Obama group opening Raleigh office

Organizing for America, the organizing arm of the Democratic National Committee, will open a state-wide headquarters in Raleigh this evening.

The group has been operating across the state most of the summer seeking to rally backers of President Barack Obama to support proposed changes in the health care system. But in many instances, their efforts have been over shadowed by opposition that has appeared at town hall meetings, Rob Christensen reports.

The heaquarters at 130 E. Morgan Street will over see what the Democrats hope will be a final push for health care changes this fall as well as other administration proposals for education and energy.

The Organizing for America staff in the state consists of five people, a relatively small group compared to the hundreds of workers in Obama's campaign last fall. The event will be held at 6 p.m. tonight.

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Re: Obama group opening Raleigh office

Submitted by AcesHigh on September 24, 2009 - 3:23pm.

Organization (or organizing) is another word for Revolution (or revolting) as explained in Alinsky's (Obama's mentor) writings. These 'Organizing for America' headquarters is a facade - just the beginning of a number of Obama's 'control' centers being seeded throughout the country formerly known as the United States.

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Re: Obama group opening Raleigh office

Submitted by BitterEXdemocrat on September 23, 2009 - 7:16am.

Where's the STAFF list?

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Re: Obama group opening Raleigh office

Submitted by PaulTerrell on September 22, 2009 - 5:32pm.

The Patriot Act while not perfect has been proven to have thawted some terrorist attempts here in this country. And now Obama has supported efforts to keep some if not all parts of the Patriot Act. And it is Obama's privilege as President to ask for a renewal of some or all parts of the Patriot Act.
We cannot just bury our heads in the sand and hope they won't attack us again. Many of the terrorist leaders have stated they would attack us whether we were involved in the Middle East and Southwest Asia or not.

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Re: Obama group opening Raleigh office

Submitted by PaulTerrell on September 22, 2009 - 5:27pm.

Will they be out on the street calling normal Americans right wing domestic terrorists like they did on their web site? I would like to know how much money they are getting from the government and how much they are getting from George Soros and Barack Obama's campaign.

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Re: Obama group opening Raleigh office

Submitted by DotCommons on September 22, 2009 - 11:26am.

What is wrong with you people? How can you possibly see Obama as an authoritarian -- after YOU voted for GEORGE BUSH, the biggest enemy of freedom and democracy that this country has ever seen?

George Bush grew government to unprecedented heights, spied on all your phone calls and all your emails, never gave you a tax cut, signed the Patriot Act which authorized local police to conduct secret searches of your homes, had the most secretive and parnoid government in U.S. history, tortured, lied about WMDs.

After the disaster that was his presidency, what is there to like about Republicans??? By the way what are doing with your Obama tax cut?? You know, the one no Republican has ever delivered??

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