Ask the French

Howard Fineman reports from Obama HQ:

It’s nearly as silent as a study hall, which is appropriate, since most of the 20- or 30-somethings in it wear jeans and T shirts. They could be working on their Ph.D.s or at a high-tech startup.

Yet, as unassuming as it seems, this is the engine room of a novel grass-roots machine that may soon have another purpose: to help Obama govern the country. If he wins, it also could cause him headaches: if you live by viral marketing, you can die by it, too. “His supporters have sky-high expectations and expect to be involved,” says Will Marshall, who studied the Obama organization for the Democratic Leadership Council. “They are loyal but not easy to control.”

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That’s the problem with revolutions — too often they throw the baby out with the bathwater. And it’s the reason I expect this election is either going to be a nailbiter, or a total blow-out. Which one? Uh… ask again a week from Wednesday.

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