"He's one of the strongest motivators for our grassroots in terms of voter turnout," said Rep. Steve Israel, the New York lawmaker who serves as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
this early work cemented Obama's close ties to Father Pfleger, whose support formed a critical component of Obama's grassroots network. Precisely because of this early link, Pfleger threw
the campaign on Wednesday launchedObama Pride: LGBT Americans for Obama, in outreach efforts to coalesce the community for the 2012 elections. Jamie Citron, the campaign’s LGBT vote director, discussed a grassroots strategy withreporters over a conference callannouncing the launch as organizers pushed...
This essay explores Barack Obama's invocation of the Exodus during his 2008 presidential campaign. It argues Obama's turn to Exodus, his rare embodiment of Joshua, and his renewal of the American covenant nicely addressed major rhetorical problems that he faced. Of equal importance, his campaign...
Grounded in relationship-management theory and dialogic principles in online relationship building, the study analyzed interviews with campaign staff, its Web site, and its news articles. Five themes emerged regarding the campaign's integration of the Internet and grassroots strategy; 6 themes surfaced...
Welcome to the informal grassroots network created to discuss Sen. Barack Obama's latest book and also lay the foundation to support Sen. Obama's future politcal efforts...whatever they may be.
In Barack Obama's bookDreams from My Father, beginning at the start ofChapter 9,he writes in detail about the efforts of community organizers to push a grassroots campaign advocating the removal of asbestos from the Altgeld Gardens housing project in Chicago. Although in his book Obama emphasiz...
Grassroots group calls for "The Million Regulators March" on Washington, supported by all who fear the loss of their betters telling them what to do Experts: Starbucks CEO Schultz's hiring of 10,000 Muslim refugees likely to blow up in his face Will the groundprog be frightened by i...
Patrick Gaspard is a great person. He is a key Assistant to President Obama, having served as the Political Director of the White House for the last two years and before that as Political Director to President Obama’s campaign. He understands the importance of grassroots politics and team bui...
“normalize” Trump and treat him like any other politician. We will need reporting that doesn’t do that. And we’ll need reporting that listens to the grassroots—that understands both where a movement like Trump’s comes from, and where the countervailing forces (and there are many) ...