Please help me help all of us

[ClarkJKent]

I have been in contact with the Obama campaign since before they won the primary. It seems self-evident to me, that no "progressive" or agent of change can be taken too seriously unless they plan to radically improve our Campaign Finance & Election systems. Therefore, I have been sending the Obama campaign detailed plans on simple ways we could correct these broken processes, with the hope that I would be hired to help implement them after the election. I have been told that such decisions will be made soon after the election, but I was thinking that my chances would be greatly improved if members of this community would send e-mails to the Obama campaign asking two things:

1. For him to start caring about Campaign Finance & Election Reform. He has hardly mentioned it at all, and neither has Joe Biden ever since he lost the primary.
2. Ask them to hire me, and I promise that I will ALWAYS be open to ideas & contributions from the passionate people here at DU. In fact, an important stage of the plan I sent to them includes an "idea gathering" period, which includes solicitations from progressive sites like this and several conferences with authorities on the subject.

Although I have other plans in motion which may really help the cause, e-mail from earnest and concerned citizens can't hurt. I am not sure if it is appropriate, or allowed, to put my name here, but oh well. If you do decide to send them an e-mail, my name is Jonah Spring and I am from Florida. And thank you to all the people who have seen a similar plea on other sites and already sent one. There is no reason some of these changes haven't been made already.....and if we have to use pressure or shame to make it happen ourselves, I think we have the passion and the manpower to give it a good shot. Take care everyone, and I hope Nov 4th is a happy day for everyone here. (And if not, I will see you at the riots, lol!)

[Muttocracy]

1. you post publicly that Obama and Biden don't care about an issue and want them to hire you, and want

us to write you recommendations?

[ClarkJKent]

2. Frankly, yes.

Campaign Finance & Election reform are simply too important. We trusted the Congress to AT LEAST address election reform after 2000, but that never happened. We cannot afford to take our eyes off the people in charge, simply because the majority of them now have the letter "D" next to their names. Similarly, we should not start sugarcoating their failings and flaws, OR excuse their inaction. And lastly, to address your main point....unless you think Obama & Biden should only hire people who blindly agree with everything they do and say, I see no reason why you would object to my post.

[roody]

3. Why don't you join an organization that is already working on this.

Common Cause, Public Citizen come to mind, but there are many more.