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Can President Obama organize America?

Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

To demand action from Congress on health care, energy independence look at the issues Americans care about most. To demand action

from Congress on health care, energy independence, and the stimulus package, the president's

using the bully pulpit. That's business as usual. But Obama's extraordinary campaign apparatus

may give him a new kind of political weapon. With email, social networking sites, and text

messaging, he can directly reach some 13 million Americans who supported his presidential campaign.

The call has gone out for neighborhood meetings this weekend to discuss his agenda and how to get it approved on Capitol Hill.

Will the online army that transformed campaigning change government too?

What's the risk of a backlash from Congress

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Barack Obama transformed political campaigning by creating a grassroots network of 13 million people.

Can they be mobilized to help accomplish Obama's agenda? The effort begins this weekend,

and we'll get a preview of what could be a sea change in the way that America is governed.

First, this news update, the U.S. lost almost 600,000 jobs last month, and unemployment rose to 7.6% of the labor force.

That's the highest level in 16 years. With the Senate still debating the stimulus bill,

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