While organizers geared up for a massive turnout at Tuesday’s appearance in Madison by Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, supporters of his rival, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, today stepped up their call for the two to face each other in a Milwaukee debate.
Obama spokesman Dan Leistikow said the response to Obama’s appearance has been “tremendous. We sent out an initial e-mail to about 9,000 people in the Madison area. Within 24 hours, 50 percent of those people not only read the e-mail, but RSVPed on the Web site. That is unprecedented.”
Leistikow said the event “will be more than just a rally” and that attendees are being asked to bring their cell phones so they can find new ways “to take action and volunteer via text messaging.”