Obama Orgainizing Meeting - Wow.

Just got back from the Obama organizing meeting in Columbus at Plumbers and Pipefitters. Very impressive turnout of maybe 400+ people. For an organizing meeting (which is usually boring affair), people were pretty pumped-up. Some effective rah-rah from Rep. Ted Celeste and others, then nitty-gritty details from the organizers.

I wish I had gotten a picture of the number of people who raised their hands when asked if this was their first presidential campaign - it must've been at least 3/4 of everyone there. I think that's great, but it does mean that direction and leadership is going to be even more important. Having seen the Kerry campaign from the inside, there are a lot of mistakes that can be avoided.

At the meeting we learned that Michelle Obama will be at Ohio State this Friday, February 15th at 12:30pm. They don't have a location yet - keep an eye on the calendar.

All in all, quite an evening.