Obama activities

Hi Everybody!

I've just returned from the "mass meeting" where local delegates were chosen to go to the next electoral level to vote for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama (some will eventually go on to the national convention). Sort of unexpectedly, I was chosen to chair tonight's process for the Obama people (I've been a supporter of his since almost the beginning -- since long before most reasonable people thought he had a chance to win). I say "sort of unexpectedly" because the possibility did not come up until last night, when I was contacted and asked if I would accept if nominated.

At that point, I thought it would be uncontested, so I agreed. Then, we got there tonight and a pretty heavy hitter/former elected official decided to run against me. Had I known he wanted the job, I would have bowed out because, well, one contested election is enough for me right now. But by the time he was nominated, it was too late to stop my folks from nominating me. To be honest, I assumed I was about to lose the election for this ceremonial position -- but I won. And presiding over the election of delegates and alternates was pretty cool. It was nice to be a small part of the process.

Why am I supporting Barack Obama? I made the decision after reading one of his books, "Audacity of Hope." If you haven't read it, you should get up right now and go get it. The long and short of it is that Barack Obama represents the very best of what this country should be. Do I have a problem with Hillary? No. I like Hillary. I've been a fan since she first hit my radar screen in 1991 or so. I'll work my backside off for her if she is the Democratic nominee. But I'm an Obama guy. He is my generation's JFK, and I could not be more proud to support him.

By the way, I need to point out that I'm no longer posting my walking results. I'll still talk about it, but I won't continue putting up how much I've walked. I've completely gotten into a daily groove and am even increasing my daily amount, but it occurred to me that the average voter doesn't care about that nearly so much as my opponents do. What you really need to know is that I'm working as hard as I possibly can to represent you. I am doing more to create contact and real relationships with voters than most folks are used to, and that's the attitude I'm going to bring to this office, if I win it. You can count on me to create as many opportunities as possible to get to know you and to be accessible when you need help.

That's it for tonight. Tomorrow is busy, but includes the next round of movies in the True/False Film Festival. Leigh and I went to one of the films tonight, and even met the director, which was awesome. I can hardly wait to see the next one (we are seeing eight movies, in all, over a period of four days; yay!).

See ya.

- sean

Sean Spence
Candidate, Missouri's 25th Legislative District
www.SpenceCampaign.com
seanspence@earthlink.net
573-823-1308 (Sean's cell)