From Mitch Stewart: Yesterday, the President stood in front of a gathering of House Republicans and took questions for more than an hour, urging them to put aside partisanship and work together for the good of the country. MSNBC described it as going straight into "the lion’s den." He was inspiring.
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From President Obama: I just finished delivering my first State of the Union address. I set out an urgent plan for restoring economic security for struggling middle class families
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In today’s Washington Post , Obama for America campaign manager David Plouffe penned an op-ed in which he admits that the Democratic Party received a resounding "wake-up call" from the Massachusetts special election on Tuesday, but he argues that the way forward is to continue to fight, and to show American people that they are capable of doing the hard things that voters sent them to Washington to do. [The 2010 midterms] will be a tough election for our party and for many Republican incumbents as well.
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In today’s Weekly Address, President Obama talks about the fight against special interests, as well as the fight to come in the wake of Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision: "This week, the United States Supreme Court handed a huge victory to the special interests and their lobbyists – and a powerful blow to our efforts to rein in corporate influence.
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From OFA Director Mitch Stewart: Yesterday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that corporations can spend freely in federal elections.
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From OFA Director Mitch Stewart: Next Wednesday evening, President Obama will deliver his first State of the Union address. The President will lay out a clear vision of the challenges we face and our national plan to meet them. Certainly, the path toward change got a bit steeper after Tuesday’s disappointment in Massachusetts
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From OFA Director Mitch Stewart: Yesterday’s disappointing election results show deep discontent with the pace of change. I know the OFA community and the President share that frustration. We also saw what we knew to be true all along: Any change worth making is hard and will be fought at every turn
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An update from OFA Director Mitch Stewart: We got some disappointing news last night — Martha Coakley lost her race for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts. We’re putting together a conference call today for our most active volunteers and supporters.
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We’re about to enter the last hour of call time before polls close in Massachusetts, and it’s all hands on deck at OFA national headquarters here in D.C. A number of Democratic representatives have stopped by today to thank volunteers for their work, and to make calls themselves, including Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX).
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As a long day of get out the vote calls and canvassing winds to a close, many people across the country will be settling in to wait for the returns from tonight’s Massachusetts special election. Across town, Obama for America campaign manager David Plouffe will be speaking at the George Washington University tonight, at an event that will also be live-streamed online.
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