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Arianna Huffington: Obama's Call to Service Meets the Economic Meltdown

On Monday afternoon I got a blast email from the Obama campaign. I immediately wondered what I was going to be asked to do: Donate to the Franken campaign? Make calls for Jim Martin down in Georgia? It turned out to be neither. The campaign was letting me know that barackobama.com was directing visitors to volunteer for relief efforts to aid the victims of the Southern California fires. Obama's high-tech outreach has been instrumental in getting people to donate millions of dollars and contribute millions of hours working on the campaign. Now, with Americans facing economic challenges unlike any in our lifetime -- with metaphorical fires burning all across the country -- will it become a hub for civic action?

 

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