Obama's GOTV Drive Starts Today

Let Hillary yell at the cloud. The Obama campaign is launching its November campaign today: Vote for Change.

Marc Ambinder of the Atlantic says hang on to your hats - this is going to be intense.

The Vote For Change program will lay the foundation for Obama's general election get-out-the-vote efforts. Obama aides won't say much more, but I gather that the campaign is constructing an incredibly elaborate online interface to allow its more than a million donors and volunteers to directly persuade their neighbors through a variety of media. Names gathered from the voter registration effort will be merged with names gathered through Obama's primary efforts and the names off of the Democratic Party's integrated voter file as well as lists purchased from outside vendors.

On election day, Obama might have more than a million individuals volunteering on his behalf. That should scare the beejeesus out of the McCain campaign and the RNC.

We're fascinated by this info:

Vote for Change National Co-Chairs

U.S. Representative John Barrow, 12th District, Georgia
U.S. Representative Melissa Bean, 8th District, Illinois
Anna Burger, Chair, Change to Win
Maria Elena Durazo, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
Melissa Etheridge, Musician
Billy Frank Jr., Chairman, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
Reverend Joseph Lowery, Chairman, Black Leadership Forum
Dave Matthews, Musician
U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, Missouri
Secretary Norman Mineta, Former Secretary of Transportation
Governor Deval Patrick, Massachusetts
Usher Raymond IV, Musician
U.S. Representative Linda Sanchez, 39th District, California
Kerry Washington, Actress

It's one thing for people to endorse a candidate. It's something entirely different to be actively participating. Good team Obama has there.

Comments

[J from Wpg]

The USA will never implement a universal health care plan. The list of citizens covered by the plan could be used as the basis of a voting list. The Republicans would never allow that.

[mcf, Boston MA]

Anyone who has the brilliant audacity to use an emblazoned and jelly-filled donut as a logo has my vote.
Even if Dave Matthews is involved.