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The Influence of Saul Alinsky on the DNC Candidtaes - 5/9/2008 3:23:46 PM

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Alinsky was the subject of Hillary Rodham's senior honors thesis at Wellesley College, "There Is Only The Fight...": An Analysis of the Alinsky Model.[8] Rodham commented on Alinsky's "charm," but noted that �one of the primary problems of the Alinsky model is that the removal of Alinsky dramatically alters its composition." [8] Later, in her 2003 biography, "Living History" Clinton notes that although she agreed with some of his ideas, "particularly the value of empowering people to help themselves" they had a fundamental disagreement: "He believed you could change the system only from the outside. I didn't." [8] Once Hillary Rodham Clinton became First Lady of the United States, the thesis was suppressed by the White House for fear of being associated too closely with Alinsky's ideas.[9]

Alinsky also had a significant influence on United States Senator Barack Obama, a leading candidate for the nomination of the Democratic party in the 2008 presidential elections.[8] Obama particularly used Alinsky's techniques while participating in Chicago community organizations in the 1980s.

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