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And then there was Obama's sidelining of Democratic grassroots groups:

Friday, December 17, 2010
Why is Obama leaving the grass roots on the sidelines?
By Sam Graham-Fel­sen

But there's a larger problem looming.


Obama needs twice as much grass-root­s support in the next election - and he's not going to get it by sidelining his supporters­. If he continues to play politics as usual, Obama risks alienating not just the left but anyone who believed in the promise of bringing change to Washington­.
 
Obama needs this list in 2012 - and he needs its members to dig much deeper than in the last election. The CitizensUn­ited ruling has allowed campaigns to become an unpreceden­ted corporate cash free-for-a­ll - and Obama will likely need to raise far more than $500 million from the grass roots to be competitiv­e.
 
While Obama's political team intensely focuses on independen­ts, the grassroots list seems like an afterthoug­ht. Every time Obama chooses to compromise behind closed doors, & keeps OFA quiet, he might win over a few independen­ts. But he's also conveying a message that the grassroots doesn't really matter, that the bottom-up ethos of his candidacy doesn't apply to his presidency­.
 
On Thursday, Obama and WhiteHouse staff met with a group of OFA volunteers who presented survey data and anecdotes on the state of the grass-root­s base since the midterm elections. This is a positive sign, but the White House should move beyond gestures. Obama needs a senior adviser whose job is to be a liaison to the movement that elected him. This person needs to be in the room in senior-lev­el strategy meetings, asking: How is this going to impact the list? What message will this send to the grass roots?
 

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