The Obama campaign team haven’t just dropped their legions of volunteers now that the election is over. Apart from their requests for donations to fund the DNC’s debt and the transition phase, they’ve also sent out an email today (in David Plouffe‘s name) asking volunteers to give feedback on the campaign. It’s good to see [...]
November 19th, 2008 at
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Well, that was some two weeks. The Obama campaign is over – ending in victory, of course – and I’m back to Ireland today. (…well, it was “today” when I started writing this last Sunday.) The Obama campaign was, overall, a masterclass in grassroots activism. The sheer numbers of people contributing to the campaign – [...]
November 17th, 2008 at
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Huge numbers out for Obama in Alexandria today. Our phone banks are running at full capacity, as are the canvassing teams. There’s a great buzz about the place, which the Virginia motivational video I mentioned earlier has only heightened. There’s even artwork going on: And the phone banks are going at full steam – running [...]
November 2nd, 2008 at
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This motivational video was produced for the Virginia campaigners: fastswfembed(“http://www.youtube.com/v/OofHuLW6xdM&hl=en&fs=1″,425,344,’242-0′);
