In the best case, there would be a continuation of the campaign beyond November.
There would be a support organization of about 10 million contributors with a growing cyber-identity and growing use of cyberspace to accomplish communication, action and education.
And the levers of governance would be released from creaky-incompetence into a lean and mean vehicle for the creation of solutions which BEND special interests toward the common good, which reward cooperation to achieve social goals and which begin to do the new things we need to have done.
The right will have a field day trying to paint Obama as a socialist and so forth. But I believe Obama is a genuine progressive and that the people in his movement would see him and themseleves as rationsl pragmatists. Here is the post that confirmed my sense of where things will go:
Stephen --I want to tell you about one of the most exciting projects of this campaign. It's called the Obama Organizing Fellowship.
When I was a young man, I was inspired by the Civil Rights Movement and the idea of people working at a grassroots level to bring about change.
I got my chance on the South Side of Chicago, as a community organizer, and it was the transformative experience of my career.
It allowed me to put my values to work and to see that real change comes not from the top-down, but from the bottom-up, when ordinary people come together around a common purpose.
The experience changed the course of my life -- and I want to share that kind of opportunity with you.
That's why we're introducing a program that's going to train a new generation of leaders -- not only to help us win this election, but to help strengthen our democracy in communities across the country.
If you apply and are selected, you'll be trained in the basic organizing principles that this campaign and our movement for change are built on. You will be assigned to a community where you'll organize supporters. Assignments will begin in June, and you'll be required to work a minimum of six weeks over the summer.
This program is designed to give you real world organizing experience that will have a concrete impact on this election.
Apply to be an Obama Organizing Fellow and put progressive values to work in the real world:
http://my.barackobama.com/fellows
If you can't take the time away from work or your family that's required for the fellowship program, you can still get involved.
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