by John McCormick
WATERLOO, Iowa — When your name starts with an “O,” it presents an opportunity for something a little different from the traditional rectangular campaign sign.
Dozens of pizza-sized, circular signs waved in the crowd – including some used as fans – as Sen. Barack Obama spoke this afternoon to several hundred gathered in a warm gymnasium at a boys and girls club here.
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Obama’s campaign has not given a name to the red, white and blue “O” signs, which made their debut in Iowa a couple weeks ago at Sen. Tom Harkin’s annual steak fry.
They have the campaign’s horizon-like logo, but do not have the candidate’s name in large print, as is tradition for political signs. They also look like they could make a pretty good Frisbee, unlike the traditional campaign signs also distributed at the Illinois Democrat’s events.