Blog Entries tagged 'obama'

GSPM In The News

bryce222@gwu.edu — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100

GSPM Hosts Panel on C-Span

The Graduate School of Political Management | A New Decade, A New ...
It is with mixed emotions that I have decided that the time has come to relinquish my duties as dean of the Graduate School of Political Management and to ...

Meghan McCain to visit campus in early February - Newsroom Blog ...
9 at 7:30 p.m., announced the Graduate School of Political Management Student Association Monday night. The GSPM SA [...]

Obama's Campaign Manager Visits GW

jared@radcampaign.com — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Political strategist and chief campaign manager for President Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign David Plouffe spoke at the Elliott School Tuesday night, discussing how the Democrats could lose in Massachusetts, health care reform, and his new book, "The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory."

Huffington Post White House Correspondent Sam Stein moderated the question-and-answer discussion - hosted by the Graduate School of Political Ma [...]

Campaigning versus Governing

bryce222@gwu.edu — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Van Jones, the founder of Green For All and the current Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, came to speak to the 80 Million Strong For Young American Jobs Summit this morning.

Among many topics, he spent a few minutes talking about the difference between governing and campaigning. As a member of the Obama team, his comments were uniquely insightful. Here is what he said:

[video:http://vimeo.com/56094 [...]

Is President Obama leading a movement?

bryce222@gwu.edu — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0100

When he announced the formation of Organizing For America, President Obama commented that his viewers, the American people, "built the largest grassroots movement in history." In Iowa he proclaimed "you have done what the cynics said we couldn't do." In Grant Park on November 4th: "I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to--it belongs to you." He made it very clear that his campaign was not his, but the American people's. He created an image of [...]