Obama’s Political Operation Gearing Up Big Time Across Country Tomorrow

[babylonsister]

And the rethug response is priceless. It's not like Organizing for America is being forced to do anything, but people want to pitch in. Yea, must suck to have so much support, but Cantor wouldn't know!

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/president-obama/obamas-political-operation-gearing-up-big-time-across-country-tomorrow/


Obama’s Political Operation Gearing Up Big Time Across Country Tomorrow


In a significant first, Organizing for America — Obama’s political operation housed in the DNC — is launching between 1,200 and 1,300 canvassas tomorrow in all 50 states to build support for Obama’s budget, an OFA official confirms.

The number of canvasses, which hasn’t been announced, is more than double what the Obama team expected, the official says. It’s the first time that OFA — a reconfigured version of Obama’s campaign apparatus and email list that’s being pressed into service to drive the White House agenda — will canvass in support of Obama’s legislative goals.

“The canvasses on Saturday, the pledge drive and the calls to Congress are all designed to put our elected officials in Washington on notice that Americans expect that the change President Obama campaigned for becomes reality.” OFA director Mitch Stewart said in a statement emailed to me.

Canvassers will go door-to-door in all 50 states to secure pledges from voters to back Obama’s budget, making this the first major test of whether Team Obama can mount a campaign-style ground operation that can effectively drive Obama’s legislative agenda.

Update: Brad Dayspring, a spokesman for GOP House minority whip Eric Cantor, emails over a response:

“When the DNC has to launch a massive campaign to convince their own moderate Democrats to support the President’s budget, it speaks volumes about how far outside the mainstream this agenda really is. We hope that Republicans and moderate Democrats can convince the Administration to return to the political center so that we can work together on bipartisan solutions to help small businesses and middle class families overcome the economic challenges they face.”

[peacebird]

1. I called Webb & Warner three times this week regarding Obama's budget

Told them that we need to get it passed, and passed WHOLE. Said do NOT let the petroleum lobby rip out the taxes on oil that will pay for the green energy jobs. Exxon and the rest had record breaking profits every quarter last year - they can afford it. Told them also we need health care reform and single payer. Said we have the repukes attempting to obstruct, we don't need and Dems helping them.

[babylonsister]

2. Wow, Webb and Warner, you're a lucky person. Thanks for making

that call.

[FrenchieCat]

3. This is going to be like the primaries all over again!

[LynnTheDem]

4. When the poor deluded loser republicans think Obama is "outside the mainstream", ya REALLY know

how desperate and outside the mainstream the republics really are.

[alsame]

5. Did they not see

the electoral map on Nov 5? I guess all the blue states are full of Socialists and Commies that will now push the non-mainstream agenda.

[firedupdem]

6. This is how we'll have to get everything we want. The media

isn't going to help disseminate the information. The rethugs are saying "no" to everything. The President has to go on a media blitz and we have to canvass and call.

[Clio the Leo]

7. kick NT