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"Van Ostern has been one of Obama's critical weapons in this primary race: a young voter who is steeped in networking both online and off."
-The Washington Post, 01/09/08
Recent Press:
Most Unforgettable Moments of Barack Obama's Inauguration
"Tobin Van Ostern's...keynote speech"
-The Huffington Post, Anderson, 1/21/2009
"Young Voters Have Some Clout, And They Used It"
"They missed classes, skipped sleep and parties. Thousands spent countless hours instead knocking on doors to make a case for Barack Obama, the man who would be elected the next president of the United States. And many more young Obama supporters stood in line for hours to vote, some for the first time."
-The Associated Press, 11/09/2008
"Millenials Could Be Key Voters in Swing States"
"It was Obama who inspired them, and it was students like Van Ostern who figured out how to engage them.
'The excitement is definitely there,' explained Van Ostern. 'The question is how we translate that into feet on the ground.'"
-The Nation, 09/15/2008
"Vas Ostern, an 18-year-old freshman at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., said Facebook is a potent tool not just for the campaigns, but for anyone who wants to support their favored candidate. "Now every political candidate has a Facebook page, so not only are we able to connect like that, but also this idea of taking it to a Web site and starting a grassroots [effort] from Facebook works well," he said."
-CBS News, 02/05/2007