Sacred Rituals

Obama for America workers will receive and process campaign donations on-the-spot with their mobile phones, reports POLITICO. Square mobile credit card readers are being issued nationwide to campaign personnel at all levels—headquarters staff, field organizers, and volunteers. Team Obama will be the first to utilize the technology in a presidential contest. With traditional fundraising, donating money at an event requires filling out [...]

Obama’s State of the Union speech was predictable, essentially the same campaign speech that established his reelection narrative nearly two months ago in Osawatomie, Kansas. But Team Obama is working to reenergize devotees leading up to and following the address by using every channel of social media available. First, senior advisor David Plouffe previewed how citizens [...]