Obama's 13-million, Organizing for America's gamble.

To Arms. To Arms. A call to Arms. Obama has moved his 13-million strong email list up into the front ranks of his increasingly desperate attempt to pass his upcoming budget "vision". But will it work? Is another chapter of internet history about to be written? Has "Organizing for America" actually been able to harness Obama's internet masses into an effective political voice? Time, of course, will tell; but I think not.

After the election no attempt was made by Organizing for America to actually give these 13-million strong a collective voice, a collective identity, a sense of its collective self.  They have simply used these 13-million email addresses as separate, individuals donation targets.

Pres. Obama's 13-million email list will fail because he has failed to empower it with a voice. You can't have 13-million separate, individuals speaking with one voice without first giving them a voice with which to speak. You can't have 13-million separate, individuals speaking with one voice without allowing them to speak, to come together as one, to be heard as one.

In this way, Pres. Obama is like the Republican party. Both would very much like to use the power of their own grassroots, but fear empowering their own grassroots, least they speak for themselves.

           ex animo

           davidfarrar