Posted on 09/05/2013 5:54:43 AM PDT by don-o
Even as some congressional leaders expressed support for President Obama’s proposal to launch limited military strikes against Syria, many of them also insisted that it is up to the president to sell the plan to other lawmakers and the American people.
Despite the high stakes, however, the president has not activated one of his most powerful tools of political persuasion to help him win approval for the strike: Organizing for Action.
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Organizing for Action's campaign-style messaging could also provide some cover to vulnerable Democrats for whom the vote carries political risk.
One such Democrat, Sen. Mark Pryor, who is running for re-election in Arkansas, said this week that “the president needs to be very clear ... on the front end” about what a mission in Syria would accomplish. “I’m not satisfied in that area yet,” he said.
A Pew Research poll this week showed many Americans also are skeptical about another military mission in the Middle East, with just 32 percent saying the president has sufficiently explained his support for military intervention in Syria.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Organizing for Action is too busy registering voters at the nation’s cemeteries.
Pitching a war to OFA’s core constituents would be like pitching Priscilla, Queen of the Desert to a straight audience. No sale. Don’t bother.
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