Pivoting to general election mode, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign announced a 50-state voter registration drive that will kick off four days after the May 6 primaries in North Carolina and Indiana.
"Vote for Change" will summon the volunteer army that Obama has amassed in the 47 states and territories that have already held primaries or caucuses this year, along with the nine yet to come. Deputy campaign manager Steve Hildebrand described the effort as a "sustained 6-month campaign" aimed at driving up turnout for all Democratic candidates in November.
I'm a huge fan of Chairman Howard Dean's 50 State Strategy. How can Dems hope to lead a nation if they only concentrate on some formula of big electoral vote states and ignore the rest of America? The precepts:
- The Democratic Party is hiring organizers chosen by the state parties in every state -- experienced local activists who know their communities.
- We bring those organizers together for summits where they can learn from each other the best practices for getting organized to win elections.
- Armed with the knowledge they've shared with each other, Democratic organizers return to the states and recruit and train leaders at the local level.
- Those local leaders recruit more leaders and volunteers until every single precinct in their area has a trained, effective organization of Democrats dedicated to winning votes for Democrats.
It's much of why I'm for Obama -- expand the map, redraw the map, don't just sink back into complacency, Dems. Otherwise there is no future for the Democratic Party.
And the superdelegates know it.
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