GRITtv With Laura Flanders: Obama’s Win, Was It Marketing Or a Movement?

Posted by Staff, AlterNet at 1:17 AM on November 19, 2008.

Nov 19: 9am (PST), Noon (EST). It was groundbreaking and impressive, but how did Obama win?

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Barack Obama raised a record amount of money in his campaign against John McCain. At the end of September he had amassed a total of $605 million from more than three million donors. And a lot of that money came from small donors who gave again and again or volunteered for the campaign. He built a small army of regular people who spread across the country and generated enthusiasm rarely seen in contemporary American politics.

It was groundbreaking and impressive, but how did Obama win -- was it marketing or a movement? Personality, policy or a perfect storm?

Today on GRITtv MATT TAIBBI, BENNETT ZIER, and BILL FLETCHER on how Obama won.

Tagged as: barack obama, matt taibbi, laura flanders, grittv, bennett zier, bill fletcher

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jeanruss [Report this comment] Posted by: jeanruss on Nov 19, 2008 1:32 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] It's looking more like marketing right now. His picks are showing how controlled he is by corporations. It's pretty depressing. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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