What community organizers are doing

Last night, Sarah Palin revealed her disdain for community organizers. Today, she may have found out what community organizers can do.

Wellstone Action! made sure to inform Governor Palin of the responsibilities of a community organizer. They would know since they've trained over 20,000 of them, including me and our Executive Director, Andrew Villeneuve.

But, as Taegan Goddard reported earlier today, since Palin's speech last night the Obama campaign was on pace to raise $10 million before John McCain went on stage tonight. As for the Republicans, the best the RNC could do was $1 million, after a speech loaded with red meat designed to fire up the Republican base.

$10 million overnight isn't the result of a few large donors. It's because of community organizers, who are bringing their friends and neighbors into Barack Obama's campaign for change. It's people-powered politics, something the GOP (that's Graveyard of Progress) derides. Door by door, block by block, we're creating the change we want to see in our country, and they're afraid of us.