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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Barack Obama 2.0
Political Animal —
... that Obama campaign manager David Plouffe is reportedly prepared to oversee Obama's "sprawling grass-roots political operation, which boasts 13 million e-mail addresses, 4 million cellphone contacts and 2 million active volunteers." The LA Times reports on the kind of organization, known internally as " Barack Obama 2.0 ," we're likely to see. 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 ...
Daily Digest: Crafting Obama's Triangle of Press, Public, and Politics
techPresident —
... The LA Times' Peter Wallsten serves up what at first glance looks like some juicy details on what evolution of Barack Obama's campaign organization will look like once he puts his hand on the Bible Tuesday. Dig into it a bit, though, and it starts to read a lot like a super-charged version of the ...
Barack Obama 2.0 gets a name
Political Animal —
BARACK OBAMA 2.0 GETS A NAME.... The LA Times reported the other day on the effort to turn Barack Obama's campaign structure into a post-election organization, taking advantage of the network and team of volunteers. Yesterday, the political operation, which boasts 13 million e-mail addresses, 4 million cellphone contacts, and 2 million active volunteers ...
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