January 01, 2010

The Obama Disconnect

"...when two million people are in motion in favor of something, because they put themselves in motion, we know what that feels like. It's called a movement. It started to happen in 2007-08, and it hasn't happened since."

Micah L. Sifry on the Obama disconnect after election. very insightful analysis on political myth that hit reality and never turned out to be true.

Jan 1, 2010 6:31:48 PM | Around the world, Communication, Current Affairs, Interesting, Society

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