Sen. Obama was in Nashua yesterday to talk with New Hampshire voters about why he wants to be the next president of the United States. In his speech, he spoke about the need to fight AIDS and poverty in places like Africa and his plan to double US aid in these areas.

He also spoke about reforming the Farm Bill in the Senate and said how important it was for the Senate to shift farming payments. He even noted how many of these payments have been wasted and been given to deceased people and fortune 500 companies. By reforming the Farm Bill, we have a chance to help small US farms at the same time we allow poor African farmers to trade their way out of poverty.

After the event, Sen. Obama went around and shook hands with people and met some ONE members in the crowd. The Kinney’s were there and their daughter Carly and her friend Chandler, in ONE shirts, were able to thank Senator Obama for remembering the poorest people in the world. I was able to snap a quick photo as Sen. Obama thanked us and he moved down the line…only to find more ONE members thanking him for talking about AIDS and poverty in Africa.

Across the nation, ONE members are using their voice on behalf of the poorest of the poor, and the over 2.4 million Americans that know our country can beat global AIDS and end extreme global poverty when we act as ONE. ONE Vote ‘08 is making sure the next president of the United States – Republican or Democrat, man or woman – will be a leader in this global emergency!

-Matthew Bartlett, ONE Regional Field Organizer