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All through the Presidential Race I signed up for e-mails from both Mccain and Obama's Political Campaigns.  I wanted to know what each group was saying to their supporters.

Well naturally I still receive Obama e-mails from David Plouffe the Campaign Manager for Barak Obama. 

The Progression and Direction of the e-mails have been interesting and sometimes entertaining.  For instance the Holiday Greeting was not from Mr Obama but from his Wife Michelle.  It was written asking for people to help either their local food kitchen or donate to the local USO.  It was an appropriate Holiday Greeting, but why it was not sent from the Obama family or from Barack, who knows.  I have not usually receieved e-mails from Political Parties at the Holidays so I have nothing to compare it too.

Also right after the Election they were begging for donations to the Democratic Party claiming that they took out very large and numerous Loans in order to help get Barack elected.  I was under the impression in the Media that they were in the Green and had plenty of Donations from the Common Man...Obviously not so much.

Recently they suggested that people hold House Parties that bring together Supporters for Change.  These get togethers were to be discussions about what the Change actually is that they keep refering too.  It is also to organize the Grass Roots supporters of the Pres-Elect Obama and to keep them interested and motivated so that they will be able to respond when called on to act.  It may also make his supporters feel like they are involved in what is to come. 

They do not hide the fact that during the coming years there will be Legislation that will need the Support of the Obama Grass Roots Army to get through Congress.  What those new Laws are they have not yet specified, but we can speculate that they run along the lines of the agenda that was on Obama's Transition Page.  The agenda got alot of people upset and were removed from the Web Site and replaced with a More General idea of what the Next Pres wants to accomplish.

One e-mail discribes the results from the House gatherings and some surveys that were done with the Obama Supporters.  Here is an excerpt from that e-mail.

"And so far, the response has been remarkable -- 550,000 people completed the online supporter survey. And this past weekend, supporters organized more than 4,000 Change is Coming house meetings in 2,000 cities across all 50 states.

Supporters like you are deciding how this movement will go forward. And your dedication is incredible.

House meetings were held in 2,000 cities. In Florida there were 302 events across the state. In Pennsylvania there were 165, and Ohio had 160.

From these meetings, survey responses, and thousands of conversations on My.BarackObama and email, your ideas about the future of this organization are taking shape.

Here are a few things you shared in the survey:

• House meetings were the primary way supporters got involved in the campaign
• People are excited to volunteer around a number of top issues, including education, the environment, health care, poverty, and the economy
• 86 percent of respondents feel it's important to help Barack's administration pass legislation through grassroots support
• 68 percent feel it's important to help elect state and local candidates who share the same vision for our country
• And a staggering 10 percent of respondents indicated that they would be interested in running for elected office

This feedback is essential to our next steps, because this movement is fueled by your ideas and your passion.

Watch the house meetings video and get involved by taking the survey or hosting a meeting of your own:

http://my.barackobama.com/meetingvideo

Between now and Barack's inauguration, we'll continue to collect your ideas and feedback.

After the inauguration, we should be able to announce a clear plan for the future of this movement -- a plan determined by you.

Thanks for being a part of this journey to bring about change in the years to come,

David

David Plouffe
Campaign Manager
Obama for America"

Well as you can see they have a pretty organized Grass Roots movement going.  If they have as many people as they say they do, they can easily influence Congress on the Direction of this Country.

What Direction that is they are either still not sure, or as  I believe, afraid to let us know yet.  They tried on his Transition Page and got Burned.  So they have decided to keep things vauge, especially if they feel people may think it's too radical.

Obama is appointing people to his cabinet that in the end will do the Dirty work for him, and if we are not paying attention there is a Good chance that they will get alot of what they want.  They may anyway with the majority they appear they will have in Congress.

Well I will continue to monitor the e-mails and if I see anything more interesting, or alerts that ask for Obama Supporters Action, I will let you all know.  Or feel free to find his websites and Join yourself. 

The fact that they still will not openly define Change is worrysome, especially to their own supporters.  But they are spining it to appear they are taking their supporters opinion into consideration.  But I feel as their agenda on the Transition Page showed, they already know what they want to do....they just want their supporters to feel they had something to do with it.

Politicians to the Last......