bryant

I know I'm Huey Long obsessed, but this plan made me sit up and go "huh!" There's the Share Our Wealth Society, with the added kick of providing social services. That last bit is a great bonding agent; you want your political support organization to be something that people feel good about joining, and you want it to provide tangible benefits to people. The right wing is going to compare this to Hamas, if they're smart. It's an unfair comparison but the concept of a political machine providing social services is an important part of the Hamas power base.

I'm not entirely comfortable with this idea. I like Obama a great deal, but I don't like large political organizations built on a single individual's charisma. I also don't like actions which put one of the three governmental branches dramatically ahead of the others, power-wise.

Via Kevin Drum.