Comment Rescue – One Evening A Month
Blogger Emeritus, Liberal Geek makes a very sound point.
When Howard Dean had his moment in the sun there were people that stepped into the fray. Some of them stuck around and started blogs (DL is one), joined committees, started progressive clubs, etc. Today, there are a bunch of Deaniacs and other progressives that have roles in the Delaware Democratic party. Some are elected officials.
If Bernie Sanders makes you want to make the Democratic party more like him, you need only give one evening a month to a local committee or club. There are whole RD committees that are progressives. Some day, they might be looking for someone to run for an office, and you might be the best person for the job. In the meantime, you can chat with candidates and ask them hard questions about the economy, Social Security, criminal justice reform, whatever.
Here’s where to start:
http://www.deldems.org/about/local-party
If the only people that show up to build the party are ConservaDems, the party won’t change.
I WANT Sanders people to show up, be involved, run for office, make some noise. THAT’s how you move the needle.
I’m going to put that title on a business card.
But seriously, CALL YOUR RD CHAIR! I don’t care if you know the person and they are a jerk. There will be kindred spirits there and if there aren’t, invite a friend.
You can’t change an organization from the outside.
Republicans began a big push by running for school board.
Please do.
The part I absolutely hate about elections is the “business” part. I want absolutely everyone to vote, and I want them to vote for my candidate because they’re the best one going.
But I cannot MAKE people run, I cannot ENSURE they are the best, unless there’s support at the committee level. People ask me all the time why so and so is the candidate. And there’s not much, sometimes, that I can say except, “they showed up.”
WORD!