Posted on 11/07/2008 1:08:05 PM PST by OPS4
WASHINGTON A powerful new lobbying force is coming to town: Barack Obama's triumphant army of 3.1 million Internet-linked donors and volunteers.
In a mass e-mail thanking them, written moments before his Grant Park victory speech, Obama put them on notice. "We have a lot to do to get our country back on track, and I'll be in touch soon about what comes next," he wrote.
Many are eager. "I'm going to be sitting at the phone, asking, 'What do you want me to do next? I'm ready,' " said volunteer Courtney Hood, 37, a mother of three from Owings, Md.
How Obama will use his ardent laptop-armed cadres is unclear. So is the extent to which they'll rally behind his priorities, press him for their own or both.
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I'm glad you said that. I thought I was the only one who noticed those registration dates for obvious trolls.
Nope I got it on the third or fourth one. Alerted the mods. Not much they can do but ban bad behavior when it happens. Notice also they all have goofy names Like “lukeconservative” or some such nonsense. Most have never posted anything until this week.
Well then I guess we will have to be sure we speak up on issues, louder and more than them.
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