ajc.com - 11/6/2008
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WASHINGTON A powerful new lobbying force is coming to town: Barack Obama’s triumphant army of 3.1 million Internet-linked donors and volunteers. In a mass e-mail thanking them, written moments before his Grant Park victory speech, Obama put them on notice. “We have a lot to do to get our ...
thenextright.com - 11/4/2008
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thenextright.com —
As we draw closed the curtain on this
campaign, Nagourney has an Election Day look back on...
how 2008 changed the way campaigns are run. And not surprisingly, the chief protagonist is the Internet: “The great impact that this election will have ...
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The First Internet Election
floppingaces.net - 11/6/2008
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floppingaces.net —
How Obama’s Alinsky Army Intends to Change the
Rules for Our Democracy! Readers assignment: Below are excerpts...
from two articles which you must read to stay informed as cutting edge participants in the American political process. Rather ...
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Will 2008 Be the Last Free Election?
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Will 2008 Be the Last Free Election?
Flopping Aces —
... tilt the playing field, seed our side of the field with land mines and, in short, rig the process to make it next to impossible for the political right, or Republicans, to recover. And they are likely to succeed in at least some of these designs.
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Obama to take Internet army to Washington
By Frank Greve
McClatchy Newspapers
November 05, 2008
WASHINGTON — A powerful new lobbying force is coming ...
Obama's Internet "Brown Shirts" Go To Washington
The Jawa Report —
November 06, 2008 Obama's Internet "Brown Shirts" Go To Washington AJC In a mass e-mail thanking them, written moments before his Grant Park victory speech, Obama put them on notice. We have a lot to do to get our country back on track, and Ill be in touch soon about what comes next, he wrote.[...] Joe Trippi, the Internet politics guru whose computer geeks made Howard Dean a contender in 2004 and who went on to design Obamas socially networked campaign machine, offers a provocative and educated guess. Trippi predicted that Obama would use his forces, first and foremost, to ...
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