is being held at Boardwalk Bowl across from the Coconut Grove and Santa Cruz Boardwalk. Watch
the primary returns and enjoy pizza and wine/beer and get ready for Barack-Bowling.
Prizes for best bowlers and pictures.

Location: Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 (across from Coconut Grove)

Donation: $25.00 Event Admission + $10.00 Donation to the Campaign or more is appreciated

RSVP: First 100 RSVP's only -donation. click here

Information: Angela Chesnut at amc7@mail.com / 408-712-0193

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Delegate Countdown - 283 Pledge Delegates Needed!
Barack Obama needs a total of 283 Delegates to cross the 2,025 Delegate finish and claim the nomination. A 134 Pledge Delegates are needed to claim take the majority of Pledge Delegates and 283 Delegates in total to in the remaining 9 contests (there are 408 Delegates at stake in the final 9).

David Plouffe, Obama 08 Campaign Manager, said that if Mrs. Clinton won 55 percent of the remaining pledged delegates - an assumption he called "overly generous" - she would still need about two-thirds of the remaining uncommitted superdelegates to reach the 2,025 delegates needed to secure the nomination.

Super-Delegates Go Obama This Week - 8 Announced
Obama now trails Clinton by 18 superdelegates, 249-267. This week, he picked up eight superdelegates while she netted three. - Associated Press, May 1, 2008

Mr. Obama has also picked up superdelegate support from Democratic members of Congress in relatively conservative districts - despite efforts by Republicans to make Mr. Obama a liability for Democrats running in competitive districts, including campaigns for two open seats in the South that are under way. Representative Baron P. Hill of Indiana and Representative Ben Chandler of Kentucky endorsed Mr. Obama, for example, and both face the likelihood of stiff Republican challenges in the fall. On Thursday, he got a boost from a high-profile defection: Joe Andrew, a former Democratic national chairman appointed by former President Bill Clinton.

Obama Results and Delegate Count:
The Obama campaign's website shows Obama leading with 1,742 (249 super-delegates included) to Clinton's 1,600 (267 super-delegates).

+ Obama continues to lead the delegate count -- 1,742 Obama to Clinton's 1,600 - Obama by 142
+ Obama continues to lead the contest count - 30 Obama wins to 15 Clinton
+ Obama continues to lead the popular vote count by 500,610 votes
+ (Obama: 14,417,619 votes vs. Clinton: 13,917,009 with PA results)

Media Delegate Counts:
This week's Media Delegate Count roundups:
+ ABC is showing Obama with 1,737 vs 1,596 Clinton --- Obama by 141 (+4 this week)
+ CBS is showing 1,731 for Obama vs 1,596 Clinton --- Obama by 135 (+3 this week)
+ MSNBC is showing 1,738 for Obama vs. 1,601 Clinton --- Obama by 137 (+5 this week)
+ NYTimes is showing 1,734 for Obama to 1,592 Clinton --- Obama by 142

Clinton May Be Hopeful, but Obama Rolls On
New York Times article summarizing the race for delegates... click here

Is the Pledge Delegate Count Over ?
View MSNBC...click here

9 Contests Remain and 408 Pledged Delegates
May 3rd is Guam with 4 delegates and on May 6th there are a total of 187 delegates at stake in Indiana and North Carolina. After the upcoming contests of Indiana and North Carolina there are six remaining contests with at total of 212 delegates.

Clinton needs 150+ delegates to move ahead of Obama over the next 9 contests. This is mathematically extremely difficult - 70% of the 408 is required in the next 9 contests to gain the 150+ delegates. After May 6th with 6 contests remaining and 281 delegates 80% of the delegate will be required to close the gap !

May 3.....Guam-4 delegates

May 6.....Indiana-72 delegates
May 6.....North Carolina-115 delegates

May 13….West Virginia-28 delegates

May 20….Kentucky-51 delegates
May 20….Oregon-52 delegates

Jun 1……..Puerto Rico-55 delegates

Jun 3……..Montana-16 delegates
Jun 3……..South Dakota-15 delegates

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Super-Delegate Update
See who is committed to Senator Obama, Senator Clinton and who remains un-committed among California's 66 Super-Delegates.

Writing to Super-Delegates via barackobama.com
On the barackobama.com site there is page for supporters interested in writing to the super-delegates in their geographic area. The campaign will submit the email letters... click here to submit your letter.

Our Local Super-Delegate Congressman Sam Farr is Uncommitted !
Our local esteemed Congressman Sam Farr is still uncommitted to a candidate! PLEASE contact him as soon as possible! Send him email! Send him snail mail!

Let Sam Farr know you support Senator Barack Obama, Santa Cruz City and County supports Barack Obama and you Congressman Sam Farr needs to support Senator Barack Obama. Make your personal appeal to acknowledge that his constituents want the kind of change and results that only Senator Barack Obama can bring to Washington! And spread the word to your fellow Obama supporters, we want Sam Farr to commit to Barack ! Here is his contact info:

Congressman Sam Farr
831-429-1976 or 831-424-2229
Fax 831-424-7099
e-mail via website: www.house.gov/farr
100 West Alisal Street
Salinas, CA 93901

California Congressional Delegation Uncommitted:
Rep. Howard Berman
Rep. Lois Capps
Rep. Jim Costa
Rep. Susan Davis
DNC Edward Espinoza
Rep. Sam Farr
Rep. Bob Filner
DNC Inola Henry
Rep. Mike Honda
Rep. Jerry McNerney
DNC Carole Midgen
DNC Bob Mulholland
DNC Christine Pelosi
Rep. Nancy Pelosi
DNC John A. Perez
DNC Robert Rankin
Rep. Pete Stark
DNC Crystal Strait
DNC Art Torres
DNC Keith Umemoto
DNC Vernon Watkins
Rep. Henry Waxman
DNC Steve Ybarra

Note: Congresswomen Zoe Lofgren and Anna Eshoo have already declared for Obama. That leaves Pelosi, Stark, Honda and McNerney from the Bay Area.

Successful "drive-by" event held on West Cliff in Santa Cruz
June 16, 2007

15 Obama Santa Cruz volunteers inspired the motorists, cyclists, skateboarders and walkers on beautiful West Cliff Drive for 3 hours. The group held up a new set of "burma shave" messages that clearly communicated the reasons that Barack can make a difference in changing the course of our country. Dozens of cars and people stopped for free bumper stickers and to see how they could support our local effort with time and donations.

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Announcements - Events Indiana, North Carolina, Oregon Calls 1,000,000 CALLS BY MAY 6th Pick up your phone and call Indiana voters and help us reach our 1,000,000 mark by Tuesday! Santa Cruz to Indiana Phone Banking Join us for calling to Indiana this last weekend. Group discussion and instruction in basic call handling and use of provided call script for Indiana at 11am and again at 2pm. Bring your cellphone Location: The Law Offices of Mitchell Page, 605 Center Street, Santa Cruz, CA When: Saturday May 3rd, 11am to 5pm. OK to start or stop anytime in the six hours Contact: Kevin Cook at 831-476-4113 or ccook@cruzio.com / Wes Swift at 831-476-4113 or wswift@ebold.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Phone from Home - Indiana, North Carolina, Oregon Indiana -- The focus in Indiana is on three activities - vote early for is available until May 5th; supporting local Indiana Township Teams on the ground; and making the calls. For more information checkout the Indiana state site at click here North Carolina - Early voting is now underway in North Carolina and continues through May 5th. Local activities can be found at click here . Make calls into North Carolina by accessing call lists at click here. Oregon -- Oregon deadline to register to vote is April 29! You can help! Registering new voters is a big part of our strategy, and we'll need these voters in the general election. The Oregon campaign needs us to make calls to ask new voters to register: Call lists available: click here Volunteer Accounts - You can call voters from home, Volunteers without accounts can sign-up now to use the online calling tool, and make calls from your own home today: click here. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Santa Cruz Voter Registration Drive - May 3rd and 4th We will be setting up an information table at Bookshop Santa Cruz on 5/3 and 5/4 which will focus on voter registration. Volunteers are needed each day to staff the table and answer questions. The events will run from 11:00 am till 4:00 pm so hopefully people can offer 2-3 hours of their time. Location: Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Sign-Up Saturday: click here Sign-Up Sunday: click here Information: David Gripton at dag1951@cruzio.com / 831-238-4971 Watsonville Voter Registration Drive - May 4th Obama Voter Registration and Information Table at the Cinco De Mayo Festival in Watsonville 10-4pm. Event: BARACK OBAMA VOTER REGISTRATION & VOTER OUTREACH TABLING Location: CINCO DE MAYO FESTIVAL, 400 Main Street, Watsonville City Plaza, 95076 Sign-Up: click here ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Clinton Super-delegate Switches to Obama A leader of the Democratic Party under Bill Clinton has switched his allegiance to Barack Obama and is encouraging fellow Democrats to "heal the rift in our party" and unite behind the Illinois senator. Joe Andrew, who was Democratic National Committee chairman from 1999-2001, announced his support Thursday in his hometown of Indianapolis to urge other Hoosiers to support Obama in Tuesday's primary, perhaps the most important contest left in the White House race. He also has written a lengthy letter explaining his decision that he plans to send to other superdelegates. "I am convinced that the primary process has devolved to the point that it's now bad for the Democratic Party," Andrew said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. Bill Clinton appointed Andrew chairman of the DNC near the end of his presidency, and Andrew endorsed the former first lady last year on the day she declared her candidacy for the White House. Andrew said in his letter that he is switching his support because "a vote for Hillary Clinton is a vote to continue this process, and a vote to continue this process is a vote that assists (Republican) John McCain." "While I was hopeful that a long, contested primary season would invigorate our party, the polls show that the tone and temperature of the race is now hurting us," Andrew wrote. "John McCain, without doing much of anything, is now competitive against both of our remaining candidates. We are doing his work for him and distracting Americans from the issues that really affect all of our lives." Andrew said the Obama campaign never asked him to switch his support, but he decided to do so after watching Obama's handling of two issues in recent days. He said Obama took the principled stand in opposing a summer gas tax holiday that both Clinton and McCain supported, even though it would have been easier politically to back it. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CD-17 Delegates Two elected delegates will represent CD-17 at the Democratic National Convention in August. Congratulations to Kristen and Luis for their contribution throughout the primary season and the best of luck as they prepare for the Convention. Fired-Up! Ready-to-Go! + Kristen Carter + Luis Alejo ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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