The e-mails, phone calls – robo and live, invites and blogs are buzzing through every inch of available space, cyber and otherwise, in Ohio right now. In the last two hours alone I’ve received information about Barack Obama’s efforts to reach out to the Jewish community in Northeast Ohio, I was called by a live (as opposed to recorded) Hillary Clinton supporter about attending a rally tomorrow at a local high school and I’m gathering information for a fellow blogger coming into Cincinnati soon, from California, who may drop in on some campaign events.
And there’s still 19 days before Ohio’s primary on March 4.
For those who are curious, the NBC debate – the one that seemed to be in jeopardy because of MSNBC’s David Shuster “pimped out” comment regarding Chelsea Clinton’s activities on behalf of her mother’s campaign – will occur. Tickets are being issued by lottery to Cleveland State University students only, but students, faculty and staff can volunteer. Hardball will be broadcasting all day from an adjacent location with a different sign-up for tickets process, and information on press credentials has yet to be released.
Here are on the ground reports by Ohioans about the campaign events so far:
Scott Piepho reviews Chelsea speaking to students at the University of Akron, 2/14 (with photos)
Annie at The Chief Source describes the same event (with photos)
Eric Vessels gives his account of the Obama organizational meeting in Columbus last night (2/13) (with photos)
Jen at Democratic Underground describes the Obama organizational event in Cincinnati, 2/13
Man with the Muck-rake was at the Obama HQ opening event in Toledo, also on 2/13
For a population that was convinced as recently as the first week of January that Ohio wouldn’t make a difference, we are mostly very glad that we didn’t kowtow and change our primary date.