HAS TO CONTEND WITH MULTITUDE OF CONFLICTING INTERESTS!
Monday, Dec. 14, 2009 [NOTE ON CONTEXT: Organizing for America has put out the call to 'deploy' our newly formed Rapid Response Teams to start doing massive phone banking beginning tomorrow, Tuesday the 15th December in anticipation of voting on Health Industry Reform bills or amendments in the Senate. I'm the leader of one of these RR teams. As such, I have to write up a description of what we're needing, post it, invite people, etc. But there has been so much disgruntlement, grumblings I've been hearing about Obama, that I just couldn't write some blurb without addressing the dissatisfaction. Of course, this that I came up with is WAY too long for a phone bank posting.]
Our first gigantic test is getting close. The Senate is moving toward a vote on health industry reform. And I keep hearing that people "are so disappointed in Obama."
Just got off a national conference call with community organizers for Organizing for America, and wanted to share with you where things are at this moment.
Since last November 5, I've been hopeful about transforming our campaign into a people's lobby and folks, it seems we are, indeed, at the very beginnings of the kind of democracy many of us have always dreamed of. The work we've been doing has had an impact approaching that of the paid lobbyists.
