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Health Care Main Topic During Forum on Obama’s Priorities
Local Activists Seek to Build Support for President's Agenda
BY NICK MCCORMACA grassroots network of volunteers and supporters who helped propel President Obamainto the White House is gearing up again in hopes of garnering more support for the president’s agenda.Dubbed Organizing for America, it is a nationwide project supported by the Democratic National Committee to spread the word about Obama’s plans for health care, energy andeducation.In sum, those are:• Extending health insurance to all Americans and cutting health care costs.• Moving the nation toward clean energy sources and reducing its dependence on fossilfuels, especially foreign oil.• Ramping up investments in education.Anton Gunn, who was President Obama’s political director in South Carolina during therace for the White House, leads an Organizing for America forum in Columbia on June25. Organizing for America is a nationwide effort to build support for Obama’s domestic priorities: health care, energy and education. Photo by Jonathan SharpeGetting community-level perspectives drives Organizing for America, says Anton Gunn,director of the project in South Carolina.The organization is holding a series of listening tours across the state and nation to obtainfeedback and form an action plan. It will include elements specific to South Carolina andother states.Gunn, a Democratic member of the S.C. House who represents parts of Richland andKershaw counties, served as Obama’s political director in the Palmetto State during the presidential campaign.“The point of this tour is to meet with [Organizing for America] volunteers and hear howthey think we can better organize,” Gunn said during a Columbia stop of the tour June 25at the state Democratic Party headquarters on Harden Street.About 70 people showed up at the forum to share their stories and offer suggestions onhow to utilize volunteers to mobilize support for the new president’s domestic priorities.Gunn stressed that focusing on the present is what’s important now. “This isn’t about2012 and re-election, or 2008 and the campaign,” he said. “This is about 2009 and passing the president’s agenda.”Health care was the prevailing topic of discussion and many attendees shared personal
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