Obama's Brain Trust

Rolling Stone by Tim Dickinson | Jul. 8, 2008 (Special Report)

Obama isn't exactly known for understatement. But in describing the machine that Plouffe and his political team have built, the candidate was actually far too modest. By marrying online technology to grass-roots activism, Obama's brain trust mobilized 1.5 million donors, raised more than $250 million, derailed the Clinton juggernaut and built something new in Democratic politics. Full Story »

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Mike LaBonte
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 by Mike LaBonte - Oct. 1, 2008

This story makes some claims that seem difficult to support, and then it supports them, a surprise. Excellent and important information, well written, a lot of work put into this. The only thing that would give this a higher context score would be a comparison with the McCain team.

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