MoveOn Launches Campaign for Bold Progressive Reforms as the Obama Era Begins

By Ali Gharib, AlterNet
Posted on January 21, 2009, Printed on January 21, 2009
http://www.alternet.org/story/121289/

Huge throngs came to Washington to watch President-elect Barack Obama get sworn into office and attend one, or if they were lucky, several balls, parties and events. Widely billed as the biggest celebration ever to come to town, visitors couldn't help but notice that the grassroots progressive groups that helped get Obama elected are far from fading into the background until the next round of elections. Instead, those visitors -- and perhaps some Washington insiders, too -- were forced to see the advertisements spread across D.C.'s transit system proclaiming that MoveOn.org is preparing to throw its full weight behind immediately launching bold progressive reforms.