From the LA Daily News:
When political activist Mary Jane Stevenson shared her fears with her husband last fall that Barack Obama might not win the presidency, her husband's poignant reply made her shudder. "What if he wins - and he doesn't succeed?" she recalls him asking. Stevenson recounted the story to a group of San Fernando Valley-based Obama campaign volunteers last week at a local senior center. "That's not going to happen," she told them. "Because we're here tonight and there are thousands of people across the country who are coming to meetings just like this." A Topanga resident, Stevenson, 42, is the California director of Obama's Organizing for America, and is now engaged in a whirlwind organizing tour of California to help keep alive the grass-roots spirit that helped elect Obama. Those meetings are the latest manifestation of the massive grass-roots political army built by Obama during the presidential campaign. That army is now mobilizing for a new campaign to enact his agenda. Leaders of Organizing for America, the new face of the Obama campaign, say they are as fired up as ever and ready to help the president as he prepares to sell the country on such legislation as the biggest health care reform since Medicare was enacted in 1965.
When political activist Mary Jane Stevenson shared her fears with her husband last fall that Barack Obama might not win the presidency, her husband's poignant reply made her shudder.
"What if he wins - and he doesn't succeed?" she recalls him asking. Stevenson recounted the story to a group of San Fernando Valley-based Obama campaign volunteers last week at a local senior center.
"That's not going to happen," she told them. "Because we're here tonight and there are thousands of people across the country who are coming to meetings just like this."
A Topanga resident, Stevenson, 42, is the California director of Obama's Organizing for America, and is now engaged in a whirlwind organizing tour of California to help keep alive the grass-roots spirit that helped elect Obama.
Those meetings are the latest manifestation of the massive grass-roots political army built by Obama during the presidential campaign. That army is now mobilizing for a new campaign to enact his agenda.
Leaders of Organizing for America, the new face of the Obama campaign, say they are as fired up as ever and ready to help the president as he prepares to sell the country on such legislation as the biggest health care reform since Medicare was enacted in 1965.
From NBC WTAP in West Virginia:
The Obama White House wants to know what you think of the way the country is going. Wednesday night, a representative form the Obama's "Organizing for America" met with more than four dozen residents of Washington and Noble counties. The public meeting was the 31st of 35 meetings in Southeastern Ohio to gather grass roots feedback.
The Obama White House wants to know what you think of the way the country is going.
Wednesday night, a representative form the Obama's "Organizing for America" met with more than four dozen residents of Washington and Noble counties. The public meeting was the 31st of 35 meetings in Southeastern Ohio to gather grass roots feedback.
From The Post in Ohio:
Organizing for America, an extension of Barack Obama's presidential campaign, hosted a listening campaign in Grover Center last night. The listening campaign provided a chance for citizens to speak about the issues that Obama brought up during his campaign, said Greg Schultz, the state director for Organizing for America. The campaign is one of the first actions of Organizing for America. "We kind of have the way Obama's campaign was structured early on very much focused on local expertise, local knowledge and local connections," Schultz said, explaining that the organization is using the structure from Obama's campaign to help fulfill the goals of his administration.
Organizing for America, an extension of Barack Obama's presidential campaign, hosted a listening campaign in Grover Center last night.
The listening campaign provided a chance for citizens to speak about the issues that Obama brought up during his campaign, said Greg Schultz, the state director for Organizing for America. The campaign is one of the first actions of Organizing for America.
"We kind of have the way Obama's campaign was structured early on very much focused on local expertise, local knowledge and local connections," Schultz said, explaining that the organization is using the structure from Obama's campaign to help fulfill the goals of his administration.
From the Middletown Journal in Ohio:
Millions of ordinary people, just like me, are working to help President Barack Obama change America. Before the 100th day of his administration, hundreds of thousands of signatures on support cards were gathered, and hundreds of thousands of phone calls to Congress were made in support of President Obama’s budget. Ordinary people understand the importance of investing in health care, energy and education. We understand that these are the issues that will determine our future. We also understand that the budget is just the first step in rebuilding our economy. And we are very aware that it is going to take us - the ordinary people - to work to get these changes made a reality. A group of more than 80 ordinary people recently met in Warren County to discuss how to continue this grass-roots movement. We had people from Lebanon, Franklin, Waynesville, Pleasant Plain, Maineville, Mason, Middletown, Hamilton and many other villages and townships. We came together to meet the Ohio field director for Organizing for America, the organization that is an outgrowth of the Obama Campaign for Change. We understand that we finally have a voice in our government. And we know that ordinary people can do extraordinary things.
Millions of ordinary people, just like me, are working to help President Barack Obama change America. Before the 100th day of his administration, hundreds of thousands of signatures on support cards were gathered, and hundreds of thousands of phone calls to Congress were made in support of President Obama’s budget.
Ordinary people understand the importance of investing in health care, energy and education. We understand that these are the issues that will determine our future.
We also understand that the budget is just the first step in rebuilding our economy. And we are very aware that it is going to take us - the ordinary people - to work to get these changes made a reality.
A group of more than 80 ordinary people recently met in Warren County to discuss how to continue this grass-roots movement. We had people from Lebanon, Franklin, Waynesville, Pleasant Plain, Maineville, Mason, Middletown, Hamilton and many other villages and townships. We came together to meet the Ohio field director for Organizing for America, the organization that is an outgrowth of the Obama Campaign for Change. We understand that we finally have a voice in our government. And we know that ordinary people can do extraordinary things.
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