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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.
By Warren Olney • • 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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3 storiesUnemployment Rate Reaches Highest Level in over 14 Years
Unemployment in the United States has reached 6.5 percent, the highest level in more than 14 years. Jobs declined by 240,000 last month alone. Heidi Shierholz is an economist with the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC.
Read the story6 minOld Strategy and New Technology in the Obama Campaign
In her acceptance speech at this year's Republican convention, Sarah Palin got a big laugh with this description of Barack Obama 's experience as a "community organizer" in Chicago. Rudy Giuliani and other Republicans did too. Now it appears that the joke is on the Republicans.
Read the story36 minObama Win Improves Odds for Iraq Security Agreement
The United Nations mandate for US troops in Iraq runs out at the end of December. The Bush Administration's been having trouble getting the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to agree to a new Status of Forces Agreement. Barack Obama 's election seems to have changed that.
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