In Virginia Beach, organizing for the 2010 election is a family affair. At a recent canvass one volunteer brought her teenage son and later took a form to register her daughter; another brought her two young children along as she talked with voters. Check out what OFA Virginia is up to—and then find an event [...]
UPDATED: The events have now ended.
Over the coming week, President Obama will meet with auto workers and visit each of our country’s three big auto makers. Today, he’ll be speaking at Chrysler and GM about how some of the Administration’s tough choices to rescue the auto industry have helped save a million jobs for [...]
Vice President Joe Biden sent a message to supporters announcing the By the People Fund to raise grassroots contributions that will help combat the special interests this election:
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That’s what Republican-aligned special interests have pledged to spend on the 2010 election. Just to put that in context, that’s nearly million more than every [...]
President Obama took some time out of his schedule to take a walk through the new HealthReform.gov website, a one-stop shop where consumers can find out about their health insurance options. Watch the video to get a tour of the new site where you can learn about your new rights under health reform and get [...]
Republicans yesterday blocked the DISCLOSE Act from coming to an up-or-down vote on the Senate floor—legislation that would have undone the harmful effects of the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling by requiring increased transparency when it comes to our political process.
As President Obama noted before the vote, Republicans had blocked unemployment benefits, small business tax [...]
Of the 15 million folks who cast their first votes in 2008, the Los Angeles Times reports that one million are in California—and OFA is hard at work to bring them back to the polls this year.
The LA Times highlighted one of the personal interactions between an OFA volunteer and a first time ‘08 voter—the [...]
With an important vote expected today on the DISCLOSE Act, President Obama urged the Senate to pass the bill that would require corporate political advertisers to reveal who’s funding their election-related activities.
The DISCLOSE Act undoes some of the damage from the Citizens United Supreme Court case, which ruled that big corporations can spend unlimited amounts [...]
First Lady Michelle Obama sent OFA supporters a message inviting them to join her in signing a card for President Obama’s 49th birthday next week:
Every year, our family tries to come up with a fun way to wish Barack a happy birthday.
And this August 4th, when he turns 49, I have something new in mind.
This [...]
With OFA’s Vote 2010 strategy underway all across the country, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe stopped by two of Organizing for America’s California offices to fire up volunteers and lay out OFA’s plan for this year’s elections.
Plouffe told volunteers that they are the most effective messengers in making the case to friends and neighbors about [...]
As a presidential candidate in 2007, Barack Obama first spoke to the gathering of bloggers, organizers, and grassroots activists known as Netroots Nation during their annual conference in Chicago. Over the weekend, the President again addressed this year’s Netroots Nation in Las Vegas, this time with a video message. Speaker Nancy Pelosi addressed the crowd [...]
