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Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumClinton hires Sanders' top student organizer
...Kunoor Ojha is the Clinton campaigns first major hire from the Sanders campaign, and her move to a role where she will work with the state teams to mobilize young voters represents a significant step in the former secretary of states outreach to the Vermont senators most ardent backers.
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Clinton has thus far been unable to replicate Sanders' success with the group thats pivotal to Democrats, and the move  coming as her campaign swings toward its general election match-up against Donald Trump  suggests that she is looking directly at bringing Sanders backers to her side.
It also means that Clintons political effort has entered a new phase of outreach: members of losing campaigns often fold into the party nominees efforts, and Ojha  who was a field organizer for Barack Obama in 2008  is the first public hire.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/clinton-hires-sanders-student-organizer-224166#ixzz4BBItvSvg
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Clinton has thus far been unable to replicate Sanders' success with the group thats pivotal to Democrats, and the move  coming as her campaign swings toward its general election match-up against Donald Trump  suggests that she is looking directly at bringing Sanders backers to her side.
It also means that Clintons political effort has entered a new phase of outreach: members of losing campaigns often fold into the party nominees efforts, and Ojha  who was a field organizer for Barack Obama in 2008  is the first public hire.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/clinton-hires-sanders-student-organizer-224166#ixzz4BBItvSvg
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Hopefully Hillary's campaign's organizational strength will benefit campus outreach by this new hire in a way that actually mobilizes these voters.
					
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						Clinton hires Sanders' top student organizer (Original Post)
						Rose Siding
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        a lot of former sanders staff members looking for a job...some are good pickups for hillary
        beachbum bob
        Jun 2016
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Her Sister
(6,444 posts)1. Hillary you are awesome!  and brilliant!  always on the big picture!!
         
   
   
   
   
 NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)2. Looks like a good move
        One thing the Sanders campaign undeniably did well was the college outreach.
LiberalFighter
(53,544 posts)3. If she worked for Obama's campaign in 2008 then that is a smart move.
        Walk away
(9,494 posts)6. Right, she's a professional, not a "true believer".
         
 Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)4. She also worked for the Obama campaign.
        caquillo
(521 posts)5. I heard she worked on the Obama campaign?
         
 ismnotwasm
(42,652 posts)7. That is a spectacular idea
         
 beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)8. a lot of former sanders staff members looking for a job...some are good pickups for hillary
        





