By Kate Miller
San Antonio, TX–Eloquent, but empty. Speeches, not solutions.
These are the main criticisms coming from McCain and Clinton in regards to his campaign, Barack Obama explained tonight in San Antonio.
Coming off the heels of a win in Vermont, but a loss in both Ohio and Rhode Island, Obama and his wife Michelle came out […]

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By: Laura J. Mansfield 
Barack Obama just finished speaking at the Municipal Building and on this very chilly Tuesday evening. He spoke with confidence, despite very tight election results that continue to come in. As of 10:56 p.m Clinton has 50.51% of the votes and Obama has 47.53%.
Obama took the stage with his wife Michelle Obama […]

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“Signed, Sealed, Delivered” is the song that’s playing as Barack and Michelle Obama walk off stage in San Antonio, but that title does not describe the Democratic nomination tonight.
Obama seemed a little shaky tonight - a little worried. It seemed that he spoke for no more than 15 minutes, reiterating to his supporters that […]

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“On the surface, it looks like Obama is really the front-runner,” Clinton supporter Melissa Guy told me Sunday. “But I think in Austin, it will be closer than they assume.”
After experiencing the overwhelming enthusiasm of students and volunteers these past few days at UT, it seemed Obama’s grassroots network was so strong that he […]

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By Kate Miller, Emily Kim, Laura J. Mansfield
The Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio, TX is gradually filling up with Obama supporters, many of whom are shuffling in after doing the Texas Two-Step.
Looks like his grassroots campaign is working…
We just polled 100 people as they entered the security line to come in. Out of these 100, […]

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The stage is ready for Barack Obama.

Cameras are set to film history.

International members of the press prepare to translate Obama’s big Texas finale into words for the world to experience.

And we wait.

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Brandon Chicotsky of the UT Obama campaign office has told me by phone that about 200 students voted this morning at the Jester Hall polling site on campus.
He said he expects that number to double this afternoon and triple this evening because “students are less apt to participate in civic activities in the morning.”
Chicotsky told […]

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These days, when you look up “King County, WA” in the dictionary, a picture of Barack Obama might accompany it.
Obama won 67 percent of the Washington State vote, compared to Clinton’s 31 percent. Every legislative district in King County went to Obama by an astonishingly high percentage, the highest being 81 percent in the 37th […]

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By Will Mari, SeattlePoliticore
SAN ANTONIO- It’s sunny and windy at Lions Field at San Antonio Christian School, located some 20 miles outside the city. A couple hundred high school students and a few parents fill the bleachers. Some look bored. Others look jazzed.
They’re here to support their man at this nonpartisan get-out-to-vote rally. In many […]

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The February 4th Texas primary is approaching, and young voters are getting involved: Away from the hustle and bustle of the bigger cities in Texas, San Antonio Christian School decided to hold a rally to educate their friends about the primary process, and express their political views.  More of what they had to say is coming […]

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