Comments on: Obama Has Plenty of Grassroots Support, Just Not Yours http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/obama-has-plenty-of-grassroots-support-just-not-yours/ Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:11:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Matt Stoller http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/obama-has-plenty-of-grassroots-support-just-not-yours/#comment-6576 Matt Stoller Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:17:15 +0000 http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/?p=1114#comment-6576 <i>The second part that I think Stoller gets wrong is that Obama has no progressive grassroots support and no one to help him argue away the Wright controversy. </i> I didn't say that he has no progressive grassroots support. He has plenty, more than any candidate in history except John Kerry during the general. I'm saying he doesn't work with people who engage in organizing against the media and dealing with the right-wing smear machine. The second part that I think Stoller gets wrong is that Obama has no progressive grassroots support and no one to help him argue away the Wright controversy.

I didn’t say that he has no progressive grassroots support. He has plenty, more than any candidate in history except John Kerry during the general. I’m saying he doesn’t work with people who engage in organizing against the media and dealing with the right-wing smear machine.

]]>