The Obama Machine Will Live On

New Face Of Lobbyist?

OBama’s 2012 campaign organizer and workers officially launched a 501 C-4 non-profit organization today (Under that tax code, 501[c][4] groups are not required to disclose contributors). Their agenda is to help carry through and support the president’s initiatives. Obama once called Super PACs, many of which are connected to 501(c)4 groups “a threat to democracy and in light of Obama’s claims that lobbyists should be abolished he is 100% all in for his own lobbying 501 C-4 non-profit group.

When one of the spokespersons for the unions made the statement that this time they would not only get him re-elected but would follow up with real support throughout this 2^nd term, he wasn’t kidding. List of Labor Unions helping fund the multi-million dollar inaugural celebration Mon, Jan 21, 2013.

Through this 'non-profit organization', Obama and the First Lady, Michelle, will thrive quite well long into the future after his 2^nd term is over. If it were not for the 22nd Amendment after Roosevelt's presidency (Roosevelt held 3 terms) there is no doubt that Obama would be elected at least once more in 2016 for a 3^rd term.

Roosevelt was also a part of the Chicago machine and though he did some great things for America, he also unleashed hardships on a war torn nation that left a great number of Americans in poverty and ruin. In fact if you read up on Roosevelt you’ll find remarkable similarities between FDR and Barack H Obama. Both men usually get exactly what they want and have their own hides covered even if everyone else is left high and dry.

The report below is Copied from today’s LA Times online news reports:

Seeking to harness Obama's campaign resources for a second term
January 17, 2013|By Matea Gold, Los Angeles Time

An ambitious new political organization is being built out of the machine that propelled him back into office, with the hope of supporting his policy objectives.

President Obama's reelection campaign is reinventing itself as… (Brendan Smialowski, AFP/Getty…)

WASHINGTON — As he launches his second term, President Obama may get help from an ambitious new political organization being built out of his reelection campaign, a group that could reshape how future presidents harness supporters to press their White House agendas.

Run by former Obama campaign officials, the advocacy group will seek to leverage the campaign's sophisticated organizing tools and rich voter database to support the president's policy objectives, including raising the debt ceiling, gun control and immigration reform.

If it is able to sustain the passion that propelled Obama twice into the White House, the pro-Obama group may outstrip the role played by traditional interest groups, from organized labor to the environmental movement, and could form an independent power base outside the White House and the Democratic Party.
      
     "This just dwarfs any part of the Democratic coalition," said Democratic strategist Joe Trippi. "This is the biggest leg of the stool. There are really significant implications in terms of the permanent power center within the party."

Although details of the group's structure — and its name — may be released Friday, the launch is set for Sunday, when 4,000 former campaign staff and volunteers are expected at a Washington hotel for a daylong event dubbed the Obama Campaign Legacy Conference. Thousands of supporters are expected to watch online.

Even before its launch, Republicans described the group's resources as a threat.

    "Obama, who's not going to be running for re-election, has an enormous database, a lot of political muscle, a machine, that I believe he intends to focus squarely on the House," Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, told reporters Thursday at the House Republican Conference retreat in Williamsburg, Va. "So we have our work cut out for us."

A similar effort fizzled after Obama first won the White House. In 2009, Obama campaign organizers also hoped to use its database, millions of email addresses and a corps of trained operatives to help push White House goals. But Organizing for America — then housed within the Democratic National Committee — played a limited role during the bitter debate over Obama's healthcare overhaul, which barely squeaked through Congress.

Obama's volunteer network was remobilized in the 2012 race, when the campaign used social media and other technology to connect supporters to their neighbors and friends. Supporters donated a record $1.1 billion — including $216 million in contributions of $200 or less, according to the nonpartisan Campaign Finance Institute.

Leadership for the new group has not been announced, but former Obama campaign manager Jim Messina and several other former campaign operatives are expected to play key roles. On Thursday, Messina sent out an email blast to Obama campaign supporters urging them to back the White House gun policy proposals.

Making the leap from a campaign built around the singular goal to one with a broader — and ongoing — mission is no easy task. [end LA Times article]

If this all seems a little scary to you then you are not alone!

This blog article written and posted by:

Marge Bailey/Blog Administrator/Contributing Writer
Political Affiliation: Independent