Obama: Dems must focus on state, governor races
Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS
JOSH LEDERMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama says Democrats must turn their focus to the states and to races for governor this year if they want to ensure that the partys policies succeed.
Obama says the challenge in politics is that national races get all the attention. He says Democrats wind up in trouble in midterm years because they dont think state races are, in his words, sexy enough.
But he says those races are where much of the action is.
Obama is addressing donors at a fundraiser for the Democratic Governors Association at a ritzy hotel near the White House. He says unlike Democrats, Republican governors are cutting investments for the middle class, curtailing voting rights and squeezing unions. He says their strategy is to tell Americans falsely that Obamas policies arent working.
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Read more: http://www.salon.com/2014/02/20/obama_dems_must_focus_on_state_governor_races/
Historic NY
(37,723 posts)we must fix the FUBAR gerrymandering by capturing the statehouses.
Dawson Leery
(19,358 posts)The only way to stop this tea party-right wing assault is to vote em' out.
SunSeeker
(53,200 posts)leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)he is correct, but every race in every election need to be focused on. there are congressional seats up they need to be focused on. do you want your school to have to teach creationism? every race needs to be focused on
jsr
(7,712 posts)Don
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)from his statement? I agree with the rest; but, here's a clue:
If we (Democrats) take the House and expand the Senate, wouldn't we (Democrats) be in the position to get most of what we want?
Scuba
(53,475 posts)... and apparently Barack sees this coming.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)and stand a decent chance at turning the house, despite what the pundits, that have such the stellar predictive record, might be saying.
The republican reparty is in out-right civil war, internally ... outside conservative groups are calling for the heads of republican leadership because they were willing to compromise ... conservative media is calling for conservatives to sit out the 2014 unless the teapartier wins the primary and the main-line republicans can't stand the teaparty or their representatives.
The table is set for a Democratic sweep ... IF ... Democrats get out the vote; particularly in the contested House districts.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)bl968
(360 posts)The Dem's need to maintain year round county offices including a media coordinator to counteract all the right wing propaganda out there.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)state and local level needs us too.
erpowers
(9,356 posts)Democrats do need to focus on local elections. However, they do not ignore these races because they are not sexy. I think there are many things that cause Democrats to focus on local elections.