August 26, 2008

DNC: Obama Mobile USA

Posted by Sarah Burris at 10:00AM

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Waiting outside the press credentialing area today was a Volvo Station Wagon covered from head to toe in bumper stickers.

"We had to buy them ourselves," Samantha Woods told me. "The Obama campaign didn't believe that we were really going to do it. They thought we just wanted stickers."

The Samantha and Annie began with a crazy idea, their site Obama Mobile says.

The "two sisters ... are excited about the political grassroots movement that is sprouting up all over the country. We want YOU to be too! That’s why we decided to take a creative political voice and sticker our Volvo Wagon in over 500 Barack Obama stickers!"

They are hoping that their guide will influence other young people to do the same with their cars. To get to the convention the two fundraised by creating t-shirts and Obama items that they sell on their site and to people around town.

Outside was also the Curator for the Division of Politics and Reform for the Smithsonian institute in Washington DC. Mr. Bird is here searching for the ultimate swag that represents this convention for the museum. He was quick to offer the girls his card and examine some of their t-shirts they were making in the back. Their hope was to donate the entire car to the museum.

"Hopefully the Obama Presidential Museum," Samantha said.

Beginning in California and driving the way to Denver in the car, the girls blogged and photographed their adventure saying

"We find ourselves on the 101 cruzin' down the road. Driving through agriculture California and seeing all the immigrants working early in the fields - a visual reminder of what our country is built and based on. I am so excited for reform in this country ... "

Their site focuses on their hope for the change they believe Obama will bring to foreign policy. Specifically featuring videos from him about Iraq and his urgency for a safe withdraw, they also include a dollar counter that adds the daily amount of money that the war has cost the US.

They are excited to be at the convention and are hopeful to receive press credentials from Current TV which they said must be stuck in traffic because they had not arrived.

"Its a pretty sweet adventure," Annie said.