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Email Could Be Powerful Governing Tool
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
Bloomberg: "Obama finished the presidential race with 13 million names
and e-mail addresses, more than 3 million of whom donated what
is believed to be more than $700 million to his campaign. That
gives him a grassroots organization rivaling any competing
interest group, a tool to pressure Congress that no other
president has had. The list represents a number equal to 10
percent of those who went to the polls on Nov. 4."
Really?
Daily Kos —
While I won't argue that Barack Obama's vast email list isn't going to be a powerful tool during his presidency, this article seems to miss the obvious: the 13 or so million people on that list don't march in lockstep. The millions of donors who enabled Barack Obama to shatter campaign-fundraising records and build a nationwide network of supporters may also help him rewrite the rules for governing. [...] "When President Obama says, '21 members of Congress are standing in the way of my health plan,' one out of 10 voting Americans start to go to work on those members of Congress,'' said Democratic consultant Joe ...
