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DNC Urges D.C. Residents To Ask For The Vote Of Their Non-Voting Congresswoman

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

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Far be it for me to criticize the campaign arm of the White House/DNC, Organizing For America, seeing as they have successfully gotten one more presid...

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20 Powerful Health Care Reform Ads Made By Regular People (VIDEO)

Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

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Organizing for America has picked 20 finalists for its Health Care Reform Video Challenge. The winner will air on national television. See all the ads...

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The Public Necessity

Tom Sullivan | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

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Tom Sullivan

If America believes it needs not just a public option, but a public necessity, more Americans will have to get up off the couch and go get it.

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Friday Talking Points [99] -- Misdirection

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

The real head-scratcher for serious media-watchers right now is what the "war" between the White House and Fox News was meant to distract us from this week. The "war" itself is laughable, for a number of reasons.

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Want Healthcare Reform? Pick Up The Phone.

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Yesterday, over 300,000 people picked up the phone and called Congress demanding health care reform this year. The phones ringing off the hook certainly did not go unnoticed by Congress.

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Obama Uses Facebook, Twitter To Advance Health Care Reform

Huffington Post | Posted 10.21.2009 | Technology

Read More: Social Media, Obama, Congress, Time to Deliver, Organizing for America, Grassroots, Technology News

President Obama used social networking to overwhelm Congress' phone lines Tuesday when he asked his thousands of followers on Facebook and Twitter to ...

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Organizing for America's "Time to Deliver" Is Now

Micah Sifry | Posted 10.20.2009 | Technology

Read More: Health Care Reform, Congress, Barack Obama, Jeremy Bird, Organizing for America, Online-Organizing, Technology News
Micah Sifry

Today, Obama is doing something no sitting U.S. President has done before. He is using his massive network of grass-roots supporters to generate pressure from below on them to pass health care reform.

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Hollywood Helping Obama Pick New Health Care Ad

AP | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is enlisting Hollywood celebrities including actress Rosario Dawson and musician Will.I.Am to draw attention...

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Where Is That Online-Powered "Movement" Now?

Chris Hughes | Posted 09.21.2009 | Technology

Read More: Youtube, 2008 Campaign, Progressive Movement, Facebook, Barack Obama, Chris Hughes, Ofa, Dnc, Mybo, Organizing for America, Technology News
Chris Hughes

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.

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Organizing For America: Host A "Health Reform Phone Booth"

Posted 11.17.2009 | Impact

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Organizing For America, the online campaign that helped sweep President Obama into office, is asking for help again from its supporters. This time, t...

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Obama Campaign Arm Drops Demand For Public Option

The New Argument | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

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Organizing for America has dropped the demand for the public option from their open letter to members of Congress. [...] This change confirms Obama's...

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Never Mind "Civil" Discourse -- Any Real Discourse Would Be Welcome

Ellen Sterling | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, Nevada, Clark County Democratic Party, Health Care for America Now, Las Vegas, Healthcare Reform Debate, Organizing for America, White House, Politics News
Ellen Sterling

A forum on health care was so very civil that it was almost coma-inducing. There was no debate and no need to repeatedly warn people to be civil. Everyone agreed with everyone else.

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400 Former Obama Staffers: Don't Demobilize the Troops Before the Battle With the Insurance Industry

Mike Elk | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

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Mike Elk

It has become clear that Obama's supporters are beginning to lose faith and the desire to fight for the president if he drops the public option.

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The News Big Media Won't Report

Mike Lux | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

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Mike Lux

The future of health care reform hangs in the balance. We are in the fight of our lives -- but if you listen to the traditional media, you would think it is all over.

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Health Insurance Reformers Continue Coming Out in Massive Numbers Saturday

Jeremy Bird | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

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Jeremy Bird

We knew change was not going to come easy. It never has. But, it is coming. I can feel it in the air here in Milwaukee.

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Next Door To McCain Town Hall, Obama's Field Team Kicks Off National Tour

Dawn Teo | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

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Dawn Teo

It was 2008 all over again Wednesday night as Organizing for America (OFA), formerly Obama for America, launched their cross-country "Reform Health Care Now: Let's Get It Done Tour" from Arizona...

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Democrats Plan More Than 500 Reform Rallies

Politico | Chris Frates | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

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Faced with a souring public mood on health care reform, Democrats and their supporters are launching a national grassroots push Wednesday to show lawm...

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During McCain's Townhall, Obama's Field Team Will Launch Bus Tour Down The Street

Dawn Teo | Posted 09.24.2009 | Home

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Dawn Teo

Less than a mile away and thirty minutes into former presidential candidate John McCain's biggest health care town hall, Organizing for America will be launching its National Reform Health Care Bus Tour.

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The Republican "Do Not Resuscitate" Plan to Let Medicare Die

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

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Leo W. Gerard

This is philosophical warfare, and for the Republicans, Medicare is an appropriate casualty.

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Obama's Organizing For America Forum: WATCH LIVE VIDEO

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

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Organizing For America, the campaign arm of the White House, is hosting a live forum with President Obama this afternoon. According to an email to sup...

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Five Things You Can Do About Healthcare, In Ascending Order of Difficulty and Commitment

Ben Wyskida | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

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Ben Wyskida

If you voted last year, gave money last year, obsessed over the blogs and debates and Sarah Palin last year, then right now is the whole ball game. Here, in ascending order of difficulty, are five things you can/should do.

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Talkin' 'Bout Our Generation: Obama Losing His Touch With the Youth

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

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Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

Is health care a generational issue? We see a lot of older people in power and at these town halls, pushing the debate, but why aren't the young people showing up? Is this Obama's fault?

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The Future of Netroots: GOP Disruptions, DailyKos, and the Role of OfA

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 09.05.2009 | Media

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Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

With Netroots Nation coming up next week, we have joining us DailyKos General Manager Will Rockafellow for today's Wilshire & Washington podcast.

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The Incredible Shrinking Health Care Reform

Norman Solomon | Posted 09.05.2009 | Home

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Norman Solomon

Notions of universal health care are fading in the power centers of politics -- while more and more attention focuses on the care and feeding of the insurance industry.

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President's Field Team Targets Blue Dogs' Districts Over Health Care Battle

Dawn Teo | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

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Dawn Teo

Obama's former campaign arm, Organizing for America, is targeting districts of Blue Dog Dems reluctant to support health care reform with old-fashioned, on-the-ground operations.

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