But as far as Obama was concerned, MyBarackObama.com was for *campaigning*, not *governing*. The last thing Obama wanted was a clamorous electorate jostling his elbow while he made the grand bargains that defined his presidency: secret drone killings, immunity for telcos that profited from in illegal NSA spying, impunity for CIA torturers, bailing out bankers, complicity in the foreclosure epidemic, and, unlimited free money for health insurance companies through the ACA.
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