huffingtonpost.com - 10/23/2009
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They were ubiquitous, they were tech-savvy, they were vocal -- nearly a year after the election, where are the young Obama supporters?
Where are the voters under 30 who preferred Obama over McCain in a staggering 66-32 percent margin, the biggest of any age group? Where is the mainstream ...
wnd.com - 10/19/2009
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wnd.com —
TEL AVIV President Obama's presidential campaign focused on
"making" the news media cover certain issues while rarely...
communicating anything to the press unless it was "controlled," White House Communications Director Anita Dunn disclosed to the ...
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White House admits: We 'control' news media
spiegel.de - 10/16/2009
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spiegel.de —
Barack is Too Busy Obama Cancels Plans to
Attend Berlin Wall Anniversary US President Barack Obama has...
shelved his plans to attend festivities marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will ...
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SPIEGEL ONLINE
blogs.abcnews.com - 10/31/2009
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OBAMA ONLINE -- Where Are The Young Supporters?
It's Not That Simple —
... president needs to be a leader not a wing-man here. It's OK to lose a battle. It's unacceptable to not get in the game! To be fair, and I don't mean to contradict what I just said but, we DO need some patience on some issues. We need to understand that SOME initiatives NEED time in order to be done correctly. On issues that matter most, to paraphrase Madeleine Albright, by not doing anything "...this is not cojones," she said. "This is cowardice." Read the Article at HuffingtonPost ...
Clearing the Cache: Virtual Organization, Real Pin
techPresident —
... MomsRising, the web-based organization co-founded by MoveOn co-founder Joan Blades and whose growth we profiled in a PdF Network call this summer, is pinning members of Congress in support of health care reform. (Photo courtesy of MomsRising)
The National Security Archive is now blogging. Alas, every third word is redacted.
As campaigning has turned to governing, has Obama forgotten the young ones? (Thanks Shaun Dakin)
ProPublica has ...
When Hope Meets Reality
The American Prospect Articles —
... among voters under 30 in Virginia was 58.7 percent in 2008, a 15-point increase from four years prior. But youth turnout in the state's gubernatorial election this year was only 17 percent. Meanwhile, some like Jose Antonio Vargas at The Huffington Post have argued that the administration hasn't bothered to engage young people like the way the campaign did. But it isn't just about youth; it's about everyone who was moved by what will probably end up being the most inspiring presidential campaign of their lifetime. If the Obama campaign didn't necessarily create millions ...
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