Obama and The Movement

Retooling Obama's campaign machine for the long haul (By Peter Wallsten, LA Times) The organization, known internally as "Barack Obama 2.0," is being designed to sustain a grass-roots network of millions that was mobilized last year to elect Obama and now is widely considered the country's most potent political machine.

Be sure to read this article. And if you haven't already, be sure to read The New Politics: Barack Obama, Party of One

by John Heilemann in New York magazine: Without entirely realizing it, America elected its first Independent president. The implications for how the country will be governed are profound, exhilarating, and loaded with risk.

And while you're at it, you definitely should not miss Jacqueline Salit's "How the Independent Movement Went Left by Going Right"...

Happy reading!

That Hankster

The Hankster says: Don't Miss The Movement

Ms. Conscience performs The Movement at the top of The Hankster blog. From the Castillo Theatre's political cabaret "Songs to Make Revolution By" at Performing The World 4 on hankstertube. Plus other standout performances by the ensemble...

...The truth is we're gonna make it happen!....