Many ardent Obama supporters are disappointed by how he has failed to prioritize environmental and climate change policies since being elected. There has been no major domestic climate change legislation, and America helped to make the Copenhagen climate change conference a flop.

Recently, a group of citizens visited one of his campaign offices to send the message that unless Obama starts to do better, they will be unwilling to work for his campaign.

It seems plausible that politicians take core voters for granted, given that such voters are unlikely to vote for their opponents. Applying pressure through campaign offices seems like a clever strategy because it reveals the ways in which dissatisfaction among core supporters can make itself felt in ways aside from how they vote. To a large extent, Obama’s victory was the consequence of having people excited about him raising money for him and convincing other people to support him with their votes. If those organizers stay home in 2012, it could have an effect he notices.