I'm so sure this will get lots of press coverage tomorrow. Maybe reporters will skip Sen. Clinton's visit altogether!

The Obama campaign is contacting voters and building a bottom-up grassroots infrastructure here. Only looking at office openings in terms of media is the same type of antiquated mentality that led Clinton to blow one of the biggest advantages in modern politics. But if the Clinton campaign thinks peer-to-peer organizing is a waste of time, I'm okay with that.

why does he need so many offices in Oregon when he's already of course going to win here? Might be better spent in PA?

Katy: "why does he need so many offices in Oregon when he's already of course going to win here? Might be better spent in PA?"

Obama's success has come by not taking any state for granted, by running a 50 state strategy. And, not the least concern, and one benefit of a prolonged primary, is the campaign infrastructure of trained volunteers, relationships, offices, phones, etc. gets created for the General Election.

Also, the dude has money.

Well, so does Clinton, just not in her campaign.

How funny is it that the Oregon primary and the Kentucky primary are taking place on the same day? These could be the two most lopsided primaries of the latter-part of the campaign -- one for Barack and the other for Hillary. In a year where the popular vote might actually matter (not just to the Superdelegates but to Hillary herself, whose decision to give up the fight could well turn on the ultimate outcome of the popular vote), every Oregon voter is extremely important.

We in the Potomac region gave Barack his substantial popular-vote margin. Look at Real Clear Politics and notice where that vote would be if not for D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Well, my Oregon friends, if we were to cut out your state, Hillary might indeed make up some major ground in states like PA, WV and KY ... and in Puerto Rico. Obama is depending on Oregon as a firewall; it might be every bit as important to the popular vote as North Carolina, where Hillary should win a much higher percentage than in Oregon.

So viva Oregon! Obama-nation needs you.

We may not have a physical location yet in Central Oregon, but we are a large, active group. Last night's Obama table at the Bend Art Hop was surrounded by interested Central Oregonians changing their voter registration from independent to Democrat. Today at 3 p.m. Obama for America will hold a training at the Bend Public Library before we pair up and head out to canvass Central Oregon neighborhoods and register voters.

If you live in Central Oregon and want to become involved in the campaign to elect Barack Obama, join us Monday evening April 7 at 6 p.m. at the Bend Public Library, 601 NW Wall St. If you can't be there, you can go to www.BarackObama.com and plug in your zipcode to locate groups near you. Join Central Oregon for Barack Obama and watch for our next volunteer opportunity.

Clinton will have a ground game in Oregon?

Hahahahahahahahahhahahaha! Good one.

Paulie, I'm glad to see Jackson County get the attention it deserves. I stand corrected.

Katy, I should also point out that Senator Obama already has 32 offices in Pennsylvania last time I counted. So we don't mind them throwing a few offices our way, including one in Medford coming up which Paulie mentioned. This is all great ground work for the general election as well.

We are getting ready to canvass this morning in Medford and are fired up!!

Volunteerism, priceless.

Katy: "why does he need so many offices in Oregon when he's already of course going to win here? Might be better spent in PA?"

Obama's success has come by not taking any state for granted, by running a 50 state strategy. And, not the least concern, and one benefit of a prolonged primary, is the campaign infrastructure of trained volunteers, relationships, offices, phones, etc. gets created for the General Election.

That's right. And if I'm a superdelegate, I like seeing the coattails he is creating to help other Democrats get elected.

This probably sounds like a whine, but I wonder why Dems don't put offices in Salem? As far as I know, there are no Merkley, Novick, Obama or Clinton offices here. You seldom find statewide candidates speak here, and Obama's visit really proves the point - we haven't had a presidential candidate speak here in decades!

We are the 2nd (depending on the counting method) largest city in Oregon, but have to rely on folks from Portland or Eugene (or Corvallis!) to do grass-roots organizing.

I've been told that strategists write us off because we have a more Republican registration, but that doesn't apply to primaries. Besides, there are a lot of Dems, NAs and even moderate Republicans here who could be persuaded to vote.

Is it because "the Portland stations cover Salem?" Anyone who lives here can tell you the emptiness of that assumption.

So, seriously, as a question to all of you progressive strategists out there: why do the Dems write off Salem in the primaries?