By Max Follmer, Huffington PostThe Barack Obama campaign is getting ready to sharply crank up its already sizeable California operations even before voting takes place in the four early primary and caucus states.
"We're kicking it into a higher gear," former state controller and current California Obama campaign co-chair Steve Westly told The Huffington Post.
The campaign is preparing to redeploy a bumped-up wave of staff and volunteers and to the Golden State once the January caucus and primary votes are completed in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada, according to Westly.
The California primary takes place on so-called "Tsunami Tuesday," February 5.
Californians may see the first Obama television ads after the first of the year as well as a drive to maximize absentee voting for Obama. Absentee ballots are available starting Jan. 7 and a high percentage of California Democrats vote by mail.
In a sign of a possible shift in momentum in the state, Westly said that California-based fundraisers previously aligned with the other major Democratic candidates have defected to the Obama camp.
"I cannot give you any names, but I can tell you that there have been other people from other teams who have come over," Westly said.
When asked if the defections came from the Hillary Clinton or John Edwards campaigns Westly said: "I think that would be a good guess. And that has all happened in the past two weeks."
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