Michiganders to party as Obama speaks
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
... is soliciting supporters to hold parties Sept. 4 when he makes his speech at the GOP convention.Tim Bledsoe, a political science professor at Wayne State University, said the phenomenon began in 2004 but exploded this year."The idea is that anytime you can build a community, even a short-lived community, around a campaign, you're doing something that may pay off at the polls," said Bledsoe,...
