Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Ground Offensive

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1847473,00.html

Obama's Missouri plan also mirrors his national strategy, McCaskill says. "It's a metaphor for the way Obama sees his job, governing from the bottom up," she says. Renting Main Street storefronts in small-town Missouri and staffing them with paid workers is a way of proving that he can reach out to all walks of
American life



This is a great article. It lifts the sheet up and gives a little look into what is happening. It might not get much coverage and it is not nearly as sexy as a big ad campaign. One not noted which is very important. This field organization is forming a community of people who care about the country, the childrens, their friends, their neighbors and their communities. People are dedicating big parts of their lives in this and they are indeed heavily invested in this campaign. Some times it is long tedious work and some times the payoff is much delayed. But everyone will tell that it is worth when we wake up on Nov. 5th and have changed the world.

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