I totally agree with Al Gore's assessment of the Snowden/NSA issue.

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24. All that matters is that Dem voters pressure their party now that we KNOW more of how it all

works, to start providing candidates we can VOTE FOR. To simply continue the same old 'well, s/he's better than the other guy' routine, GUARANTEES that things will only get worse.

Knowledge IS power, if people use it. It's way past time to start using it, past time for the people to INFLUENCE the party, speaking of Dems now, and way, way past time for allowing them to continue to say to the voters, 'well, what are you going to do about it, you have nowhere else to go'.

Before the last election, big organizations who have been loyal Dem voters, made a public statement regarding this attitude towards them, taking their votes for granted. They formed a coalition of Unions, of Civil Liberties Orgs, of Advocacy groups, for SS, for the elderly etc and said that 'this is the last election where OUR votes and OUR donations can be taken for granted'.

To continue to do what hasn't worked in the past and expect ANYTHING to change, is a huge mistake.

Now is the time to warn the Dem leadership that when a good Dem is running against a Republican, like Christie, WE EXPECT THEM to support the DEM and NOT to Endorse the Republican. What is that?? That was a complete slap in the face to Dem voters when all those elected Dems ENDORSED CHRISTIE and the party leadership did nothing to help the Dem Candidate. Seems they LIKED Christie despite the fact that he was already in trouble in NJ over Sandy.

And that's not the first time they left good Dems to fend for themselves leaving the field open to 'moderate Republicans'. Then they tell us, as if we are stupid, 'we couldn't have won anyhow'. Really? Well no one ever won anything if they didn't enter the race.