Question, Do you think Obama, or someone very high up, reads DU?

[Stuart G]

And or carefully follows the goings on here..
Actually, I think so. But that is just one opinion. Any others?

[Duer 157099]

1. I'd be surprised if not

DU ranks very well on Google, so it'd be shocking if they did not.

[polichick]

2. I would think someone not very high up keeps track of trends on many blogs/message boards.

[JuniperLea]

5. Yep

The higher-ups have people for that.

[polichick]

11. During the campaign I asked two paid Obama staff members...

...if they read DU, and neither one had even heard of it ~ they also said there was no time, but now they have more money to pay peepers. lol

[monmouth]

20. I'd bet Gibby's and Axelrod's people give us a glance, and I think Keith

and Rachel do also. This is a very informative forum. I don't have to put my TV on at all for the news. I get so livid with the newsreaders I just can't take it.

[JuniperLea]

33. I yell at the TV

Just like Gramps did... oh the grief I gave him for it too! LOL!!!

I still watch the news... compelled to see what the liars are telling the world.

[Better Believe It]

3. You mean like someone standing on a ladder or 80 floors up in the Sears Tower?

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. No

[FLAprogressive]

6. If they did Susan Boyle would already have a medal of freedom.

[Hannah Bell]

7. :>)

[Better Believe It]

She'll be singing for the Queen!

[antigop]

18. lol! That was good! n/t

[Taverner]

8. Elizabeth Edwards posted here. There's a few others who have "come out" if you will...

[TahitiNut]

29. Yes ... and John Kerry's stepson, too.

:shrug: We were better then.

[Hekate]

9. Perhaps some intern keeps track of trends, but the Big O? He's way too busy ...

... to read the rantings and ravings that go on here.

Hekate

[stop the bleeding]

10. I would hope or assume that Obama is too busy to read DU. However

that does not rule out other peeps from keeping a tab on DU.

[ElboRuum]

12. He/they would be foolish not to...

I'm sure someone is charged with finding out the "word on the street".

[JonLP24]

13. Elizabeth Edwards once posted here back in '03, '04

Not sure if she regularly views the website.

[Bobbieo]

16. Yes, I think someone is monitoring DU. They monitored my Native Unity blog

during the campaign as i re'cd a "thank you" note after the election.

[tnlefty]

25. Well, just in case she still views...I love you Elizabeth, and I

hope that you're doing well. Lots of admiration, respect and good vibes to you!

[jody]

14. No but that really made me laugh. n/t

[vaberella]

15. Most definitely . n/t

[peace frog]

17. Nah

but his people have people who have people who probably keep track of blogs and website acivity on both the left and right.

[Occam Bandage]

19. I'm sure they have a bot that checks out the topics of discussion on the internet

based on keywords, as well as some other means of statistical analysis. I think to suggest that Obama or Rahm logs in to DU and goes around K&Ring threads is maybe just a little bit narcissistic.

[Stinky The Clown]

22. They only read my posts

I get PMs, too. They think everyone but me is full of shit.

Except some Occam somebody. They follow that person's posts, too

[stray cat]

21. I doubt it

[Uben]

23. Well, I read here.........

...and I'm pretty doggoned high! I can't tell you who I am, mainly cuz i can't remember right now. But, I'll get back to ya later. K?

[safeinOhio]

26. I was going to say that I

am both very high and up.

[kestrel91316]

24. Anybody's guess - I don't see why an aide might not be assigned

to keep a finger on our pulse. Which is probably why the trolls work so hard to alter it.

[muriel_volestrangler]

27. No. They don't have the time.

They will have lower level employees to keep an eye on opinions on the 'net, one place, among many, for which will be DU. But no-one will 'carefully follows the goings on here'. Our hang-ups and squabbles are a distraction to anyone with a job to do.

[Bjorn Against]

28. Probably not Obama, but I can guarantee someone very high up does

And don't be surprised if that very high up person reports some of the words that are said on this site directly to Obama. Any smart politician knows that it is important to keep up with what the blogs are saying, and you can bet that the Whitehouse has several people who spend a lot of time reading the blogs.

[BlooInBloo]

38. How, precisely, can you "guarantee" that?

[Bjorn Against]

40. Because these people follow politics very closely

There are a lot of high up people in the Administration, I would be absolutely shocked if not a single one of them payed any attention to a site as large as DU.

[BlooInBloo]

42. Ah.

[Stuart G]

30. Yes, and here is why...

This is the Democratic Base.
and it is the most extensive place of its kind.

Yes we are more liberal than most Dems, but we represent an educated cross section of the entire community. I would be very surprised if someone, and someone relatively high up, does not look in here.

The Thugs do, once an argument here, was quickly picked up by the Thugs and they responded with venom to our exact position.

[dysfunctional press]

46. if this is 'the democratic base"- then why isn't kucinich in the cabinet?

i seem to remember him consistently doing very well in polls running up to the election...:shrug:

it apparently makes some people feel good to think that they may have the ear of power when they ramble on at their keyboards...but they don't, and that's about as far as it goes.

[opihimoimoi]

31. Flottz and I had this discussion about a year ago....we thinks its a no brainer

This place in a gold mine for Progressives, Liberals, and those who wish better solutions and actions....

We are confronted with crap from them Trolls stifling thought transfer by dilution with moot/minutiae shit...but....there are many ideas and notions worthy of retention....

I am sure the Obama Team is here....if not....They oughta be

[Fireweed247]

32. He damn well better

I think his administration could learn a lot here. I think it would make great headlines if he popped in here and had a conversation with us. Let's start with health care...

[applegrove]

34. I think there are probably people from both the Dems and the GOP who

monitor the blogosphere. And DU is a part of that. As to individuals high up? Who knows.

[Redneck Socialist]

35. No. n/t

[cliffordu]

36. You mean besides the Eschelon project and the Secret Service???

[BlooInBloo]

37. mmmm.... Delusional narcissism.

[Forkboy]

39. While possible, I highly doubt it.

Staffers maybe though.

[ddeclue]

41. At the very most it's only two degrees of Kevin Bacon away....

that is NOT speculation..

:)

[ContinentalOp]

43. Hell no!

That's the job for a low level intern at best. In reality there's no reason for them to read DU at alll.

[dysfunctional press]

44. i would hope not.

i kinda think that they have "a lot" on their plates, and don't have much time for nonsensical online ramblings.

[omega minimo]

45. God

:evilgrin: