latimes.com - 1/14/2009
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Reporting from Washington -- As Barack Obama builds his administration and prepares to take office next week, his political team is quietly planning for a nationwide hiring binge that would marshal an army of full-time organizers to press the new president's agenda and lay the foundation for his ...
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Obama 2.0, in detail
Ben Smith's Blog —
One must-read I meant to link earlier: Peter Wallsten's scoop on the future of Obama 2.0.
Though the plan still is emerging, one source with knowledge of the internal discussion said the organization could have an annual budget of $75 million in privately raised funds. Another said it would deploy hundreds of paid staff members -- possibly one for every congressional district in certain politically important states and even more in larger battlegrounds such as Florida, Ohio, Colorado, Virginia and North Carolina.
The full-time staff is likely to consist primarily ...
Barack Obama 2.0
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
President-elect Obama's political team "is quietly planning for a nationwide hiring binge that would marshal an army of full-time organizers to press the new president's agenda and lay the foundation for his reelection," the Los Angeles Times reports. ...
links for 2009-01-15
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
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Retooling Obama's campaign machine for the long haul - The permanent Obama Campaign 2.0
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