change.gov
Why didn’t we hire a community organizer ages ago?
It looks like President-elect Obama will be taking his grass roots organizing strategies with him to the white house. The day after he was elected, this site: www.change.gov was up and running. Take a look around. One of the first things I noticed was a link to something called the GSA Transition Directory (linked two places on the home page of change.gov). This site is not designed for the public, it is designed for newly elected or appointed officials and their staff to get aquanted with their new jobs. Clearly, Obama would like us to think of ourselves as part of his staff.
He is using technology in very smart ways. He is thinking like an organizer. The thing about organizers is that the more people they can involve, the better.
I will come out and say that I have never believed it is possible to have a true participatory democracy with 305,000,000 people. This web site is just a start, but it is an important one. President-elect Obama and his team may prove me wrong.
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