Younger Voters Shift From Obama

The idea that we can elect ONE man to office and then sit back and let him do all the work of changing things is ludicrous.

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Nobody has suggested doing any such thing.

The fact of the matter is that Obama talks the rhetoric, but his actions show us something entirely different.  For example, when it comes to rallying the base to contact Congress, Obama has worked to suppress base activism.  

Read Sam Graham-Fel­sen's oped in WaPo: Why is Obama leaving the grass roots on the sidelines?
 
At the same time Obama deactivate­d OFA, Obama demanded all progressiv­e outside groups cease their efforts to pass Democratic legislatio­n.  He wanted 100 percent control of the message through the White House.  

And then Obama did nothing but cave and capitulate­.  He didn't pressure any Blue Dogs or Republican­s on healthcare reform, not on a public option, on nothing.

And, Obama dithered in the two years leading up to the 2010 midterm elections while the GOP wiped out the singlemost effective Democratic voter registrati­on group - Democratic Outside Groups, Voter Reg Drives Fall Flat.

Obama has a habit and pattern of doing the bare minimum possible, like sending OFA email at the last possible moment, just so that his political operatives can say, "OFA never stopped sending out communicat­ions."  

'Plausible deniabilit­y' might be the slogan for Obama's career in office.
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