Can Obama Turn the Dem Party Upside Down with the Biggest Voter Mobilization Drive in History?

[babylonsister]

Can Obama Turn the Democratic Party Upside Down with the Biggest Voter Mobilization Drive in History?

By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. Posted August 4, 2008.

Thousands of grassroots organizers will lead an effort to register millions of new voters and build momentum for political reform.


Barack Obama's presidential campaign is seeking to register "millions" of new voters immediately after the Democratic Convention, according to top campaign officials who say the effort is one facet of a "capacity-building" effort this summer that includes extensively training thousands of campaign workers as community organizers.

The voter registration effort is part of a broader strategy to not just elect Obama, but also to alter the political landscape by shifting power from Washington to the grassroots, the officials say, to cultivate a base for significant political reforms. The campaign sees its training and voter registration efforts as the cornerstone of building a new progressive movement like the rise of conservatism during Ronald Reagan's presidency.

"We need everybody in this party to get behind this effort to turn out thousands and thousands of volunteers in every single state in the country, to hit the streets and go register millions of new people that weekend alone," said Steve Hildebrand, Obama's deputy campaign manager, speaking at the recent Netroots Nation conference. "It's not about whether or not we will get Barack Obama elected. It is about whether or not we will have a progressive majority in this country for decades to come."

Last week, the campaign and the Democratic National Committee announced it would commit $20 million to "engaging and mobilizing" Hispanic voters in an effort that will include "voter mobilization, voter registration, online organizing, community outreach and paid advertising" and "also include Camp Obama trainings around the country."

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[MrModerate]

1. Damn well better. If it's withing 5 points or so, you can be sure . . .

the election will be stolen (again). The only way to victory is to overwhelm their fraud by numbers.

[babylonsister]

2. Fear not; it's going to happen! nt

[luckyleftyme2]

3. You can count on it

We will take the election and change this country. no more jobs and money leaving this country.

[MrModerate]

4. I sure hope you're right . . .

As much as I don't want McCain president, I don't want Romney/Crist/whoever, either, and McCain is clearly falling apart on the campaign trail.

[GoesTo11]

5. A brilliant strategy

This is like Russia under Putin and Italy under Berlusconi. Taking on what is essentially an organized crime syndicate where the media are tools of one party, and so are government agencies (like DOJ). The only way to win is to stay away from the trap of trusting either of these to do the job they are expected to in a democracy. Instead of a mass communication system (the media) this is a system to reach each person individually through human contact and sophisticated internet techniques. Sort of a shadow government to protect voting rights and free speech. Not cheap, but doable - if you have a candidate who actually motivates people.

[babylonsister]

6. And all indications are it's going to work, at least better than

what McCrabby has going for him, even with the complicity of the m$m.