Every communication I receive from OFA asks for money. <\/strong>I don\u2019t donate to the Democratic National Committee\u2014they\u2019ve screwed things up enough without my support.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nI know I\u2019m taking a risk in saying these things. I hope my campaign buddies will understand. I still have hope. But I suspect that I\u2019m not the only Obama-phile who is annoyed by the direction that OFA has taken. I\u2019d like to hear from others. Are you out there?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As a former Obama campaign staffer, I\u2019ve been asked repeatedly to get on board with Organizing for America [OFA], the successor to the original\u2014and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[162,10],"tags":[38,698,39,37],"yoast_head":"\n
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