OFA Challenges List to Counter "Special Interests" During August Health Care Battle On the difficult question of is it astroturf?, Organizing for America has its take. The field arm of the Democratic National Committee is framing the anti-health reform protesters popping up at local townhalls as an extension of the same bought-and-paid special interests that oppose the reform push back in DC. Organizing for America's New York state director, reports Politico's Jonathan Martin, is firing up the organization's massive list...
Townhall Eruptions Renew the Political Appeal of the Telephone Local townhalls give a chance for politicians to connect directly with the masses, for better or worse. American Public Media's Tamara Keithreports that with members of Congress facing sometimes angry and disruptive protesters at townhalls in their districts this summer, some political consultants are already recommending they switch to telephone forums -- where the mute button is always close at hand...
Organizing for Health Care If there's any doubt in your brain that Organizing for America is treating the legislative battle over health care reform as an extensive of the '08 presidential campaign and its "change" narrative, see the new two-minute spot from OFA, which is of a piece with the many well-crafted web clips the Obama for America put out during the course of the presidential race. It features a spirited Barack Obama dismissing "the cynics, the naysayers, the Washington crowd" overlaying scenes of volunteers and organizers gathering around kitchen tables and going door-to-door...
Here is an update: OFA national is echoing the same message. Executive Director Mitch Stewart emails: "It's up to us to show Congress that those loudly opposing reform are a tiny minority being stirred up by special interests, and that a huge majority strongly supports enacting real health insurance reform in 2009." By the way, Julia Roberts is a Hollywood institution, who started with a film called Mystic Pizza. Mystic Pizza is about a group of people – one of whom is Julia Roberts – that work in a pizza parlor in Mystic, Connecticut, and their wacky adventures in the summer after high school graduation. Some people end up going to college, someone gets married, and standard coming of age stuff – but it's no Catcher in the Rye. (It's the standard that all coming of age stories are thereby judged.) The only cast member that got as famous as Roberts from the film was Matt Damon – who had 1 line. Still, it's on cable regularly – you won't need a cash advance to see Mystic Pizza.
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Here is an update: OFA national is echoing the same message. Executive Director Mitch Stewart emails: "It's up to us to show Congress that those loudly opposing reform are a tiny minority being stirred up by special interests, and that a huge majority strongly supports enacting real health insurance reform in 2009." By the way, Julia Roberts is a Hollywood institution, who started with a film called Mystic Pizza. Mystic Pizza is about a group of people – one of whom is Julia Roberts – that work in a pizza parlor in Mystic, Connecticut, and their wacky adventures in the summer after high school graduation. Some people end up going to college, someone gets married, and standard coming of age stuff – but it's no Catcher in the Rye. (It's the standard that all coming of age stories are thereby judged.) The only cast member that got as famous as Roberts from the film was Matt Damon – who had 1 line. Still, it's on cable regularly – you won't need a cash advance to see Mystic Pizza.