In 2008 many Labour supporters, caught up in the excitement of the presidential race, headed out to the US in order to experience the Obama campaign first-hand. Included among these people were a group of 80 members of the Labour Staff Network and the Young Fabians who spent the last week of the campaign in the key state of Ohio.

Below is a collection of essays containing further thoughts and ideas on campaigning from Obama ’08 volunteers.

1.	Lessons from America: What to take home from Obama ’08	by David Singleton
2.	The movement that walks, not the money that talks	by Mark Rusling
3.	People and politics: Ohio lessons	by Anon.
4.	Winning for working families	by Ian McLaughlin
5.	Investors in people - How the Obama campaign swept all before them	by Adrian Prandle
6.	Fired up and ready to go	by Alex O’Donoghue
7.	Building support for Labour	by James Hulme
8.	What I learnt in Ohio	by Andy Taylor
9.	The rise of the Web 2.0 campaign	by Shruti Dudhia
10.	Union political organising: Labour to Labour	by Jason Hunter
11.	Respect, empower, include: Making the case for office	by Jessica Studdert
12.	The product, not the packaging	by Rhona Brown
13.	Opening doors	by James Green