Posted on 01/30/2009 2:41:50 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
President Barack Obama's last campaign was all about winning the presidency. Now his political supporters are throwing election-style house parties across the country to try to get people behind his economic stimulus plan.
Obama's Organizing for America chief Mitch Stewart sent an e-mail to part of the group's e-mail list and urged them to tell their neighbors about the president's plan to save or create more than 3 million jobs. It's an early test for the ability of a network of political supporters to deliver Obama's re-election in 2012.
"Join thousands of people across the country who are coming together to watch a special video about the recovery plan," Stewart wrote in an e-mail many supporters received Friday. "Invite your friends and neighbors to watch the video with you and have a conversation about your community's economic situation."
The e-mail message carefully avoided any specific action: no phone calls to lawmakers, no e-mails to opinion-makers, no letters to the editor. Obama and his aides have been clear that the organization shouldn't be considered an advocacy group for the White House's policy agenda.
Instead, aides say, next week's house parties would keep millions of Obama's grass-roots volunteers engaged.
Obama's $825 billion economic bill passed easily in the Democratic-controlled House even though it failed to garner a single Republican vote. It looks to be on solid ground as it heads toward a Senate debate; Vice President Joe Biden says some Republicans will support it and take it to victory.
By having Obama's millions-strong organization linked to the legislation, supporters would enjoy a sense of victory even if their actions play no role in passing the bill. It also is a way to test the organization's data management tools, which during the campaign to track specific voters.
(Excerpt) Read more at montereyherald.com ...
0 wants our children to grow up in debt and Communism.
“Obama and his aides have been clear that the organization shouldn’t be considered an advocacy group for the White House’s policy agenda.”
Obama continued, “But make sure those that refuse to go along with the program give you their names, addresses, phone numbers and SSN’s..”
Not an advocacy group my a*s..it’s EXACTLY what they are..
Oh, I don’t know - I think it is kind of a cute way to get his followers out of their basements. The thought of those wackos ‘socialing’ is somewhat entertaining.
I suppose we could hold parties to thank God we aren’t them.
We’re watching the development of the “Blueshirts.”
Pocket 0bama, http://www.pocketobama.com/
ActBlue, http://www.actblue.com/
Change Corp, http://www.changecorps.org/about/index.asp
0bama Volunteer Corp, http://www.dnc.org/page/group/ObamaVolunteerCorps
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