Opinion

USA Today:

Obama campaign manager David Plouffe says he gauges success by early voters' party affiliation or whether they live in largely Democratic areas. In bellwether Ohio, for instance, he says, "We really like where these votes are coming from." [...]

In Cuyahoga County, which Democrat John Kerry won by a 2-to-1 margin in 2004, nearly 45,000 people who affiliate with Democrats in primary elections have cast ballots, compared to 10,000 who vote in GOP primaries. In Hamilton County, where Bush won 53% in 2004, three in five early voters are affiliated with Democrats.

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) state campaign flexed it's organizational muscles today and released the following numbers:

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U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's Ohio director Aaron Pickrell made Mark Halperin's list today of the "five most important people in American politics not running for president."

Pickrell served as Gov. Ted Strickland's 2006 gubernatorial campaign manager and later as his chief operating officer.

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Watch this clip from U.S. Sen. Joe Biden's (D-Del.) visit to Athens on Wednesday.

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It doesn't mean we won't still hear about it for the next three weeks, and it doesn't mean you shouldn't be on the lookout for Mickey and Minnie on election day, but...

Some numbers announced by the Obama campaign today:

443,386: phone calls made to Ohio voters last week by Obama-Biden supports

391,743: homes visited by Obama canvassers last week

282,527: homes visited by Obama canvassers last weekend

6500+: number of volunteers canvassing last weekend 

89: Ohio Campaign for Change offices across the state

43: farthest distance, in miles, any voter in Ohio is from an Obama-Biden Campaign for Change office

13: Barns for Obama painted with Obama logo in Ohio

8: houses canvassed by Barack Obama in Toledo on Sunday