Democratic Senate Whip Dick Durbin says Obama will have to take the lead to keep support for health care reform afloat during August.
“The president is in the driver’s seat in August,” Durbin told reporters today. “Congress is gone and scattered to the winds with personal family and constituent service. And the White House is still there, generating a message and activity. So I think the president will have a chance to tell the American people a little bit more about why this process is so important.”
For its part, Obama’s political arm, Organizing for America, is raising money from its supporters to sustain its campaign for health care reform through a fraught recess. That’ll surely help local organizing events and message distribution, but it still leaves a major role for Obama himself.
