Wisconsin: Time for a change of course

[Scuba]

http://cognidissidence.blogspot.com/2013/11/change-of-course.html

In our center left state, which has a proud history of progressivism, the Democratic party lost yet another election handily. Is it because the Democratic message is not accepted? of course not. If the republican message was one that the people wanted to hear, then they would not spend their time suppressing the vote and gerrymandering districts. They get that their hold on power is fleeting, and have rigged the system to delay that as long as possible. We can either whine about the system being rigged or do things to change it.

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*Consistent Message!

Can anyone tell me the message that the Democratic Party and all of the elected officials stand for? Is there a line in the sand, written with sharpie, anywhere that has 100% support from the collective of the dems? I am not talking about the party platform, because no electeds follow that anyway and most people could not tell you what it said anyway. I am talking something even the most apathetic person in Wisconsin would answer when asked what the Democratic party stands for. Not only do we not stand for anything, we have a Gubernatorial candidate who pledges to not stand for anything.

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* Keep Up With Technology:

Secondly, the DPW website is incredibly outdated. You go to it and you see a picture of SCOTT WALKER(who is not a democrat fyi). You had to search for unformation about Ms Coppola or Mr. Slezak. I know you can not focus on individuals usually, but when there are only two races you sure as hell can.

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* Leadership.

If we are not willing to change course and change it soon we have no chance of winning next year. We can not be satisfied with just winning the dem safe seats and maybe winning a senate seat. We need to do better. If our current leadership is not up to changing their ways then we need new leadership. Time is of the essence! There are thousands of people who spent countless hours in the state collecting recall signatures, who are also not part of the party. We need to figure out a way to reach them and get them more active. We need to figure out a way to be much more successful at community and minority outreach!

[Jackpine Radical]

1. You willing to do something about it?

The Cheesehead DU contingent & the Bobfest crowd come to mind as places to start. I know a few people scattered across the state from Superior to Milwaukee who are far to the left of the Miketater and Mary Burp. Some post here & some don't.

[Scuba]

2. Many of the Republicans I know are to the left of Tate and Burke.

[Jackpine Radical]

3. I think we oughtta find one or more flippable state Senate districts,

come up with a reasonably personable candidate, an run a low-budget, networked campaign from the left & see if we can't surprise the shit out of the Professional Republicrats.

[Jackpine Radical]

4. The 23rd, with incumbent Terry Moulton, might be a good test bed.

We need a good candidate and an early start, though.