..closer to the machine...
Posted on 06/13/2008 7:02:45 AM PDT by K-oneTexas
Obama Moves DNC Offices to Chicago
Ben Smith & David Paul Kuhn, The Politico
Barack Obama’s move to merge key elements of the Democratic National Committee into his own campaign’s Chicago headquarters appears aimed at the goal of a centralized and united Democratic Party. The shift of the DNC’s political and field organizing operations to Chicago will consolidate the Democratic presidential campaign apparatus more than in either of the last two cycles, when staffers at DNC headquarters overlapped – and occasionally competed – with aides to Al Gore and John Kerry. Obama’s move also seemed aimed at producing minimum conflict: The DNC didn’t immediately fire any of its staff, and Obama’s aides have publicly embraced DNC Chairman Howard Dean’s vision of a party competitive in all 50 states. But it also left no doubt about where the new center of power lies: On the 11th floor of an undistinguished office tower on Michigan Avenue...The move to Obama’s headquarters puts the Windy City squarely at the center of American politics for the first time since it was the scene of a Democratic Party meltdown at the 1968 convention. Then and now, it’s a city whose central political feature – top-down machine control – is one legacy Obama has taken from his allies in the reigning Daley family. His campaign has been a model of leak-free discipline and clear lines of authority from the candidate and his guru, Chicago-based David Axelrod, through his campaign manager David Plouffe and a tight-knit staff. Read more...
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Into a REZCO property?
Easy access to major cemetaries for voter registration drives.
Nothing like settling the political headquarters in the most nefarious, festering, political cesspool in the country...
Al Capone and Mr. Daley, I hardly knew ya’...
Freakin’ Marxists!
To bad he did not move them to hell.
..closer to the machine...
Political criminals are easily recruited throughout Chicago and Cook County. Just think of all the money that can be saved on relocation and transportation costs.
And now the DNC is literally being integrated directly into the Daley political machine.
And don’t forget the best cops money can buy.
Hmmm...interesting. Considering the number of FBI officers investigating City Hall, you would think he’d want to stay FAAAAAR away from Chicago.
Methinks that without Chicago Obama is what he is - nothing.
LOL!!
Priceless~~
There is not enough pork-barrel jobs being handed out by the Chicago city and Illinois state governments, someone has to pick up the slack.
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