Clearly impressed, Democratic strategist David Mixner reports on a visit to the Obama campaign headquarters in Chicago:
“The usual headquarters is clutter, organized chaos, self important people screaming, “Where is the fuck are the latest stats from the Gallup Poll?”, people gathered in meetings that they are afraid to be left out of and managers closed-off from the rest of the campaign…That is not what I found yesterday at the Obama Headquarters. Upon entering, you are greeted by the usual friendly and kind receptionist but as you pass beyond into ‘Obama Land' you enter a massive space with every inch taken up with worker bees and computers. The high tech component of this campaign can not be stressed enough – volunteers staffing a room full of computers for their highly sophisticated call center. As far as I can tell, there are no large individual manager offices with quite efficient secretaries outside screening people from getting in. No gathering in the narrow aisles of the office attempting to see if some body got something better. People seem to get what they need on their very own. Everyone knows his or her assignments and they were just getting the job done. I was awestruck.”
Obama: Substance and Organization [david mixner]
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