The One Group NOT Talking About #OWS Is ... The Obama Campaign?!
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, November 16 2011
Today, I got an email from Jeremy Bird, national field director for the Obama 2012 campaign. I like Jeremy at a personal level, and think he's a really talented organizer. Read More
Plouffe to OFA: Time to "Regroup, Refocus, and Re-engage" Around SOTU [UPDATED 2X]
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, January 25 2010
David Plouffe is out with an email to Organizing for America's massive list, calling on Obama supporters to "regroup, refocus, and re-engage on the vital work ahead." The focal point of his missive: to attend State of ... Read More
The Obama Disconnect: What Could Have Been?
BY Micah L. Sifry | Sunday, January 3 2010
One question that a number of people have raised in response to my post on The Obama Disconnect is essentially, "What's your alternative? What should the Obama team have done to keep the new political movement it had ... Read More
Where OFA Belongs in the Fight: Health Care
BY Tom Watson | Saturday, January 31 2009
Where Organizing for America is concerned, pushing a porky (though perhaps necessary) stimulus bill can never be a movement - or rival a Presidential campaign. But here's something that can: universal health care for ... Read More
Daily Digest: Stimulus, Subsidies, Scurvy and More
BY Nancy Scola | Tuesday, January 27 2009
There's a fuss being made about President Barack Obama's refusal to allow a video from House Minority Leader John Boehner to stand as a response to the President's first video address while in office... After the new ... Read More
Organizing for America Launches; Structure TBD
BY Micah L. Sifry | Saturday, January 17 2009
If you're on the Obama campaign email list, by now you've probably received a message alerting you to a special message from President-elect Barack Obama announcing the formation of "Organizing for America," the ... Read More
More Hints from Chicago on Obama For America 2
BY Micah L. Sifry | Thursday, December 11 2008
News continues to dribble out of Chicago on the future of Obama for America. First, Obama blogger Christopher Hass says there are now some 4,000 house parties occurring this weekend across the country to foster ... Read More
Report from Chicago: "We're Making This Up As We Go Along"
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, December 9 2008
Some information is starting to filter out of this past weekend's "summit" in Chicago of about 300 key organizers from Barack Obama's 2008 campaign (evenly divided between regional field directors, field organizers, and ... Read More
The Other Transition: Whither Obama's Movement?
BY Micah L. Sifry | Saturday, December 6 2008
While most of the country's attention is focused on the transition underway in Washington, another vitally important transition is taking place right now in Chicago. I'm referring, of course, to the future of the Obama ... Read More
Debating the Future of Obama's Movement at ObamaCTO
BY Micah L. Sifry | Friday, November 21 2008
The folks who gave us ObamaCTO.org, which has attracted thousands of participants in a conversation about the priorities for Obama's Chief Technology Officer, have branched out and added a new forum for debating options ... Read More