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Re: How will Obama now use his Internet army?

topaz — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:39:13 -0000

i beg to disagree to you dude. because a good leader cannot solve a national problem with just himself. he needs the cooperation of the people in order to solve national problems, as the saying goes two heads is better than one. how much more if million heads its better than 2 heads right.

Re: How will Obama now use his Internet army?

Lexington_Law — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:59:06 -0000

The internet did single handily win the election for Obama....now if he can just as effectively use that tool for the good of our nation...

Re: How will Obama now use his Internet army?

chiropractic marketing ideas — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:49:11 -0000

Why don't we give Obama the chance to prove us that he can be a good leader, besides most of people voted him thinking that he will be a good leader.

Re: How will Obama now use his Internet army?

The Health Blog — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:15:16 -0000

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Re: How will Obama now use his Internet army?

Jon Delperdang — Sun, 10 May 2009 14:55:55 -0000

I think that as long as millennials (such as myself) view Obama as doing a 'good job' as President, most young people will sadly not insist on being apart of the governing process. Of course, you still have all the young activists who organized for Obama's campaign and are likely still doing some sort of grassroots campaigning for a number of causes (environmental, racial equality, etc.), but it also seems that this is not as strong as was the campaign for Obama...though it is likely still stronger than before Obama's campaign, so Obama's grassroots campaign has indeed empowered youth organizers to organize more.

I also feel that Obama backing the expansion of Americorps (from 75,000 volunteers to 250,000) will naturally engage young persons to be apart of the local governing process through their work.

Re: How will Obama now use his Internet army?

Ari Herzog — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:52:10 -0000

It has nothing to do with generations, Don, but everything to do with the status quo. As Howard Dean and Jim Duncan agreed when talking to the National Press Club on Nov. 5, carried live on C-SPAN, technology will only become more ubiquitous. Dean spoke of the power of YouTube, due to his earlier use of Dean TV. And Duncan, the RNC chair, said he uses a Kindle.

I don't think the millennials or any other generation will force Obama to do anything; one only needs to run a Google search on "Government 2.0" (as Newsweek uses) to see the conversations and ideas from all digital-connected generations.

I do agree with your take. Moulitsas sounds disconnected.