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	<title><![CDATA[Will Obama Inspire a New Generation of Organizers?]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/obamas-new-generation-of_b_110321.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><em>This article originally appeared in <a href=" http://dissentmagazine.org">Dissent Magazine</a>.</em></p>

<p>Americans are used to voting for presidential candidates with backgrounds as lawyers, military officers, farmers, businessmen, and career politicians, but this is the first time we've been asked to vote for someone who has been a community organizer. Of course, Barack Obama has also been a lawyer, a law professor, and an elected official, but throughout this campaign he has frequently referred to the three years he spent as a community organizer...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Off The Bus]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-07-09T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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