Sen. Edwards held a rally Sunday morning at the steps of the Manchester, NH, City Hall. While the rain held off, ONE members came out to show support for the world’s poorest people.

Before the event, I found Deb in a ONE Vote ‘08 shirt that she received when she attended the YearlyKos event in Chicago earlier this month. We spoke briefly about ONE Vote ‘08 and after the event I talked with her husband Doug about how ONE Vote ‘08 is a bi-partisan movement of Americans that want our country to better focus on the global AIDS pandemic and extreme global poverty, even noting Sen. Frist and Sen. Daschle as our co-chairs.

Like so many events, there were many many ONE members in the audience and everywhere you look you could see ONE bands…even on one prominent NH blogger.

After Sen. Edward’s speech, I was able to briefly thank him for his ideas about fighting global AIDS and ending abject poverty in Africa. He thanked me and pointed to my ONE Vote ‘08 shirt and told me how much he appreciated the work and efforts of the ONE Campaign. ONE member Shaun Doherty, who always wears his ONE band and is a big McCain supporter was able to snap a quick picture before Sen. Edwards boarded his bus for the next event.

It doesn’t matter which candidate you support, you have the ability to help focus US efforts on saving lives in Africa. From the activist, to the bloggers, to the caucus go-ers and primary voters, we are gaining momentum and traction on the ONE Campaign trail.

-Matthew Bartlett, ONE Regional Organizer