marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 1/17/2009
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PHILADELPHIA, PA -- The Obama political machine is merging with the Democratic National Committee. The President-elect launched Obama 2.0, or Organizing for America, this morning with a YouTube video. An Obama political aide said that OFA will be housed at the Democratic National Committee, ...
voices.washingtonpost.com - 1/17/2009
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sapitos44 wrote, "That's why I'm asking people like
you who fought for change during the campaign to
continue fighting for change in your communities." Did you notice the 'change': from 'change' in DC to 'change in your communities'. He is not ...
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politico.com - 1/19/2009
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politico.com —
In a video message to supporters, Obama gives
his campaign organization a name -- "Organizing for America"
-- and a mission: running a permanent campaign for his legislative and governing agenda. It's a potentially hugely, uniquely ...
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Obama’s America
The Moderate Voice —
Today Obama announced the creation of a permanent organizing body that will help push his goals. Here’s the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfGNgacysHg
I have to confess I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, I believe that ...
Organizing for America
The Reaction —
By Michael J.W. Stickings Or: Obama 2.0. Which is fine. The question all along has been how best to take advantage of, in a positive way, Obama's massive grassroots campaign, how to translate success in 2008 into success in 2010, 2012, and beyond. And merging that campaign, Obama's "machine," into the DNC, that is, with the formal party apparatus, may very well be the best way to do it. Just as long as it isn't all about re-electing Obama in ...
Obama 2.0
The Democratic Daily —
President-elect Obama has launched Obama 2.0:
Click here to view the embedded video.
H/T Marc Ambinder.
Tags: Marc Ambinder, President Elect, YouTube
Barack Obama 2.0 gets a name
Political Animal —
... months of consultation with the grass-roots network built by Obama during the campaign; more than 500,000 online surveys seeking guidance were filled out, and the group was created out of those recommendations. [...] By keeping Organizing for America within the DNC, and running it with a small handful of campaign operatives, Obama is ensuring that the political machine, and political brand, he built during the campaign are preserved and protected over the coming years. Marc Ambinder noted that Jennifer O'Malley Dillon, Jeremy Bird, and Mitch Stewart, all aides from the Obama ...
1/22: Caroline Bows Out
Blogometer —
... instead." Graham-Felsen, understandably, defended the Obama campaign's outreach to progressive bloggers, as well as the campaign's outreach to Internet users more generally. He pointed out that the Obama camp held weekly conference calls with selected bloggers during the general election (even though Obama himself did not participate in these calls) and that "we basically exerted zero censorship" on my.barackobama.com. Graham-Felsen also spoke positively about the new DNC-housed Organizing For America . He noted that many of the leaders in Obama For America (such as Mitch ...
Updated Obama Primer
The Reaction —
... -- is the result of legislation authored by Senators Obama and Coburn in 2006 and launched in 2007. To quote Obama, "We should do everything we can to ensure that the American public can easily access and track how the Federal government does its business," said Senator Obama. "Our government took an important step last year by launching USASpending.gov and giving ordinary citizens an important tool to hold Washington accountable. "*Obama for America becomes Organizing for America" in a merger with the Democratic Party. ...
Strategy Can Be Ideology, But the Party is Not a Movement
Daily Kos —
... that. But should we sit back and expect that Democrats in Congress and the administration will fight for the best possible policies without pressure from the grassroots? Equally, no. And an arm of the party is never a part of the grassroots. No matter how effectively OFA engages grassroots activists, for instance, its priorities and strategies are defined by Barack Obama's legislative priorities and by the need to maximize Democratic support (ie voting), and it is an arm of the DNC. We fight to elect Democrats, but when they are in office, we have to take a page ...
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thenation.com 12/24/2008 — Barack Obama does not look like any other American president, but more important, his supporters look different from every other president's base. They are the most connected national constituency in history. During the campaign, Obama's aides ...
What Next for My.BarackObama.com?
techpresident.com 11/8/2008 — Lots of people are wondering what will happen to the Obama campaigns huge network of online supporters and on-the-ground organizers. For example, Gara Lamarche, the executive director of the Atlantic Philanthropies is . But so far there's little ...
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techpresident.com 1/30/2009 — Organizing for America sent out a request for house parties today, asking people to watch a video about Obama's economic recovery plan, talk about it with their friends, and build support for it. While there will be tweaks, this is the kind of action ...
DNC Launches Major Campaign To Pass Budget
politics.theatlantic.com 3/21/2009 — The Democratic National Committee's 50-state canvass this weekend in support of President Obama's budget proposals marks the beginning of a months-long election-style campaign and includes several elements not previously disclosed, including ...
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First Read 1/17/2009
From NBC's Chuck Todd and Domenico MontanaroIn what has become one of Barack Obama's preferred means of communicating to the American public -- a YouTube address -- he announced an new organization called “Organizing for America.”
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