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Marshall Ganz on what will happen to the Obama Movement


One of the big questions right now is what will happen to the Obama Movement now that its leadership is shifting from insurgent campaign to governance. Will they try to keep it alive from the WH, from the DNC? Allow it to spin off as an independent organization a la Democracy for America?

That's the question Micah Sifry asked of organizing guru (and my organizing trainer and mentor on the Dean campaign and at the DNC) Marshall Ganz. Many of the field leaders in Obama's organization are Ganz proteges, and they brought him in to lead the Camp Obama trainings attended by 23,000 organizers.

So, while no one knows what will happen yet, Marshall is worth listening to on this front:


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Apparently the campaign is circulating a survey to supporters gauging the pulse of supports on this very issue: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ghsftvzdhqIvgRKAd8yZWt1lPmdw

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