Sam Stein tweet about OFA

[bama_blue_dot]

@samsteinhp: Plouffe is saying/hinting that they will keep OFA intact to help Obama with upcoming legislative pushes

@samsteinhp: Plouffe also saying OFA wont be transferred to any future candidate. Says they have to build their own grassroots movement to make it work

[DonViejo]

1. Solid hints the second term is going to be much

different than the first!

[Whisp]

2. I like the sound of that.

and totally agree that a transfer just wouldn't work. there has to be a connection and some magic like there is between Obama and his Awesome Team. You can't just rent it out, it has to be owned.

[yashoo]

3. the next two years

needs to be about teaching the Obama coalition, far too many of whom are sporadic voters, about the importance of these midterms. the republicans are bleeding and dying today, sure, but they are still far stronger at GOTV when it comes to the non-Presidential election years. i'm enjoying the victory, but 2014 casts a long, ominous shadow

[demwing]

6. The dark fire will not avail you

Flame of yashoo! Go back to the shadow. You shall not pass!

In other words, thank you. Your concern is noted.

[CTyankee]

7. Your thinking is SO pre-Nov. 6, 2012! That whole "sporadic" voter meme has been changed.

Sure, the mid-terms' voter turnout is typically smaller than in a Presidential election year but the question is by how much. The OFA will utilize the same tactics and techniques that has produced this victory and this is a new day in political campaigns. OFA can more accurately gauge public opinion and what drives voters to care about politics. This is a deeper understanding than we have had in the past.

Yesterday's gone. Don't stop thinking about tomorrow.

[Rectangle]

8. Exactly--Ditto!!

[DURHAM D]

4. OFA should stand up a Democratic party structure.

They don't need to help a specific candidate - they need to help the party.

[regnaD kciN]

5. +1

While OFA shouldn't be beholden to any candidate in the primaries, it should be available to future nominees. We now have an outstanding Democratic GOTV machine -- why throw it away and demand future nominees re-invent the wheel, with possibly much-lesser results?