Archive for May, 2008

Washington State Button Power

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

“Can a button change the world?” You know what our answer is to that question. That is the question asked today on the BarackObama.com HQ Blog on a feature of none other than our button making Seattle friend Rose!  Here’s the link to the post:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/HQblog/gGB4qh
Congrats to Rose for the acknowledgment of all the hard work she and [...]

Daniel O’Brien Heads For Big Sky Country

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

One of the hardest working Obama supporters we have met, Daniel O’Brien, stopped by our house this morning on his way to Montana to volunteer for the campaign. We wouldn’t want Daniel to drive all the way to Missoula and show up empty handed now would we? So Joann and I stayed up late last [...]

Superdelegates and Increasing Productivity

Monday, May 26th, 2008

We got our first Washington Superdelegate on board with our YES WA CAN campaign.  Dwight Pelz, Washington State Democratic Central Committee Chairman is our most recent Washington State Superdelegate to support Obama and he showed up to our watch party/button making event last week. Dwight is now wearing one of our YES WA CAN buttons [...]

Buttons and More Buttons

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Here’s the two buttons I got from photographer and button maker Christy Cusick at our Congressional District caucus on May 17. They’re 1 inch buttons, but next to our 1 1/4 inch buttons they still seem tiny. Tiny=really cute! You can check out the other designs she uses at her Obama fundraising page. Here’s a [...]

Made With Volunteer Labor

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

We have been provided feedback by savvy political people in the know that we should add “Made With Volunteer Labor” to our buttons to distinguish them from buttons made by union labor or from a for-profit company. Some campaign offices may want that distinction indicated before they will give them out. Makes sense to me [...]