Another side of Barack

Turns out that the California office I had reported on earlier is not connected with Obama for America.

Instead it belongs to an independent 527 PAC known as Californians for Obama chaired by Emmett Cash III.

Obama campaign manager David Plouffe sent out an email today with an interesting video of the Dinner with Barack event showing "another side of Barack."

A week ago, four supporters from all over the country were flown to our nation's capital to share a meal -- and their stories -- with Barack Obama.

The conversation covered topics ranging from the war in Iraq to student loans to poverty.

But they also talked about cartoons, YouTube, and teaching kids to ride bikes.

You've got to watch this video:

http://my.barackobama.com/dinner

These dinner guests were not Washington lobbyists or representatives of special interests.

They were small-dollar donors who participated in our Dinner with Barack campaign -- Christina, Haile, Michael, and Margaret each gave between $5 and $25 and got the kind of personal time with Barack that other politicians reserve for the wealthy and powerful.

In addition to the video from the dinner, we have four more short video profiles of each of the participants. Watch the videos, and let us know what you would have asked Barack if you'd been there:

http://my.barackobama.com/dinner

Thank you so much for your support.

David

David Plouffe
Campaign Manager
Obama for America

P.S. -- One of the dinner guests, Haile Rivera, works with New York City food pantries and spoke to Barack about the challenges of the urban poor. Today, Barack gave a speech outlining his agenda to combat urban poverty. For more on Barack's vision and plan to revitalize our urban centers, click here:

http://www.barackobama.com/issues/fightingpoverty/