This from Gersh at the Brooklyn Paper:

"Hillary Clinton cannot be elected president of the United States.
Too many people hate her. And many of the people who support her do so
out of a sense of obligation or desire to re-fight — and this time win
— some old battles that are probably better left unfought (unless Gore
gets into the race, then I say, “Fight away!”).

"The good news, of
course, is that if the Hillary Express is to be derailed, it will
happen in Brooklyn. Just ask the hungry activists behind Brooklyn for
Barack — the suddenly everywhere grassroots effort to defeat Clinton
and put Illinois Sen. Barack Obama on top of the Democratic ticket.

"The
other night, I attended one of the group’s first gatherings at Soda,
the Vanderbilt Avenue bar, where I found myself impressed by the
budding Obamanics — and not just because they had their information
meeting during Happy Hour (which was a nice touch).

"Full
disclosure: I don’t often find myself impressed when it comes to
political activists. Either they’re too naïve (“C’mon, everyone! If we
can create a movement, we can beat the machine!”) or too stridently
partisan (“President Bush must be impeached for replacing the White
House coffee with Folgers Instant." read more Gersh at the Brooklyn Paper.

The next Brooklyn for Barack meeting will be on Thursday, April 26 at a location to be announced (check www.brooklynforbarack.org
for information). A fundraiser, “Art for Obama,” will be April 19 at
the Brooklyn Artists Gym (168 Seventh St. at Third Avenue). Visit www.artforobama.com for information. And of course, the citywide “Obamathon” is May 12.