Report: OFA's High Turnout, Low Impact
Pres. Obama's political arm has flooded Capitol Hill with constitutent opinion, according to a new report. But despite the hype, the impact of that opinion has not helped the admin pass significant pieces of legislation.
The report, "Year One of Organizing For America: The Permanent Field Campaign in the Digital Age," by The Nation reporter Ari Melber, takes a look at the highly-touted, yet not terribly effective, organization after Obama's first year in office.
And though the group's 13M-strong email list has proven effective in mobilizing volunteers, using them to govern has proven a challenge.
OFA came under fire early in its existence for running ads in several states that targeted Dem senators, urging them to back various Obama-led initiatives. Dem strategists criticized the DNC for using funds to target members of its own party, rather than GOPers.
But some former Obama campaign aides told the report's author that the WH is preventing OFA from engaging Dems who vote against Obama's agenda. The organization has been more focused on providing backup to Dems who did support Obama's agenda.
The lesson that every new admin learns the hard way in its first year: Governing is hard. Even as Obama engenders stronger feelings among his followers than most other politicians, he has yet to find a way to effectively use his organizing arm to influence Congress.
Read the entire fascinating report at techPresident. [pdf]
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