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Reflections on Saturday’s Women for Obama House Party in Cedar Rapids

By Obama Campaign in Iowa - Oct 30th, 2007 at 8:22 pm EDT

Also listed in: Iowa Women for Obama | Linn County Women for Obama

When the call went out about a Women for Obama House Party and the promise of a conference call with the Senator himself, of course we turned out! What was most interesting to me, though, was the variety of women who showed up. Don’t get me wrong – to be able to talk directly with Senator Obama was the highlight – but I can’t help but reflect on the interesting group of women who gathered on Saturday. First-timers to the political process (first-time voters, maybe?) seated next to seasoned veterans, across the table from women well-versed on so many topics, who sat next to women who listened without speaking.

Topics ranged from affordable child care to flex time to the ERA. (Just for the record, there were women who didn’t know that the ERA was the Equal Rights Amendment, so we had to do a quick history lesson for them.) And there was the added bonus of meeting Marianne Markowitz, the CFO for the whole Obama for President campaign, who came in from Chicago, just for the day.

The point of all my rambling is to say that Barack Obama is the best candidate for president because, just like he attracts the widest variety of people to his campaign, he will include the widest variety of people in changing this country! I’m always glad to hear Senator Obama say that he can’t change things by himself – he needs us! Everyone will have a seat at the table in the Obama administration. Thankfully.

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