Mr. Obama's Perpetual Campaign Turns Creepy

Barack Obama has taken the concept of the Perpetual Campaign and elevated it to an art form.

And there's something very dark and creepy about it.

US President Barack Obama mustered his powerful campaign army on Monday, calling on his millions of supporters to lobby on behalf of his budget and economic plan.

The appeal to back the president was made in an email and video sent out by "Organizing for America," the organization which morphed out of Obama's campaign machinery to push his agenda when he entered the White House.

In the video, Mitch Stewart, the director of Organizing for America, urged the president's supporters to take part in the "Organizing for America Pledge Project."

"The pledge project is an ambitious effort to map out and identify support for President Obama's economic blueprint across towns and communities in America," Stewart said. [SNIP]

Stewart said Obama's budget provides a "bold blueprint for our country's future.

"It addresses three of the most pressing challenges facing our nation: health care, energy and education," he said.

"That's the good news. The bad news is that as a result the special interests and the old habits in Washington will dig in even more.

"It's up to you to make sure that they don't stand in our way.

Imagine, if you will, that George W. Bush had had such an organization, and that the spokesperson for that group had issued similar comments, ending with, "It's up to you to make sure that they don't stand in our way." Can you imagine the outcry, the wailing and gnashing of teeth, the uproar over Gestapo tactics, the inevitable congressional investigations? And perhaps deservedly so.

I fear a line has been crossed in this effort. I hope I'm wrong.