Candidate Obama and his staff constructed the largest mass political organization the US has seen post WW 2.
What will President Obama do with that organization?
In theory it could morph into a door-to-door education and persuasion operation.
Obama is, after all, just one guy. If this mass mobilisation is really as mobilised as has been suggested, it should be possible to assemble sufficient cadre and activists to continue the organisation even if central support is pulled.
- Jake If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.
For the rest of it, Leadership is needed from people at all levels within the organization if it is going to continue or be allow to decay.
Kos is reporting "Lots of people have been pushing David Plouffe. I totally support this idea, no offense to [Senator] McCaskill. This guy is the brains behind the infrastructure of the Obama campaign. Imagine giving him the reigns to the entire party, every Congressional seat."
As DNC chairman Plouffe would be able to seamlessly meld the Obama campaign organization and the regular Democrat party machinery.
