Please share with your Friends, family, and membership the following upcoming events. These Tickets can be purchased through the Cobb County Democratic Committee [CCDC] website: http://www.cobbdemocrats.org or Contact CCDC: 678-278-2008
B.U.Y.-COBB 15th Annual Scholarship Prayer Breakfast Tickets APRIL 18, 2009 8AM TO 10PM @ Cobb Galleria CentrePurchase tickets online and pick them up at the door the morning of the breakfast! The cost is $35 per ticket...
Note: B.U.Y. stands for Black United Youth We want to encourage and support our youth who are young Democrats
Democratic Party of Georgia Annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner Tickets May 12 @ 5:30 PM Location: Hyatt Regency AtlantaAddress: 265 Peachtree Street, NE, Atlanta, GA, 30303 US The cost is $250 per ticket
Cobb County Democratic Party Annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner Tickets June 16 time: T/B/A Location: Doubletree on Windy Hill
Address: 2055 South Park Place, Atlanta, Georgia, 30339 The cost is $100 [est.] per ticket Speaker: Gov. Roy Barnes
To get a jump on summer, we are planning our July 4th Parade/Picnic now so be prepared to bring a chair and have some fun as we try to arrange our event soon.
SCHOLARSHIP ALERT:
2009 Tylenol Scholarships
Read it and Act! Contact your representatives & let them know who supports the President.
http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=11354
The Policies of the GOP for the last 28 years are tired and failed ideas. We need to move beyond their gamesmanship to Reality.
Your support can create the world that should be and that is our Challenge!
Your Friend from NWGA4Obama’08,
Marie
The Deficit Spending question I responded to the journal@c-span.org on 11/25/2008.
You have to think of our situation like a mass car wreck during blizzard. The economy is the first patient to be treated but the most important one. The Economy has to be brought to a stabilizing state before we can obtain a healthy recovery. Like In any emergency room, you do not add up the cost of emergency care use to make the patient stable but once you have been moved from ICU do you figure out if you’re able to pay the emergency room bill as well as the hospital stay. True, it may take a generation to move us to meeting the full payment of this debt but without it the patient [the economy] does not survive. Once the patient [the economy] is allowed to grow stronger then you can decide how to pay the debt. This can happen only if the patient can work after a full recovery is achieved. All working parts must be moving and healthy to develop the correct therapy to maintain a long-term recovery. So, the deficit number should not be our primary concern but how to achieve the long-term recovery where the debt can be addressed. Meanwhile, the wreck did not happen between two vehicles but many and it will take a while to clear the wreck from the road. Yes, this will require our patience until we heard good news. Consequently, we will all have to pray for a good solid recovery once we have been taken off life support measures. Unfortunately, we are still in surgery with the Obama surgeons at the moment waiting for a promising sign of good health.
I believe some of own worst critics are short-sighted and have not counted on many unforeseen events about to happen in our economy. It should not require a genius to tell us that all the factors and new factors that are about to interact within this new economy can create a lot more possibilities than the old model we have been using for decades can project.
Georgians Remember to Vote for Jim Martin, Jim Powell, and Sara Doyle in December 2nd Runoff. We need you now more than ever to keep our momentum toward a brighter future.
Don't forget to volunteer! Make some phone calls, canvass or volunteer to take people to the polls. Our Recovery can not happen without your continued support.
I recently had a friend write the following:
To My Bought & Paid For Senators & Congressman,
Voters are obviously outraged over this Wall St. bailout bill. The tweaks to the bill that I've read about this morning (9/30/08) are not going to make the bill any more acceptable to voters. The premise of the bill is flawed to the point of being worthless. It is so flawed that people who know NOTHING about economics or finance know the bill is completely unfair and will not solve our problems. This is what I think voters will support (in order of importance):
1) Law enforcement. Start indicting and arresting large numbers of people who committed wire fraud and others crimes in this epic Ponzi scheme. Rule of law still means something to large numbers of voters.
2)Help middle and working class families. Substantially reduce INTEREST RATES on all mortgages and credit cards. Put a cap on credit card interest rates. That would help millions, reduce foreclosures and kick start the economy.
3)Reestablish regulatory oversight over financial institutions and products. Start monopoly busting. Break up some of these concentrated mergers which are anti-competitive.
4) Help some of the bankrupt financial companies go out of business in an orderly fashion-to calm public fears and the "market".
Put together a plan with those four points, and you will get the vast majority of voters to support you and the rest of the Congress.
My response was provided as follows:
Your Point is well taken [that outrage exist] but misfires on what the bill is about.This is about bailing out the average American from the harm already done by Wall St.
1. FBI investigations are taking place as we speak and write about the plan. Section 127 would have had several agencies working together to get to the bottom of the investigations as a joint effort.
2. Mortgages that are about to re-adjust should find shelter in this bill. Section 124 of the bill was entered to strengthen homeowner eligibility to qualify to revise their mortgage before foreclosure is possible as well as improve tools to prevent a foreclosure.
3. Section 125 establishes a Congressional oversight Panel to review the mistakes made by these financial institutions to submit reform proposals to put necessary regulations in place.
4. The purchase of the banks troubled assets would have added stability to "market" & calmed fears. Some still would have been still sold off but they would be more attractive to a more stable entity making it orderly.
So, I believe most of the public has been miseducated on this issue but that does not surprise me. I am totally surprised that once again the American public has been mislead away from what is in their best interest.
None of the Wall Street" movers" or "shakers" are going to be hurt if we do not pass a measure to increase credit within our monetary system, just the average folks that are working hard for their families and dreams. Therefore, the Outrage is misplaced & serves no fruitful purpose.
Let me add this:
The easy way out of all of this is to do nothing. Like this drought Georgia has been experiencing, Did we have to go without water to understand we need to conserve? No! All of us pulled together to reduce our consumption and prayed the drought will end soon. Well, our economic situation is the same way. We all can pull together to get something done rather than let the whole system languish into economic choas.
A message from Kelly:
McCain could not bring himself to make the logical choice for VP since Mitt Romney had proven himself to be a good candidate for the top of the ticket. In fact, at 55 percent, he received more votes than everyone else combined. "Nobody" was second, with just 15 percent, and was followed by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (8 percent), Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (6 percent), former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (6 percent), and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (3 percent). The former governor of Massachusetts ran far ahead of the pack. (source: National Journal) So, McCain picked Gov. Palin, of course, since she is not the logical choice for top of the ticket.
Not too long ago, we heard the McCain Camp question why was Hillary not vetted for the VP pick by the Obama Camp? Of course, no one picked the right answer and omitted an explanation to create a riff between supporters. The real answer to that question still has not been addressed. The answer is obvious folks. HILLARY ASKED OBAMA NOT TO VET HER FOR THE VP Slot. To be honest, Hillary has her eyes on the prize and it will last longer than 8 years folks! But Hillary will not get the prize unless Obama is elected in November. However, you have to now wonder why was Romney not selected for the VP slot? I bet, we never received a honest answer to that question within the last 62 days before the election. Why pick unknown? Why not air her video life story out during the convention? It was not Shown as prepared. Why was it shelved at the last minute? Maybe, it needs more work? And why was Palin picking a fight with Michelle Obama in her Speech? This is curious by the moment. This is judgment and leadership being shown here?
As the National Journal reports Insiders predict that Palin will top the Republican ticket in four years if she isn't elected vice president in November said, "She is unique, has captured the affection of the party's conservative base as a true conservative, and has the national stage over the next two months to establish her credibility with swing voters. Do not underestimate her: She is a phenomenon."A survey of right-of-center bloggers was more divided; Romney won, but with a plurality of less than one-third, barely ahead of Palin and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. The mood toward Romney was summed up by one respondent: "Alas." A blogger who picked Jindal said, "I think the field would be quite wide-open in 2012, but the base will demand a 'fresh face,' someone with a record of accomplishment, and someone who's not identified as an old Washington hand."(my emphasis added.) I'll let you response to these open questions and possibilities then you decide if McCain deserves a free ride being called a true Maverick.
Now for our public service announcements: Now that Labor Day has come and gone, it is time to REALLY get to work. There are only days until the election and it is vital that each and every one of us helps to elect Barack Obama. Read the top 10 things you can do to help elect Barack Obama. Stay tuned in the next few days with information on how to get connected with women in battleground states. There will be a National Call to Action email arriving in your inboxes in the next few days. For now, head to the Women for Obama events page to learn how to use the my.BarackObama.com online tool, to phone bank, host postcard-writing parties, and more.Click here for a one-stop shop on how to get started on our Women for Obama Events Page. What better way to celebrate with all across the nation? Let's join in the celebration for women's 88th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment!
Smart Press Response: http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/09/angry_amateurs.html
It has finally sunk in. McCain pick Palin because he could not pick Liberman. How does that equal GOOD JUDGEMENT? Here are some random opinion by other folks out there in the world:
PALIN IS A PHONY First of all, I will say I am impressed with some of the accomplishments but I STRONGLY DO NOT BELIEVE SHE SHOULD BE ONE STEP FROM THE PRESIDENCY - ESPECIALLY WITH A PRESIDENT WHO COULD VERY WELL BECOME INCAPACITATED WITHIN 4 YEARS. She is petty and shallow. Her first speech when introduced to America was a tribute to specifically G. Ferraro and Hillary Clinton. She did not see any greatess in Republican females such as Condi Rice and Kay Bailey Hutchison? She was pandering obviously to Hillary Clinton female voters and so she - like McCain - really think voters are stupid and cannot see through their ploy. She is already lying to her constiuents so she has demonstrated to me that she will easily lie to the American People while in the White House. My mother has many of the GOOD QUALITIES THAT PALIN HAS BUT SHOULD NOT BE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Family values???? Both sides say that the children of candidates are off limits and I agree. But the candidates themselves are not, and Sara Palin's daughter's pregnancy shows just how hypocritical Palin is. Its alright for teenagers to have sex, even tho the Republican party has spent billions of taxpayers' dollars to promote abstinence only. (This is a case in point-in addition to substantial research- where this failed policy failed!) And its ok to get pregnant because that proves you didnt use the about to-be-outlawed evil birth control methods. And its ok to have a baby out of wedlock, as long as you dont have an abortion! Is this the much flaunted family values of the religious right, of which Sara Palin is an avid proponent? Of course if this were happening to a Democratic candidate's daughter, the child would be driven out of town on a rail as a hussy and tramp!
I hope this is the reaction McCain was looking for because this is the ONE that will show up at the voting polls. His selection shows the contempt Republicans normally have of the American People. They think we are stupid. This is an insult to the American intelligence level to believe this individual has any comparison to Barack Obama & for her experience she is positioned correctly as VP. This is what the Republican Party line is sprouting now. What do you think?
Here is something interesting I found at MoveOn.org Members for Obama:
Jude Jones came across this video from a year ago, where McCain agrees with Bill O'Reilly about the danger of the "changing complexion" of america and the "left" trying to "break down the white male power structure" and how awful that would be:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysoOB9w0tF4
I have a project for all our Obama Supporters. We need to share our enthusiasm with our Oldsters as well as our young voters. A recent article in the Washington Post claims we are in the middle of a Generation Gap since Oldsters favor McCain out of familiarity. [ http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/08/13/obamas_boomer_strength.html?hpid=topnews]
Let’s make it our mission to make Oldsters aware of Obama's message of inspiration & give them his Plans that Obama has Outlined for our future under an Obama administration. Let them know that familiarity should not be the key to their votes since that has lead them to this point in time of $4 gas & milk in their lifetime. If Robert Reichert, the mayor of Macon, GA., thinks Georgia has progressed enough to consider the possibilities of a brighter future under an Obama administration, they should too.
Another project for all our Obama Supporters. Write Ms de Rothschild at contact@together4us.com and tell them what you think their ambush plans for Obama and his supporters. As the New York Observer states "to run anti-Obama commercials during the convention—and a blog radio show called No Quarter (featuring a “Reading Rezko” edition)." [http://www.observer.com/2008/politics/defiant-clinton-women-refuse-support-obama]
They claim these actions will Unite the Party after building a platform around Hillary Clinton's nomination at the convention. What do you think about these groups?
... most people do not go out in search of facts or sound arguments. Rather, they let information find them.
And when it is delivered by established news sources, then the receiver's threshhold of skepticism is considerably lower than it might otherwise be.
Since whatever is sensationtional is what gets talked about, the "Celebrity" narrative that the McCain campaign has been developing - insistently and consistently - is what is going to reach people. Never mind that the "substabtive" policy related portions of these ads are entirely false. The things we hear shape our opinions and inform our choices. Someone tuning into the campaign season now is going to see and hear this story told everywhere not just by McCain, but by the news outlets who talk about it, and it is going to affect the way they think about their choice at the ballot.
In these past 18 months we have seen how easily misinformed people can become: a message that starts out simple and clear one day - that then has to make its way through an savage obstacle course of noisey gaffes/scandals/distractions and patent lies - ends up mangled and distorted, mishapen and full of static, so much so that what the receiver hears has not the remotest resemblance to what the initial messenger said.
The McCain campaign obviously knows this, and they are exploiting it for all its worth. They have now managed to get the antichrist meme into Time magazine. So what started out months ago as an outlandishly fringe fear mongering fantasy that made its way through individual email boxes has now made its way into an established news medium where it will automatically enjoy some measure of credibility for many readers.
The irony here is that McCain's campaign get to saddle Obama with their own characteristics: they portray him as frightening and devoid of empathy and substance by running a frightening campaign devoid of substance and empathy.
As Rival John McCain chose to criticize where Obama did not go on his international tour, how much the press was having a “love fest” with its coverage of Obama, and taking credit for the surge working when it had nothing to do with the change in Iranians’ attitudes, McCain blames Obama for the $4/gal gas prices. This is totally False!
McCain has been in office for how long? He was “First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona in 1982” according McCain’s own website. It would be a truer statement to say the reason why we are at $4/gal gas prices is McCain’s Fault. He was in office for so many years without changing the course of this country’s oil dependency. What did his party do to change the course of this outcome? Let’s do a reality check. NOTHING! They created this blunder and have the audacity to blame some one who has recently joined the ranks of fixing “Republican’s Mess.” For Over the Pass Thirty years, the Democrats have tried to change our course and the Republican’s blocked it every time. If they had listened to other pass Democratic Presidential candidates and Democratic Presidents, we would not be in this mess today. The current conditions are the results of the Republican’s plans for America. I clearly remember there declaration called “Contract for America.” Folks, this is the final produce and only promises to get worst if given the reins again.
McCain’s latest commercials blaming Obama for the $4/gal gas price is a LIE! In 1978, “Ministers of 13 OPEC nations meet in Abu Dhabi and agree December 17 to raise oil prices by 14.5 percent in four stages by the end of 1979, from $12.70 per barrel to $14.54 by October 1, 1979. Libya and Iraq have demanded increases of 20 percent or more but agree to the lower hike, thus ending an 18-month price freeze. The OPEC accord affected about half of all world crude oil production.” What was the response of the Republican Party in session when a declaration came first from OPEC? NOTHING! In 1982, the United States had been importing about 25 percent of Libya's oil output—some 150,000 barrels per day valued at roughly $2 billion per year. At that time, Libya “had threatened the United States with war if U.S. ships or planes violate his country's self-proclaimed territorial waters in the Gulf of Sidra.” What was the response of the Republican Party in session regarding these threats?…an Embargo and allowed the U.S. oil companies operating in Libya to bypass the embargo. (Source:www.answers.com) Let’s deal with Reality, folks, and stop letting the talking heads lead us to a complete ruinous path. The current AMERICAN condition is the results of the Republican’s plans for America.
You gotta love the love Le Figaro is showering on Senator Obama. [I apologize in advance for posting untranslated texts - I'm a bit squeezed for time. Just know it's all good.]
C'est en terrain conquis que Barack Obama poursuit jeudi son périple. Car à quatre mois de la présidentielle américaine, l'Europe a déjà voté Obama. Avec un enthousiasme inversement proportionnel à l'antipathie que George W. Bush inspire au Vieux Continent. Quitte à ce que cet emballement ne finisse par se retourner contre le candidat démocrate comme ce fut le cas pour John Kerry en 2004. Conscient du risque, Obama évitera les bains de foule et se limitera à des rencontres avec les dirigeants des pays visités.
Cette tournée européenne commence à Berlin. Obama s'est entretenu avec la chancelière Angela Merkel et prononcera en fin d'après-midi, devant la «Colonne de la Victoire», un discours public qui a déjà soulevé une vague de nostalgie chez ceux tentés de voir en Obama un nouvel avatar de John Kennedy. Demain, il fera une brève escale à Paris et rencontrera Nicolas Sarkozy avant de s'envoler pour Londres.
Dans chacune de ces capitales, les opinions publiques l'ont plébiscité. Selon un sondage de l'institut américain Pew Research Center publié le 16 juillet, 84 % de Français, 82 % d'Allemands, 74 % de Britanniques et 72 % d'Espagnols font confiance au sénateur de l'Illinois. Son rival John McCain ne recueille que 33 % d'opinions favorables en France et en Allemagne, 44 % en Grande-Bretagne, 19 % en Espagne.
Une vague d'«obamania» qui pourrait se mesurer à l'aune des innombrables comités de soutien apparus sur le Web, aux tee-shirts à l'effigie d'Obama qui ont envahi les rues de Berlin ou à une couverture médiatique qui lui ont permis d'éclipser sans peine son adversaire républicain. Au point, remarque Charlotte Lepri, chercheur à l'Institut des relations internationales et stratégiques (Iris), que «lo rsque McCain est venu à Paris (à la mi-mars), un grand quotidien national français a fait sa couverture sur Obama» .
Pourquoi un tel engouement ? L'impopularité de l'Administration Bush est devenue telle, répond Justin Vaïsse, chercheur à la Brookings Institution, «qu'un démocrate générique aurait été de toute façon le favori des Européens ». Mais Obama n'est évidemment pas n'importe quel démocrate. Dès novembre 2002, il exprimait sa différence en s'opposant résolument à la guerre en Irak. Sa jeunesse, son charisme, son atypie, ses idées progressistes sur les questions de société ont séduit les Européens qui le perçoivent comme l'exacte antithèse de Bush et le vrai candidat du changement. Bref, explique Barthélémy Courmont, spécialiste des États-Unis à l'Iris, «il incarne ce fameux rêve américain auquel les Européens ont encore envie de croire».
De même, son pragmatisme en matière de politique étrangère devrait combler les attentes des capitales européennes. Privilégiant comme ces dernières le soft power et une approche moins manichéenne des crises internationales, le jeune sénateur de l'Illinois préconise un désengagement des forces américaines en Irak et l'instauration d'un dialogue avec les «États voyous», l'Iran au premier chef. «Il s'est dit par exemple favorable à une conférence régionale impliquant Damas, Téhéran et Bagdad, rappelle Charlotte Lepri. Il s'est aussi déclaré ouvert à des discussions avec la Corée du Nord ou Cuba sans précondition.»
Avec McCain, il partage l'ambition de restaurer l'image de l'Amérique dans le monde et prône un multilatéralisme de nature à rassurer l'Europe «même, remarque Justin Vaïsse, s'il donne à ce terme un contenu qui n'est pas forcément celui que les Européens souhaiteraient », car son objectif, poursuit Barthélémy Courmont, reste de «renforcer l'influence américaine dans le monde». Mais alors que McCain doute de la gravité du changement climatique, Obama rejoint les Européens sur des dossiers tels que le réchauffement de la planète ou la politique énergétique.
Concrètement, l'Europe attend d'Obama qu'il ratifie un certain nombre de traités internationaux en suspens tels que le protocole de Kyoto, le traité sur les mines antipersonnel ou celui sur l'interdiction complète des essais nucléaires (CTBC). En échange, Obama compte sur les Européens pour s'impliquer davantage en Afghanistan, sa priorité. Reste à savoir si, sur tous ces dossiers, les promesses du candidat résisteraient à l'épreuve du pouvoir et aux pressions des lobbys qu'il dérange.
Obama a tout pour plaire, sauf que l'obamania qui a saisi le Vieux Continent occulte un pesant silence de l'intéressé sur… l'Europe. «Contrairement à McCain qui, lors de sa tournée européenne, a largement développé le thème d'un pacte global entre l'UE et les États-Unis, Obama n'a pratiquement rien dit jusqu'ici sur la construction européenne et les relations transatlantiques, souligne Charlotte Lepri. Mais il est vrai que cette question indiffère les Américains.»
L'Europe aime Obama, mais Obama aime-t-il l'Europe ? C'est un peu la question posée en juin par Der Spiegel dans un article intitulé «Le problème européen d'Obama». Le magazine allemand y rappelait notamment que le sénateur Obama avait fait preuve d'une regrettable incurie lorsqu'il présidait, l'an dernier, un sous-comité du sénat chargé des affaires européennes…
Reuters has published some great photos from the Mid-East tour. Here are a couple I rather like:
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (R) meets with Israeli President Simon Peres in Jerusalem, July 23, 2008.
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama rekindles the eternal flame, commemorating the six million Jews killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust, during his visit to the Yad Vashem Memorial in Jerusalem July 23, 2008.
See more and read article here: Obama assures Israel he's a friend
[From Le Monde]
Lors d'une conférence donnée à Sciences Po Paris, Dave Senay, le CEO [chef exécutif] de la compagnie de communication institutionnelle Fleishman Hillard est revenu sur les innovations de la campagne de Barack Obama en matière de communication politique.
Selon Dave Senay, l'apparition de la publicité politique à la télévision avait instauré une distance entre le public et la campagne : les équipes se concentraient sur une petite élite capable de financer les spots télévisés qui atteindraient ensuite l'ensemble de la population, plutôt que sur un échange personnel avec les électeurs potentiels. Mais "les nouvelles avancées technologiques ont permis aux campagnes de repasser dans un face-à-face avec les électeurs, même s'il a lieu dans un monde virtuel".
Le premier candidat à avoir utilisé les ressources d'Internet aux Etats-Unis est Howard Dean, en 2004, en créant meetup.com pour permettre à ses supporters online de se rencontrer. Barack Obama a réussi là où Howard Dean a échoué, en transformant l'enthousiasme du monde virtuel en action dans le monde réel.
Dave Senay estime qu'Howard Dean n'avait pas les outils dont dispose M. Obama mais qu'il a tiré le maximum de ceux dont il disposait à l'époque. "Barack Obama permet aux électeurs de faire partie à part entière de l'équipe de campagne, ce qui était inimaginable pour l'époque d'Howard Dean, or cette évolution a été rendue possible par l'explosion des réseaux sociaux : en 2004, Facebook n'était qu'un jeu pour quelques étudiants d'Harvard, Myspace venait à peine d'être lancé et Youtube n'existait pas encore."
Pour M. Senay, le succès de la communication politique de Barack Obama se résume en trois avantages : d'abord, tout comme Ronald Reagan était le candidat de la télévision, Barack Obama est parfaitement adapté au média Internet : "Il est jeune, débrouillard, charismatique, beau, bon communicant, bref c'est un bon produit."
Ensuite, sa campagne dispose d'une réelle expertise des réseaux sociaux, en ayant notamment engagé Chris Hughes, l'un des fondateurs de Facebook. En plus de gérer avec beaucoup d'attention le compte Facebook et le compte Myspace du sénateur, son équipe a créé son propre réseau social, mybarackobama.com, où sont inscrits plus d'un million de participants.
Enfin, la communication de Barack Obama donne à l'électeur l'impression qu'il est un responsable à part entière de la campagne du candidat. Et Dave Senay de citer en exemple un de ses amis qui, la semaine précédente, a croisé une dame à Washington DC brandissant une pancarte sur laquelle on pouvait lire "Vente de gâteaux pour Obama". La politique redevient personnelle, l'équipe de campagne guidant et donnant les outils aux supporters pour qu'ils s'investissent dans la direction souhaitée.
Ce système s'est avéré plus que profitable pour les primaires : "Les caucus ont montré l'efficacité de la campagne basée sur les réseaux sociaux en ligne. Il y fallait plus de supporters à un moment critique où un plus petit nombre de gens pouvait influencer un résultat très important."
Le secret du succès de Barack Obama réside aussi dans le fait que son message, résumé dans le seul mot "Change" (changement), est très attractif. D'après un sondage réalisé par MSNBC et le Wall Street Journal le 11 juin, 54 % des Américains estiment que les Etats-Unis "sont à un moment où il est important de chercher une personne qui apportera de gros changements aux politiques actuelles, même si cette personne a moins d'expérience". De plus, 42 % pensent qu'il vaut mieux une personne "plus expérimentée, même si cette personne apporte moins de changements aux politiques actuelles".
D'après Dave Senay, si le changement gagne contre l'expérience "c'est parce que Barack Obama et sa campagne incarnent son message", les nouvelles technologies permettant aux gens de changer la dynamique de la campagne en y participant. M. Obama lui-même ne s'attendait pas à cette interaction, comme il l'expliquait début juin : "Je n'anticipais pas à quel point nous pourrions utiliser Internet pour capter notre base 'grassroots' sur les plans financier et organisationnel. Je pense que ça a été l'une des plus grandes surprises de la campagne, à quel point notre message a fusionné avec le 'réseautage' social et le pouvoir d'Internet."
Si l'équipe de campagne du sénateur parvient à étendre cette fusion, "à inclure les 18 millions de supporters d'Hillary Clinton dans le message", alors "sa présence en ligne représentera un outil très puissant pour les élections générales également".
Ce nouveau modèle de communication implique d'abandonner une certaine dose de contrôle puisque la campagne est menée par de nombreux intervenants qui ne sont pas sous les ordres directs de stratèges. Face à l'opportunité d'atteindre un public sans le filtre des médias traditionnels, demeure le risque de voir le système se retourner contre Barack Obama.
Lundi 30 juin, le New York Times a relayé les plaintes de blogueurs anti-Obama qui se pensent censurés par Google. Ces blogueurs hébergés par Google ont reçu un e-mail la semaine précédente, expliquant que leurs sites avaient été identifiés comme des spams potentiels. D'après les blogueurs, Google a été victime des activistes pro-Obama, qui se sont servis d'une faille du système Google pour qualifier les blogs de spams. Jusqu'à maintenant, la campagne Obama a réussi à se positionner comme non responsable des actions de ses supporters, mais le camp républicain pourrait chercher à tirer profit du manque de contrôle de l'équipe démocrate sur ses électeurs.
D'autre part, même si la campagne du candidat est très innovatrice, "elle est toujours menée du haut vers le bas. Barack Obama met tous ses supporters dans le même train que lui, mais ceux assis au fond du train n'ont toujours rien à dire sur la manière dont le véhicule avance. Ils pourraient en vouloir à Obama, avoir l'impression que la campagne n'en veut qu'à leur vote et pas à leurs idées", estime Dave Senay.
Si le sénateur est élu et qu'il ne fait pas ce que les gens attendent de lui, le mécanisme qui l'a porté au sommet pourrait bien le descendre. Barack Obama a déjà pu s'en rendre compte quand des internautes énervés ont créé un groupe au sein même de mybarackobama.com pour lui demander de tenir sa parole, et de voter contre une loi accordant l'immunité aux compagnie de télécommunication ayant collaboré à des écoutes ordonnées par le gouvernement Bush.
Cécile Dehesdin
Contribution from Amanda Kato's Blog:
How is McCain going to spin this? I see a big issue here.........June 20, 2008 - 12:21am article tools: email | print |
China admits taking, burying US POW from Korea By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military WriterThu Jun 19, 7:12 PM ET
WASHINGTON - After decades of denials, the Chinese have acknowledged burying an American prisoner of war in China, telling the U.S. that a teenage soldier captured in the Korean War died a week after he "became mentally ill," according to documents provided to The Associated Press.
China had long insisted that all POW questions were answered at the conclusion of the war in 1953 and that no Americans were moved to Chinese territory from North Korea. The little-known case of Army Sgt. Richard G. Desautels, of Shoreham, Vt., opens another chapter in this story and raises the possibility that new details concerning the fate of other POWs may eventually surface.
Chinese authorities gave Pentagon officials intriguing new details about Desautels in a March 2003 meeting in Beijing, saying they had found "a complete record of 9-10 pages" in classified archives.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_china_pow_revelation.................................................
Keep in mind John McCain has been no friend to thePOW advocates including Rolling Thunder.In the 90's, he was rude to the sister of a POW still missing from Vietnam when he kept insisting there wereno more Prisoners of War. The senator almost singlehanded stopped all further searches for Prisoners of War. He has lost many a veteran vote on this one issue alone. I hope someone or maybe Obama himselfwill bring this issue up on the campaign trail. Thearticle was sent to the AP from Advocates for POW searches. I hope someone can get this little doozy of info to the Mainstream media, not that they will show this but Olberman just might.If we are just finding out about a Korean war vet,how many more were sent to other countries especiallyChina while all the while McCain and his surrogatescontinue to harp on Obama regarding unconditional negotiations with our adversaries.
Meanwhile, we have a huge trade with China and theSenator from Arizona helped negotiate and resume relations with Vietnam without any conditions ofinfo regarding prisoners of war. The fact is, heflat out denied that anymore prisoners were beng held anywhere. Many veterans of the Vietnam era believed all alongthat POW's were moved to Laos or China. China would bevery probable due to their part of the war and supplying the North Vietnames Army with weapons against American troops.
McCain has a huge problem with this veteran votingbloc that appears to have just gotten bigger. If weare just learning about Korean POW'a what about the Nam POW's? Pretty embarrasing time for this article to surface, what with Cindy in Vietnam doing her charity work in that neck of the woods. Someone needs to ask a former POW why he just doesn't feelother POW'a or their remains need to be discovered?
HI folks!
Those Obama Supporters located in the Kennesaw_Acworth area will be glad to know we meet on Thursday at 7PM. The meeting is being held at US Play off Barrett Parkway. Please join us for upcoming event planning and organizing our support for Obama. RSVP:http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4gskt
Other Kennesaw_Acworth_4_Change Group events offered can be found here:
Another Big event upcoming for our 11th CD is being offered by Merri. Join us for the following:
COME MEET: July 11, 2008 from 6:30 to 8:00
4626 Liberty Square Drive, Acworth
Deana Womack - Obama Delegate from the 11th Congressional District to the convention in Denver.
Don Wilson - Obama Delegate from the 11th Congressional District to the convention in Denver;District Captain for the Georgia House, District37.
Will Fowlkes - Delegate from the 11th Congressional District to the convention in Denver;District Captain for the Georgia House,District 35.
Jason Adams - Democratic Candidate for Georgia House, District 35.
Tim Brew - Candidate for School Board, Post 1.
Bud Gammon - Candidate for Congress from the Georgia 11th Congressional District.
Martha Keil - DNC MetroAtlanta Field Organizer.
Meet our Delegates and Candidate!
Please come to a "Meet and Greet." Our Delegates, representing us at the Denver Convention, will meet you and answer your questions. Also, you will have a chance to meet other candidates that want to represent you in Washington, the Georgia State House, and on the Cobb School Board. These are excellent candidates! When you meet them, you will understand why they deserve our support. Our DNC Metro Atlanta Field Organizer will be glad to explain the plans to turn Georgia BLUE. This is a great way to meet them all at one time.
RSVP http://my.barackobama.com/p...
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Is it over yet?
No! We regroup and begin again. Here's the latest Folks!
Good Morning Kennesaw and Acworth!
I am the Northwest Atlanta Metropolitan Organizer for the Obama campaign, newly arrived on the ground here in Georgia. I just wanted to point you toward an important voter registration event in the Kennesaw/Acworth area this coming Saturday, June 14th at noon. We’ll be meeting at the Twisted Taco (address included in link below) and heading out to register voters at targeted locations. Sign up here so we know to expect you:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4bdp
You all have a great group of dedicated volunteers already in Kennesaw, so I would urge you to get plugged in as soon as you can if you are interested in helping to lead the efforts. Come to the organizational meeting this Thursday, June 12th at 7 PM at US Play at 775 Cobb Place Blvd. We’ll discuss the Saturday event and beyond, and continue developing plans for moving forward. Sign up here if you can make it:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4ggb
Lastly, we are building a massive volunteer movement across the state of Georgia. Barack is within striking distance of Senator McCain here but there is no way we win this state without a tremendous voter registration push and a huge outreach effort to swing voters and new voters. You can be a crucial part of kicking this movement off by hosting a house party, where a campaign staffer will help you plan to have people over to your house and make the pitch to bring them on board to the most substantial person-to-person grassroots effort in campaign history. Be a part of making this history and host a house party on Saturday, June 28th. You can sign up by going here:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/uniteforchange/
I have been working on this campaign since last June, and I can tell you that I have never been more excited to be a part of this campaign than since I’ve come to Georgia.
You all have gotten off to a tremendous start, and I see the incredible potential we hold in the palm of our hands. All we have to do is step up as a collective group and this state – and likely the presidential election – will be won. Imagine waking up on November 5th and realizing you’d been a part of electing Barack Obama as President. I hope you won’t wait any longer to join us and make that a reality.
Regards,
Charlie Anderson
Northwest Atlanta Metropolitan Area Organizer
Obama for America
(919) 723-7144
canderson@barackobama.com
