On OWS and the Democratic Party

[JNelson6563]

31. You will have to excuse me, I meant no offense

by thinking you were from the area you were talking about. I do not know your personal situation so pardon me erroneous assumption.

Obviously there is a much bigger OWS presence in CA than in MI. It will be interesting to see what sort of OWS presence there will be at the Michigan (my area) state Dem convention. I can't imagine it's much different around the state than here as far as OWS/Dem party relations go.

As a longtime Dem activist I have always thought OWS was a good thing and a great potential partner in an effort to make things better. I've really only seen the whole "them" and "us" stuff on the internet. Thankfully!

Lastly, somehow I got the impression from your OP that if not for OWS, ther wouldn't be any grassroots stuff going on. But here you clarify that they are an integral part of that effort so thank you for clearing that up. Glad to know the Dem party in CA isn't as bad off as all that.

I'm quite heartened to see all the younger people OWS is bringing into politics. The college-aged OWS folks at the event I mentioned previously were very smart in how they were going about working toward certain political goals and asked for help in achieving those goals. Everyone was on board and many signed up to help. Perfect!

Julie--who doesn't see OWS and the Dems in competition but an effective partnership