Obama Fix # 2 -- Get Rid of OFA
Time for OFA to be scrapped. At least as it currently exists. I can't tell you how disappointed I was after all of our kick-butt, grassroots groups -...
Time for OFA to be scrapped. At least as it currently exists. I can't tell you how disappointed I was after all of our kick-butt, grassroots groups -...
Linnie Frank Bailey | Posted 05.25.2011
Did I catch a glimpse of MYBO -- the Barack Obama of My.BarackObama.com -- last week? Is he back? Now if he can just figure out how to re-engage all of his friends across the country, the ones who are disgusted with Repubs AND Dems.
Chris Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011
What went hand in hand with the technology that helped elect Barack Obama was a resolute and unyielding focus on good-old-fashioned political organizing. What's missing now is the organizing leadership.
The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011
The Obama campaign's website was repeatedly hacked during the 2008 campaign, the President revealed today. ...
Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011
Two top organizers behind Barack Obama's campaign huddled with political techies on Wednesday, discussing the future of the Obama movement at a Harvard summit on web politics.
Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011
Tech advances -- and the new media they've made possible -- have had a game-changing effect on the political world. To explore this brave new world of broadband politics and political coverage, HuffPost is hosting a discussion during the Democratic National Convention.
Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011
Obama's team wants everyone to know -- this massive list of energized activists is the biggest stick Obama will carry in Washington.
Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011
Three years ago, web activists were undeniable outcasts in Democratic politics and no bar outside of Berkeley could spell "netroots." Now, the movement has an open line to every player in the party.
Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011
Though they Obama/FISA protest group now has one objective (urging Obama to change his vote), by increasing its membership, mission and ambition, it has the makings of a broader successful net movement.
Dawn Teo | Posted 05.25.2011
This group should work to defeat the FISA bill by pressuring enough senators to make sure it fails to pass. Instead, a great number of them are targeting Obama and so shooting themselves in the foot.
Bob Ostertag | Posted 05.25.2011
Online protest has continued to grow against Obama's decision to support legislation granting legal immunity to telecom companies that cooperated with the Bush's program of wiretapping without warrants.
Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011
In many Democratic presidential campaigns, this is precisely the time when the base is ignored. Obama's base activists, however, are still getting heard.
Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011
Barack Obama tapped his sizeable grassroots network on Saturday, coordinating over 4,000 "Unite for Change" meetups across the country through the cam...
Linnie Frank Bailey | Posted 05.25.2011