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techpresident.com - 12/9/2008
Report from Chicago: "We're Making This Up As We Go Along"
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Some information is starting to filter out of this past weekend's "summit" in Chicago of about 300 key organizers from Barack Obama's 2008 campaign (evenly divided between regional field directors, field organizers, and team leaders). Tony Loyd, an organizer from Racine, Wisconsin, reports on ...
thenation.com - 12/9/2008
Making a New New Deal: Sitdown Strike in Chicago
— thenation.com — Much has been made about the prospect that Barack Obama's presidency might, due to economic necessity and... the president-elect's interventionist inclinations, be a reprise of the New Deal era. But there will be no "new New Deal" if Americans simply ... (more) Making a New New Deal: Sitdown Strike in Chicago

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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 12/17/2008
Making It To America
— andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com — A video that shows immigration to the US from 1820 to 2007. Each dot represents 100 people.... Maybe it's because I'm an immigrant myself, but I found this simple graphic deeply moving. Whatever America's faults, what other country draws so many for so ... (more) Making It To America
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techpresident.com - 12/12/2008
More Hints from Chicago on Obama For America 2
— techpresident.com — News continues to dribble out of Chicago on the future of Obama for America. First, Obama blogger... Christopher Hass says there are now some 4,000 house parties occurring this weekend across the country to foster discussion of the movement's future--a ... (more) More Hints from Chicago on Obama For America 2

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Remainders: Blago
Ben Smith's Blog — ... thinks this is bad for Obama. Sargent devises a novel solution for Blago. Toobin looks at Illinois politics then and now. Not much different. Lynn Sweet has the transcript of Fitzgerald's presser. In other news: Al Gore was there too. Susan Rice makes a move on Hillary's Foggy Bottom turf. Weigel brings the fringe. Gay advocates want Obama to check the openly gay box. And Obama's organizers discuss moving his legislative agenda and backing candidates. ...

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