An important caveat is that political organizing through social networks, just like choosing financial investments, depends on what you believe other people believe, he said.

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Meanwhile, many of those who faced down the Mubarak regime at Tahrir Square did not follow up with the political organizing that would have been needed to gain electoral victory.

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Mr. Obama's political arm, Organizing for America, pulled out strategies honed during the 2008 campaign.

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