Earlier today the Barack Obama campaign asked their list to write a letter to super delegates about why they are supporting Obama’s candidacy. Here is what they suggested people write about:

Our work so far has taught us one important lesson: that your personal story about why you support Barack Obama is often the most powerful persuasion tool for someone who’s undecided. That’s true whether that undecided voter is your neighbor or a superdelegate.

The story of where you’re from, what brought you into the political process, the issues that matter to you, and why you became part of this movement has the potential to inspire someone who could cast a deciding vote in this contest.

I took a different track and decided to explain why I am supporting Barack Obama on the basis of his orientation towards organizing and building the Democratic party.

I work in politics. My job is to build up progressive infrastructure so that we can elect more Democrats to office, pass progressive legislation and make this country better reflect our values as Democrats.

To do that we need someone in the White House and in control of the DNC who is dedicated to that. It is not enough just to have a Democrat in the White House, we must build up the Democratic party as a whole.

To me the easiest way to tell their commitment towards these goals are to look at the way they are running their campaigns. Hillary Clinton is running a 50%+1 strategy. She focused on the largest states and winning early races. She has not been concerned with building a grassroots army of donors and volunteers. It is only recently that she has started empowering and relying on her volunteers and discovering the freeing power of a small dollar donor base.

In contrast Barack Obama built a true 50 state strategy. Heck he has had offices in Alaska and North Dakota. Specifically in SC, he built a new model of politics, one that was reliant on volunteers and peer-to-peer organizing. When his campaign packed up and left their office they did not leave the state empty handed. Instead they handed over their volunteer contacts list and voter ID information to the State Party. They left the state better than they found it.

I want a president who is not just happy with 4 years in the White House. I want a president who builds the Democratic party so that we have working majorities in both houses and easily elects another Democrats after they are turned out after 8 years.

That is why I have donated and volunteers for Barack Obama and why you should use your power as a superdelegate to support him.