Pollak is Obama's NY Man
Former State Democratic Party co-chair Dave Pollak will be directing Barack Obama’s New York operation.
As I was writing this, the Obama campaign put out a statement on it.
I left a message on Pollak’s cell phone, and noticed that his FaceBook status message says that he “is getting ready…”
Although some elected officials came out and endorsed Barack Obama in the primary, the campaign hadn’t actually created much of a New York campaign infrastructure, which has led to some grumblings from people here.
UPDATE: I just got off the phone with a rather upbeat Pollak, who said he's looking to build a political movement that goes past this November's election.
"The Obama for America movement is about something bigger than this presidential campaign, so the energy and enthusiasm for Barack Obama should be sustainable and replicable for politics over time," he said.
Pollak founded the group, DL21C, which ended up being a popular breeding ground for young professionals looking to get involved with Democratic politics here. Later, he spearheaded efforts to get the state's Democratic Party online and up-to-date technologically.
- Poll
- Obama (D)
- McCain(R)
- Spread
- RCP Average
- 45.8
- 42.2
- Obama +3.6
- Candidate
- Favorable
- Unfavorable
- Spread
- Obama
- 51.0
- 35.5
- +15.5
- McCain
- 50.0
- 35.5
- +14.5
They may not have left much of an infrastructure, but they did get an awful lot of young people like myself active in the campaign, and sent several off them off to work as field organizers in far more critical General Election states. But I must say I think it's a shame that some of the more prominent NY Obama people decided to waste their time challenging a Democratic Congressman when they could have done something more respectable, like try to help win the open seat on Staten Island.
Way to go Dave Pollak!!
Good choice. Dave's smart and works like a dog, and I'm looking forward to seeing what he's going to do.
It's amazing to me that a person who was one of Clinton's biggest NY supporters who was publicly so critical of Obama campaign and everything we stood for is now heading the Obama campaign in NY.