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On the Way to the White House: Old Strategy Meets New Technology

"Community organizing" sounds like old news until you hear how Barack Obama combined it with Internet technology that hardly existed four years ago. We hear about a quantum leap in political campaigning. Also, the unemployment rate reaches a 14-year high, and Obama's victory and politics in Iraq.

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By Warren Olney • Nov 7, 2008 • 1h 0m Listen

"Community organizing" sounds like old news until you hear how Barack Obama combined it with Internet technology that hardly existed four years ago. We hear about a quantum leap in political campaigning. Also, the unemployment rate reaches a 14-year high, and Obama's election may already have made a difference for politics in Iraq and conditions for the continued presence of American troops.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Managing Producer, Greater LA

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