Organizing for Action (OFA), Barack Obama's former campaign apparatus reincarnated as a nonprofit advocacy group, initiated a two-day "founders summit" on Wednesday at the St. Regis hotel, located two blocks from the White House. The group characterizes themselves as a grassroots organization, driven from the bottom up. "This is going to be absolutely local," said OFA chairman and former Obama campaign manager Jim Messina. "Members will decide what issues in their community they most care about." OFA has come under criticism for effectively selling access to the president, who addressed OFA attendees at a dinner Wednesday--one that cost $50,000 per person to attend.
