Crossing Over

11:30 a.m. CDT, Sioux Falls

Obama headquarters seemed like a quiet and calm place when I arrived to speak with volunteers.

Matt Lehrich, Obama’s press secretary for the Sioux Falls headquarters, was pleasant when he invited a video crew and me into the headquarters. Understandably, he politely asked us to get the information we needed and get on with our day.

Most volunteers were on the phone making sure that citizens knew where to vote, had a way of getting there and, if they had finished, for whom they had voted.

Terry Peters, 56, is a registered Republican volunteering for Obama.  She said the senator was the only candidate she feels makes sense.

“I like what he’s saying,” she said. She also said she feels as if the senator is speaking from the heart.

Peters’ daughter, Emily, is a registered Democrat also volunteering for Obama. Emily said jokingly that she had helped her mother cross over to the other side.

Today is mom’s first and only day volunteering for Obama. She said she thinks the economy is an issue hitting the country, and herself, the hardest.

—Jamie Hughes, American Indian Journalism Institute