Obama up live again from SD...Sioux Falls

[BeyondGeography]

http://www.cnn.com/video/live/live.html?stream=stream3

[FrenchieCat]

1. Thanks!

:hi:

[BeyondGeography]

3. Daschle's a believer

Gotta love him...

[tishaLA]

11. Does anyone know the story behing Daschle's relationship

with Obama? How did he become a champion of Barack, and so early? Surely they didn't know each other before 2004....or at least I can't imagine they did.

[BeyondGeography]

13. Great piece on that here

The relationship between the two men began in 2004, shortly after Mr. Obama won the Senate Democratic primary in Illinois. Despite being the Democratic leader, Mr. Daschle was locked in a far more difficult campaign than Mr. Obama’s. Through the summer and fall, Mr. Obama made himself available to help Senate Democrats. He did not travel to South Dakota to campaign, but raised money for Mr. Daschle.

After Mr. Daschle’s defeat, Mr. Obama sought his help in hiring some key Daschle staff members, calculating that a seasoned team could help him learn more quickly to navigate Capitol Hill. Pete Rouse, Mr. Daschle’s longtime adviser, became Mr. Obama’s chief of staff, and Mr. Obama has since absorbed several other former Daschle political strategists and communications staff members.

After the 2006 elections, Mr. Obama turned to Mr. Daschle again. At Mr. Rouse’s urging, Mr. Obama confided his interest in a White House run to Mr. Daschle, seeking guidance from someone who had nearly taken the plunge himself. Four years earlier, Mr. Daschle had been on the verge of mounting a presidential bid, but ultimately declined.

The two met for a dinner at the downtown Washington restaurant Tosca, a favorite of Mr. Daschle’s, talking about Mr. Obama’s chances late into the night over Italian food and wine at the restaurant’s chef’s table.

“My message to Barack was, ‘Don’t always think you will have another shot,’ ” said Mr. Daschle, who now provides high-priced policy advice at the firm of Alston & Bird. “You just never know what the future will hold.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/us/politics/05daschle.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[FrenchieCat]

4. Daschle is pretty....FIRED UP, shall we say?

Never seen him quite this excited! :wow:

[tokenlib]

2. Daschle is fired up!!!

He seems laid back--even when fired up..:)

[jaysunb]

6. Chief of Staff Daschle ???

:shrug: ???

[BeyondGeography]

8. Oh yeah

Team player all the way.

[milkyway]

9. Yes, that seems right. Daschle's been his earliest and most trusted supporter.

[helderheid]

5. rec 2 - I am SO excited - Obama is our next President!!!

[helderheid]

7. KICK!!!!!!!

[livetohike]

10. K+R

:kick:

[ClayZ]

12. K and R

[milkyway]

14. kick

[milkyway]

15. LOL. Someone held up a Hillary sign and apparently were being told to take it down. Obama told

them let them keep it up, it's a free country. Just be neighborly and make sure the people behind you can see.

Barack's first instinct is to defuse a situation, unlike Bush/Cheney, whose first instinct is to inflame, turn people against each other, and create chaos.

[FrenchieCat]

16. That's how I saw it. He's great with adlibs!

He said there will be plenty of Hillary signs at the convention.....but there will be a lot of Obama signs too. LOL! He's got class.

[milkyway]

18. He is really great with ad libs, so natural and funny. Most people have only seen the lofty speeches

on election night, which are great, but they don't ever see this side of him.

[tishaLA]

17. yeah thats was a great moment

How sad that supporters of some candidates are trying to block the view of others.

[Thrill]

19. Wow that was the local news carrying that live

That has to be a plus