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Well organized and politically active, imagine how the 2010 midterm election might go for the parties who had referred to out of work americans such as ho hobos, on the dole, spoiled and lazy. joining me now is annie lowry. great to see you. >> great to be here. thanks for having me. >> i read your piece today and thought, darn, i wish i had written that. it was really excellent. >> thank you. >> i guess the first question, how effective are these online efforts to organize unemployed people? >> well, you know, that's why they've just started. this is a nascent movement. it's been about six mo...

Year that this thing that i called the unemployed net roots has even been in existence, since the unemployment rate really started tracking up precipitously. and now these people that the unemployment benefits extension battle in congress is over, all these people are still online and they're looking to the midterms and they're recognizing that they have a lot of political power and they're starting to wield it. so, you know, we don't know. this is going to be a question going forward, but all of a sudden they're sort of realized that they're a political constituency and they're starting to de...