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a few conservatives try to figure out how to appeal to women.
The point, Olsen explained to the
largely white audience of about 50
or 60 people, was that the men in
the cartoon kept talking over the
one woman in their group.
“What we saw in the video is
the inability to listen. The video
started off with six guys and one
women trying to design a product for women, and none of them
would let her talk,” Olsen said.
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“The Republican Party has for too
long talked at people rather than
spoken with people. And I think
that is one of the main sources of
the disconnect.”
That insight stood out as I spoke
to key members of the Obama
campaign’s senior staff in the following days. “Listening” to prospective voters had been a core
value of the Obama campaign’s
ethic — managers listened to field
staff and volunteers, and trained
Jeremy Bird
is the deputy
director of
Organizing
for America.
He raised
support for
Obama’s
health care
initiative
through his
community
organizing
efforts.