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	<title>Main and College &#187; Rudy Giuliani</title>
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		<title>Now the real work begins for Barack Obama, the nation&#8217;s Community Organizer in Chief</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama won the presidency by harnessing the power of the people -- and the Internet, the most democratic medium ever conceived. That grass-roots effort cannot stop here.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A couple of days before Election Day, I noted the <a href="http://www.mainandcollege.com/2008/11/02/revenge-of-the-community-organizer/">irony of a community organizer ending the Republican hold</a> on the White House, given how Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin had mocked Barack Obama&#8217;s background to the cheers of thousands at the Republican convention.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a video reminder:</p>
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<p>Obama won the presidency <em>precisely</em> because of his experience as a grass-roots organizer. His campaign harnessed the power of the people &#8212; and the Internet, the most democratic medium ever conceived &#8212; to inspire a nation and build a populist political machine.</p>
<p>This represents nothing short of a sea change in American politics and hopefully in how the nation governs itself. I think Obama realizes that he is now the nation&#8217;s Community Organizer in Chief.</p>
<p>From his victory speech:</p>
<blockquote><p>The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America &#8211; I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you &#8211; we as a people will get there.</p>
<p>There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won&#8217;t agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that government can&#8217;t solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it&#8217;s been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years &#8211; block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.</p></blockquote>
<p>The campaign does not end here &#8212; it only shifts its focus to fulfilling the promise of change.</p>
<p>To the hundreds of thousands of volunteers, including myself and many friends who pounded the pavement in the closing days: Don&#8217;t stop now. Stay active. Organize. Call and write your Congressional representatives as Obama pushes legislation to effect changes we desperately need.</p>
<p>Obama needs our help now more than ever.</p>
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		<title>Revenge of the community organizer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GoneGator</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember during the GOP convension when a smarmy Rudy Giuliani and smug Sarah Palin mocked Barack Obama&#8217;s background as a community organizer? What a delicious irony that that very experience likely will power Obama to victory over the out-of-touch Republicans.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Remember during the GOP convension when a smarmy Rudy Giuliani and smug Sarah Palin mocked Barack Obama&#8217;s background as a community organizer? What a delicious irony that that very experience likely will power Obama to victory over the out-of-touch Republicans.</p>
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