“ I want to open up transparency in government, so that you guys know what is happening. I want to revamp our White House website. I know it’s nice to take the virtual tour of the China Room,” he notes sarcastically, “but I want people to be able to know, ‘today, this issue is going on…today’s President Obama talked about his proposal for $4000 student college tuition credits, it’s going to be going into this congressional committee, these are the key leaders in the House and Senate that are going to be deciding on the bill, here are the groups that are involved that are supporting it, you should contact your Congressman. Just creating the situation that if people want to get involved and it’s easy. The information is out there, but trying to track it down isn’t…The more we can enlist the American people to pay attention and be involved, that’s the only way we are going move an agenda forward. That’s how we are going to counteract the special interests.
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excerpt from Obama’s speech to his staff
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Could it be that the aspiration of this candidate is to make of his White House a platform for community involvement? Is he, in essence attempting to make a technologically-aided social network in the service of democracy? If so, would he be instituting the most open and participatory executive branch our nation has seen, directly following the most closed and secretive? Huh. Something to think about. Oh, the answers are: yes, sure, and of course.
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