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Sun Jul 06, 2008 at 23:33:35 PM EDT
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| It IS all about him.
Many of you were outraged when Obama gutted the national Democratic Party organizational structure and moved the headquarters to Chicago. I certainly was, especially since I'd been giving the DNC a monthly donation to grow the party in all 50 states, and Obama folded the staff hired with that money into an "elect Obama task force". Screw the 50 states, it's all about The One™. Needless to say, I asked for (and received) a refund on this money.
Well, we knew the national party has been parasitized by the Obama phenomena, and Howard Dean is just a hood ornament on the Obama Special. But now look at what's going on in Iowa, according to the Iowa Independent.
At least 20 employees of the Iowa Democratic Party have been demoted or fired and a coordinated state-wide campaign was essentially disbanded, replaced by a focus on the presidential bid of Sen. Barack Obama.
Details are sketchy, but the changes could have an impact on November's legislative races, with field staff that was previously working for down-ticket races now being placed on the payroll of Obama's presidential campaign and working almost entirely on its behalf.
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| campskunk :: Obama Expands Party Demolition Down Into State Organizations |
| Lovely. Despite the blogger boyz' bragging about all the down-ticket benefits an Obama candidacy will have, the ugly truth is that all resources are being stripped from local races and diverted to the Obama campaign.
More from the Independent:
By mid-June the Obama campaign had deployed its own staff to Iowa to lead its general election campaign here, a move that is typical for a presidential nominee. But Obama's campaign began to assign organizers to parts of the state where the coordinated campaign already had a presence, and insiders began to wonder why. In the past week and a half, the answer to that question has been slowly revealed.
Obama's campaign demanded that its own staff replace existing staff in places where there was overlap and cast aside several opportunities to cooperate with down-ticket candidates between now and November, another source familiar with the negotiations said. Essentially, the state coordinated campaign was disbanded and replaced by the Obama campaign organization.
...The situation mirrors what happened in Colorado, where the Obama campaign announced last month it would not be joining the state's coordinated campaign and instead would operate alongside it. The move drew criticism from some Colorado Democrats who fear the party will end up duplicating efforts and squandering resources.
Look for the Obama Blob™ to absorb a local party structure near you soon. |
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"Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in. When you stumble, keep faith. When you?re knocked down, get right back up. And NEVER listen to anyone who says you can't or shouldn't go on."
Hillary Clinton - June 7, 2008
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