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Obama to mobilize supporters in budget push
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews/idUSN1628129620090316
Mobilizing the volunteer base . . . for his version of the federal budget?
Seriously, you want me to go around the neighborhood trying to talk about the federal budget?
I always assumed this kind of thing would be done in a final push for national healthcare or something of that magnitude. While the budget might be related to big issues like that - it's the fucking nationl budget. The thing is thousands of pages long. What the hell is a volunteer canvasser going to be able to comprehensively know or discuss intelligently?
I like Obama, I volunteered for him, I think he's doing a good job - but this seems like a stupid use of volunteer energy, and frankly I'm not sure if I'm up for it.
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews/idUSN1628129620090316
WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will call on millions of supporters to knock on neighbors' doors this week to pressure Congress to pass his record $3.55 trillion budget, a Democratic official said on Monday.
Obama will ask people who volunteered for his presidential campaign to gather signatures from neighbors to support his budget, which proposes a $1.75 trillion deficit to lift the country out of recession and lay the groundwork for healthcare reform and other big initiatives.
Republicans and some conservative Democrats are concerned about the plan's record spending, and many fear their constituents will be hurt by proposed lower farm subsidies, new tax provisions and environmental regulations.
The 13 million people on Obama's campaign list will be asked to call their representatives in Congress to urge them to support the budget plan.
It is the first big test of Obama's ability to mobilize the army of volunteers who helped him win last November's presidential election to advance his legislative agenda.
Obama has transferred the volunteer database and its state-of-the-art organizing tools to a new group dubbed Organizing for America, which is run out of the Democratic Party's national office in Washington.
The organization aims to run a permanent grass-roots effort to help Obama's policy proposals become law.
Democratic officials were encouraged by the response to their first event in early February, when thousands of groups met in every congressional district to discuss the economy.
Though some meetings were sparsely attended, that first event generated 50,000 responses about how participants were coping with the recession, a Democratic official said.
Organizers plan a more ambitious agenda this week.
In an e-mail message to be sent out on Monday, they will ask volunteers to go door-to-door on Saturday to gather signatures supporting Obama's budget proposal.
Signatures from each congressional district will be sent to their representative, said the Democratic official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Participants will also be encouraged to contact their congressional representatives directly.
Mobilizing the volunteer base . . . for his version of the federal budget?
Seriously, you want me to go around the neighborhood trying to talk about the federal budget?
I always assumed this kind of thing would be done in a final push for national healthcare or something of that magnitude. While the budget might be related to big issues like that - it's the fucking nationl budget. The thing is thousands of pages long. What the hell is a volunteer canvasser going to be able to comprehensively know or discuss intelligently?
I like Obama, I volunteered for him, I think he's doing a good job - but this seems like a stupid use of volunteer energy, and frankly I'm not sure if I'm up for it.
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Kinda silly.
Just thought I'd mention that Kevin Bacon is actually just the sort of person this is meant to convince. But I digress . . .
Yeah, it seems like they're having trouble figuring out how to turn the online support into something useful. Especially the DNC rather than just the white house. That Rush Limbaugh billboard thing seems idiotically counterproductive.