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DFA Raised $8.2 million for change in 2012 and can be a model for the new Obama organization [View all]
Seeking to harness Obama's campaign resources for a second term
An ambitious new political organization is being built out of the machine that propelled him back into office, with the hope of supporting his policy objectives.
By Matea Gold, Los Angeles Times
January 17, 2013, 5:36 p.m.
WASHINGTON — As he launches his second term, President Obama may get help from an ambitious new political organization being built out of his reelection campaign, a group that could reshape how future presidents harness supporters to press their White House agendas.
Run by former Obama campaign officials, the advocacy group will seek to leverage the campaign's sophisticated organizing tools and rich voter database to support the president's policy objectives, including raising the debt ceiling, gun control and immigration reform.
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In 2004, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean turned his failed presidential campaign into a permanent organization. The political action committee, Democracy for America, raised $8.2 million in the 2012 cycle, and supports liberal candidates and trains activists.
Democracy for America chairman Jim Dean, the former governor's brother, applauded the Obama campaign's effort to transform itself into a long-term presence, though he noted that "it's very difficult to keep up the momentum and enthusiasm" after a successful campaign.
More: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-campaign-20130118,0,7844873.story?page=1
An ambitious new political organization is being built out of the machine that propelled him back into office, with the hope of supporting his policy objectives.
By Matea Gold, Los Angeles Times
January 17, 2013, 5:36 p.m.
WASHINGTON — As he launches his second term, President Obama may get help from an ambitious new political organization being built out of his reelection campaign, a group that could reshape how future presidents harness supporters to press their White House agendas.
Run by former Obama campaign officials, the advocacy group will seek to leverage the campaign's sophisticated organizing tools and rich voter database to support the president's policy objectives, including raising the debt ceiling, gun control and immigration reform.
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In 2004, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean turned his failed presidential campaign into a permanent organization. The political action committee, Democracy for America, raised $8.2 million in the 2012 cycle, and supports liberal candidates and trains activists.
Democracy for America chairman Jim Dean, the former governor's brother, applauded the Obama campaign's effort to transform itself into a long-term presence, though he noted that "it's very difficult to keep up the momentum and enthusiasm" after a successful campaign.
More: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-campaign-20130118,0,7844873.story?page=1
8 years later DFA is still relevant and still plugging away at creating a wave of progressive organizers and office holders. DFA supported Obama when he ran for Senate both with money and manpower. If the Obama team wants to see how it can produce winning results it should look to DFA - we will take this country back from local city councils to the halls of Washington. The best way this new Obama group can support Obama's policy objectives is by sending good Democrats to Congress election cycle after election cycle after election cycle!
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