techpresident.com - 11/8/2008
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Lots of people are wondering what will happen to the Obama campaigns huge network of online supporters and on-the-ground organizers. For example, Gara Lamarche, the executive director of the Atlantic Philanthropies is . But so far there's little hard information. Yesterday, Chris Hughes, one ...
huffingtonpost.com - 11/10/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
After four years at the helm of the
Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean is preparing to relinquish
his chairmanship. Dean, who has been serving in the post since 2005, has said in the past that he would serve only one term, though his ...
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Dean Prepares To Step Down As DNC Chair
afp.google.com - 11/8/2008
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afp.google.com —
19 hours ago WASHINGTON (AFP) US voters want
the Republican Party, which took a beating in this
week's general elections, to embrace progressiveness and work with Democratic president-elect Barack Obama to get America back on track, a poll showed ...
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Work with Obama to fix US, voters urge Republicans: poll
tnr.com - 11/6/2008
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tnr.com —
Noam Scheiber's introduction to The O-List is below.
You can start scouring the list here: 1-5 6-10
11-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 In the spring of 2007, long before Sarah Palin became a feminist icon, before Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers reared their ...
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Obama's Washington: The O-List
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This Modern World —
... It would take a ton of effort and wrangling to set up. And I haven’t thought it through at all, particularly the various legalities involved. Just off the top of my head, I think you’d have to set up a vote on whether he’d succeeded and the money could be released. I’d also guess you’d might have to require each person to specify a second choice organization for the money to go if Obama fails, so they wouldn’t just get it back and be able send it to the campaign anyway. (See also this post by Micah Sifry about what’s going to happen to MyBarackObama and its tools.)
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