Marathon Pundit: Obama's perpetual campaign preparing for socialized medicine push

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Obama's perpetual campaign preparing for socialized medicine push

The Barack Obama presidential campaign, which began during his 2004 Senate run, didn't end on Election Day last fall.

A misnamed "grass roots" campaign--how many grass roots efforts begin with a presidential video message?--will initiate the campaign's next campaign.

This one involves Obama's push for socialized medicine, as Obama campaign manager David Plouffe explains in an email message:

Remember this date: Saturday, June 6th, 2009. We will look back on that day as the moment when the fight for real health care reform began in your neighborhood -- perhaps even in your own living room.

On June 6th, in thousands of homes across the country, we'll gather to launch our grassroots campaign for health care. We'll watch a special message from the President. We'll build the teams and draw up the plans for winning health care reform the same way we won the election: Building support one block, one neighbor, one conversation at a time. And we'll put those plans into action.

These kickoffs are so crucial that President Obama will join confirmed hosts and attendees on a live conference call.