Obama Uses Database to Support Dem Congressional Candidate
We’ve already noted how President Obama has repurposed his campaign database as a tool to rally grassroots support for his political agenda.
Now, he’s taken the next logical step. Obama has allowed the use of his “Organizing for America” (OFA) database to help Scott Murphy, the Democratic candidate in a hotly contested special congressional race in New York’s 20th district. Around 60,000 e-mails were sent out on Wednesday urging Obama’s supporters to also support Murphy. Read more
Obama Planning Massive Online Campaign To Rally Support
During his campaign, President Barack Obama amassed over 13 million e-mail addresses of supporters. The campaign is over, but the power of Obama’s database is still very much with us. And Obama plans to use that power to mount a massive grassroots campaign to rally support for his political agenda.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Obama intends to ask his 13 million e-enthusiasts to go door-to-door to solicit pledges of support. Those recruited will, in turn, themselves be entered into the database. Read more
Obama Gets To Keep His “BarackBerry”
The wrangling is finally over. Now that Barack Obama has been sworn in as President of the United States and Commander in Chief, he has won out. He gets to keep his BlackBerry, or, as it has sometimes been called, the “BarackBerry.”
Of course, the device Obama will be toting around is not quite the same as the one in your pocket. According to Marc Ambinder from the National Security Agency, the BarackBerry cost just over $3,300. Among other things, it will enable the President to encrypt phone calls and view classified documents.
Yet one more piece of evidence that Obama & Co. are heartily embracing technology. Needless to say, Republicans must do the same.