The organizing arm of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) that got President Barack Obama elected, “Organizing for America,” is engaging and actively supporting the union protests in Wisconsin – despite DNC Chairman Tim Kaine’s previous stint as governor of a state with employees without collective bargaining rights. (more)
One group has been conspicuously quiet during the debate over whether to extend all or some of the Bush tax cuts: Organizing for America. (more)
First Lady Michelle Obama said in an e-mail to supporters Sunday that President Obama’s health care law passed this year makes her life easier and gave a detailed sales pitch for how many free services will now be offered to many Americans. (more)
The Obama administration is confident that it has legal authority to force BP to set up an escrow account that would be turned over to an independent third-party organization to process claims from those affected by the Gulf oil spill. (more)
Organizing for America — an advocacy group under the aegis of the Democratic National Committee first announced by President-elect Obama in 2009 — has called for supporters to publicly defend in local newspapers the city of Austin’s boycott of Arizona because of the state’s recently passed anti-illegal immigration law. But that didn’t stop President Obama on Thursday from insisting during a rare question-and-answer session with reporters that he would neither endorse nor condemn such boycotts. (more)
President Obama released a video today calling his coalition together, in the hopes of winning the 2010 midterm elections for the Democratic Party. In the video, Mr. Obama calls the “young people, African-Americans, Latinos, and women who powered our victory in 2008 [to] stand together once again.” Interestingly enough, the President makes no efforts to reach out to other groups of Americans in his pitch to elect Democrats in November. The focus appears to be on a narrow swath of liberal voters, instead of the traditional focus on Middle America. (more)
You could say there is a war raging here in the homeland, an un-Civil War, where foot soldiers on both sides are American patriots fighting for what they believe is the best path to achieve a bright future. It is a struggle between Organizing for America and the Tea Party. (more)
President Obama’s political arm, Organizing For America, says it’s “powered by hope.” But for Republican congressional aides on the other end of its phone calls, it feels like it may be powered by sailors with a blue streak. (more)
No American president has ever had this much power, a stealth force of 13 million foot soldiers ready to unleash their modern communication devices upon command. (more)
The White House sent out a tear-jerker earlier today to Organizing for America members. The rhetoric at this point is direct, provocative, and insistent. And sort of desperate. (more)
Organizing for America, the grassroots-harnessing brainchild of Obama campaign manager David Plouffe, is facing some seriously depleted pep reserves, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. (more)
President Obama said Wednesday he was “tired of talking” about health care, during a speech in St. Louis in which he again called on Congress to pass his reform proposal. (more)
The talk in Washington may be of bipartisanship, but the acrimony is increasing. (more)
There aren’t many — if any — young activists here at the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville. (more)
President Obama on Thursday night tried to reassure his most loyal supporters that he still plans to deliver on the main goal of his first year – health-care reform – even as he said that jobs are now his top priority. (more)
Republican Scott Brown opened up a five-point lead over Democrat Martha Coakley according to a poll conducted on Saturday and Sunday and released hours after President Obama swooped into the state to try and save Coakley’s candidacy and health-care reform. (more)
