JUNEAU, Alaska: Residents gather for Obama (read the comments!)

[Breeze54]

Residents gather for Obama

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/082908/loc_324999784.shtml

Friday, August 29, 2008

Story last updated at 8/29/2008 - 9:39 am

By Alan Suderman | JUNEAU EMPIRE

Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich joined about 200 supporters Thursday to watch Democratic
presidential candidate Barack Obama's speech on television at Centennial Hall.

Begich, who is running as a Democrat against Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, joked
that he was going to fire his staff for having him give a speech directly after Obama's.

"How do you follow this?" Begich asked, shortly after the crowd had laughed, clapped and
cheered along with the live crowd in Denver, giving Obama's speech a standing ovation.

Begich said he was pleased by some of the goals for the country Obama had mentioned in his speech.

"In order for (Obama) to do that, we have to have a Senate with a bigger majority than it is today,"
Begich said, asking the crowd to help him unseat Stevens.

Begich wasn't the only pol watching the speech.

Rep. Andrea Doll, D-Juneau, said she found the speech "very inspirational." She said the turnout
showed the "level of hope people have" about Obama's candidacy.

Claire Richardson, a former spokeswoman for Democratic Gov. Tony Knowles, said it was
exciting to see so many people of different ages come to watch Obama's speech on TV.


Historic nomination: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama
addresses the crowd Thursday on the final night of the Democratic National
Convention at Invesco Field in Denver. Left, Juneau supporters applaud as
they watch Obama finish his acceptance speech on a projection screen at
Centennial Hall. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire)

Richardson said she's never heard of a similar turnout in town for such an event before.

"I have never sat with my Juneau neighbors and community members to watch
(a candidate's convention speech on) TV together," Richardson said.

The Obama campaign has several paid staffers in Alaska and has opened a handful of offices
around the state, including one in Juneau. Usually Alaska receives scant attention from either
party's presidential campaigns.

Volunteer Miguel Rohrbacher, 16, said it was a historic achievement for a major political party
to nominate a black person for president and that Obama's message of change resonated with young
people.

"We've had our whole youth ... under the Bush White House, and Barack Obama offers an alternative
and a big change," Rohrbacher said.

[RagAss]

1. Fellow Patriots !!!!!!

[livetohike]

2. Nice! Thanks for starting an Obama thread

:hi: This article makes me smile.

[Breeze54]

3. We should help them in the comments section... I was looking for a Palin poll

on that newspapers website but didn't see one.

I'm looking for other Alaska newspapers for polls.

Let's DU them all! ;)

[livetohike]

4. Great idea!

I wonder if anyone made a thread with all of the Alaska newspaper links? It would be a good DU activist project. :hi:

[Breeze54]

5. Alaska Newspapers List !

Alaska Newspapers

CLICK HERE FOR NEWSPAPER LINKS! --> http://www.usnpl.com/aknews.php

Newspapers
Click ( A ) for Newspaper address
Click ( C ) for County summary

Anchorage Alaska Journal of Commerce (A) (C)
Anchorage Anchorage Daily News (A) (C)
Anchorage Anchorage Press (A) (C)
Anchorage Petroleum News (A) (C)
Bethel Delta Discovery (A) (C)
Bethel Tundra Drums (A) (C)
Cordova Cordova Times (A) (C)
Delta Junction Delta News Web (A) (C)
Delta Junction Delta Wind (A) (C)
Dillingham Bristol Bay Times (A) (C)
Dutch Harbor Dutch Harbor Fisherman (A) (C)
Eagle River Alaska Star (A) (C)
Ester The Ester Republic (A) (C)
Fairbanks Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (A) (C)
Fairbanks Sun Star (A) (C)
Girdwood Turnagain Times (A) (C)
Gustavus Fairweather Reporter (A) (C)
Haines Chilkat Valley News (A) (C)
Homer Homer News (A) (C)
Homer Homer Tribune (A) (C)
Juneau Capital City Weekly (A) (C)
Juneau Juneau Empire (A) (C)
Kenai Peninsula Clarion (A) (C)
Ketchikan Ketchikan Daily News (A) (C)
Ketchikan Local Paper (A) (C)
Ketchikan Sitnews (A) (C)
Kodiak Kodiak Daily Mirror (A) (C)
Kotzebue Arctic Sounder (A) (C)
Nome The Nome Nugget (A) (C)
Petersburg Petersburg Pilot (A) (C)
Seldovia Seldovia Gazette (A) (C)
Seward Seward Phoenix Log (A) (C)
Skagway Skagway News (A) (C)
Talkeetna Talkeetna Times (A) (C)
Thorne Bay Southeast Alaska's Island News (A) (C)
Valdez Valdez Star (A) (C)
Wasilla Frontiersman (A) (C)
Wrangell Wrangell Sentinel (A) (C)


Commercial Fishing Report
AlaskaReport.com

College Newspapers
Univ of AK Anchorage The Northern Light
Univ of AK Fairbanks Sun Star
Univ of AK Southeast Whalesong

Magazines
Statewide AK Business Monthly
Statewide AK Dog Sledding
Statewide AK Fishermans Journal
Statewide AK Horse Journal
Statewide AK Magazine
Statewide AK Outdoor Journal
Statewide Ester Republic
Statewide Mushing

[livetohike]

6. Excellent!

:toast: Would you start a new thread for these and we could keep it K+R?

[Breeze54]

7. It's saved in my Journal... keep this OP kicked and bookmark that link!

;)

I just don't think we need to or are allowed to repost posts.

[livetohike]

10. Bookmarked

:-)

[Breeze54]

11. But you could repost it!

:P Glad you bookmarked it!

Did you find any Palin pols yet?

[livetohike]

15. Just reposted it!

Thanks again! Lots of work to do here.

[bookman]

8. Comments

The comments are laughable. They're still blaming Clinton. Bush had "little to do with the economy".

My favorite is the reply to someone who said Obama was a bad choice. "bad choice!, you voted for Bush twice!"

[Breeze54]

9. How about the one that said the Dems are communists!?

:P

[FrenchieCat]

12. 200 People gathered in one place in Alaska.....

that's like 10,000 gathering in just about any other place! That's great! :thumbsup:

[Breeze54]

13. Yeah and they gave him a standing ovation too!

;)

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

14. Got to give a GOBAMA!

[1corona4u]

16. I read the comments on this, and there are some pretty stupid people

up there in Alaska...really, are they going to selfishly protect their state, because they like her, and fuck the rest of the country, and world for that matter?

I just don't get how people could think McCain is a good choice. Republican or not. I just am baffled by that.