On top of Mt. Washington, overlooking the beautiful city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, Pittsburgh native and former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, and Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl held a press conference yesterday in support of our nominee.
The three kicked off "Steps for Change", which blogger Kevin Hartnett explains in a post at BarackObama.com.
There are 712 staircases which run up and down the hills of Pittsburgh and today they each served as a launching point for 712 canvasses which spread throughout the city to bring details of Barack's economic plan to the voters of Pittsburgh.
As Kevin notes, Gov. Rendell focused on Obama's economic plan, and called out the McCain camp for lying about Obama's position and record, pointing out in several charts how the Obama plan will save the vast majority taxpayers more money than the McCain plan.
You can estimate your own tax savings at ObamaTaxCut.com, an independent site that allows you to see how much Barack's economic plan will cut your taxes. Most economists agree, Obama has the better strategy. Of course, McCain has economic advisors, too. Like Phil Gramm, who thinks we're a 'nation of whiners' and who's linked to the subprime mortgage crisis, UBS and Enron.
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After the press conference, we took to the streets, or in this case, the steps, to canvass for Barack. My canvassing partner, who you can see with the Gov. in a couple photos in the slide show, is a 72 year old tennis player, the same age as John McCain, who puts him to shame with her energy and enthusiasm.
The two of us hit about 50 houses yesterday, and had a great time talking to voters, registering new ones, and signing up a couple new volunteers, then met up with other canvassers for a beer 'in church' to talk about our experiences and rest up after a great afternoon of meeting voters and talking to them about why Barack Obama's economic plan is the right one to put the country back on track, and reminding them about really bad Republican ideas, like their continued attempts to privatize Social Security.
Only 44 days to go, and there are still a lot of people to talk to, and plenty of opportunities to hook up with other supporters to get the word out. Let's fight the lies of the McCain campaign, one step at a time.
