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Camp Obama

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Apply to be a Deputy Field Organizer

Camp Obama trainings offer an in-depth look at the strategies and techniques that have driven this campaign since the beginning. They'll prepare you to lead our Get Out The Vote efforts in a battleground state, working as a Deputy Field Organizer during the final weeks of the campaign.

We'll be holding sessions at locations in Massachusetts in the coming weeks. They'll be led by experienced Obama campaign staffers and other professional organizers who are eager to empower dedicated supporters like you.

Due to an overwhelming response to attend this program we are currently NOT accepting any more applications for Camp Obama. Those who have signed up will be contacted only if they have been selected for the upcoming program. Thank you for your support and interest.

If anyone has had any doubt about participating in Rebuildtheparty.com, it is time to pull your head out of the sand.

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It's the Money, the Media, the Groundswell/Grassroots Effort, and the Leadership

I have been listening and reading to a vast array of political experts/pundits and their ideas regarding what has gone wrong with the Republican Party.  Many are spot on and a few are way off base in my opinion.  I am of the opinion that things do need to change, but not our core conservative ideology.

As I have mentioned in replies to other bloggers on this site, this country is 232 years old.  Over this span of time, just about every concept or political ideology has been tried.  Some have been dismal failures and others have been resounding successes.  At the end of the day, there are not many NEW ideas rather, there are new ways to package, present, and communicate these ideas to the American electorate.  It also helps to have a leader that inspires the electorate and can communicate these ideas to the masses with charisma and vision.

I challenge anyone to educate me as to what Obama has campaigned or promised that is new.  Tell me what new ideas that Obama has presented that hasn't already been tried from Clinton to Carter to FDR.  Obama has simply sold a bag of goods that has already been done before or has tried to be done in one fashion or another (HilaryCare for example).  At best, one could only cite tidbits of change or newness with respect to a broader idea. 

First and foremost we need to acknowledge the failures of the RINO leadership we have had in Washington for the past 8 years and we need a comprehensive national strategy with a concerted focus on fund raising, the media, and a major grassroots effort unlike any ever accomplished in the Republican Party.  Record fund raising is a must to counter the Obama Machine and to counter the liberal media establishment.  The need for the grassroots effort should be obvious.

This will not be easy.  There has been a lot of trust lost in the Republican Party and for good reason.  I personally have friends and relatives who are ready to give money and help organize, but everyone is sitting back to see how the dust settles and who they feel they can trust with the future of the party.  It also makes it difficult when we have created a system where nearly 50% of the electorate pay zero federal income taxes and have no stake in the federal system whatsoever.  Further, with the Dems likely to push hard for amnesty for the illegals, we will likely lose the Hispanic vote for the foreseeable future. Where do you suppose these votes will go?? Consequently, we have to face the fact that we will constantly be working for the 5-7 percenters out there who always seem to be on the fence (at least for the short to mid term). 

The Republican Party must rebuild the party with its core conservative values but with new methodologies for communicating our ideas and creating a groundswell of grass roots activity that we can all believe.  We need to communicate our ideas and ideology to the American people and stop acting like Democrats (McCain, Powel, Bloomberg, and Schwarzenegger are prime examples).  We need to defines ourselves and not allow the liberal establishment to define the Republican Party.  We must have leaders with the charisma to communicate to the masses a singular voice of the party and a unique ability to raise much needed campaign funds.  Over time, with success, we can regain the Reagan American Spirit we so fondly remember.

Doug Peterson

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Defining the Republican/Conservative Party

One of the biggest mistakes we as Conservatives and Republicans have made over the past four to six years is that we allowed the Democrat Party and the libs to define who we are and what we stand for.

George W. Bush and Karl Rove sat back the past six years and allowed the Democrat party and the liberal media to attack the party, the administration, the administrations policies, and the economic record these policies have produced. George W. consistently stated that he believed it was disrespectful to the "office of the President" to respond to the flurry of constant attacks.

As a result, the majority of the American people do not understand how the banking crisis has been culminating since the 1970's and how President Clinton helped to accelerate the problem. They are not aware that the Democrats holding power in committees consistently blocked efforts by Republicans (and President Bush) to reign in Freddie and Fannie through regulation. They are not aware that the CEO's of Freddie and Fannie were former hacks of the Democrat party and the congressional black caucus. They have not seen the mounds of video with the democrats in congress stating how there was nothing wrong with Freddie and Fannie.

Further, most Americans are not aware of the economic record of the Bush Administration. Most are not aware that no president has had more consecutive months of job growth than George W. Bush (including Reagan). The American people are not aware that the fastest growing segment of the American electorate are those making over $100,000. They are not aware that 40% of all voters voting in this years election make over $75,000 (the highest ever).
 

Furthermore, most American people do not know that the poorest segment of the electorate (those making under $15,000) has shrunk from 11 percent to 6 percent. And further, they still are not aware that the "working poor" (those making between $15,000 to $30,000 annually) have shrunk from 23 percent to 12 percent of the electorate. Most Americans are not aware of the significant growth of GDP this country has experienced through the majority of the Bush Presidency. And lastly (as I don't have time to list everything), most American's are not aware that if the black population were their own country, they would be the 16th richest nation in the world. How is that for improved racial equality.

No one from the Republican or Conservative groups have adequately communicated these facts to the American Electorate. If we do not find a way to successfully communicate our ideas, values, and successes, we will continue to fail. We must stop this vicious cycle of allowing the Democrat party and the liberal establishments to define who we are and what we stand for. We must define ourselves to the American people.

Doug Peterson

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