Within the last week at least three sites have been launched or revamped to persuade the freshman senator to make a run for President.

Fellow Illinois Democrat Senator Dick Durbin sent a letter to political supporters this week encouraging them to sign a "Run, Barack, Run" petition. This petition hosted at www.runobamarun.com is just one of the petitions that has a specific goal in mind - showing Obama that he does indeed have the support of Democrats across the nation.

"In all my years in politics, I have only met one other person who connects with people as well as Barack does: former President Bill Clinton," Durbin wrote in his letter.

Two other draft Obama efforts are online. Democrat Todd Webster, who was a spokesman for former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle, created at http://www.runobama.com. He said more than 400 people had signed his petition as of Tuesday, six days after he launched the site.

Another effort went online in October and was revamped this week: http://www.draftobama.org/node. A press statement on the Web site says it was created by computer technician Ben Stanfield of Rockville, Md., who purchased the domain name in 2004 after seeing Obama's keynote speech to the Democratic National Convention.

Obama will make a trip to New Hampshire, the first primary state, in the early part of December to meet with State Democrats for a belated celebration of the midterm election victory. Perhaps after this trip we’ll get some indication of how successful the online efforts have been.

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Durbin's online petition: Run, Obama, Run