The real reason there are so many threads about alleged "Progressive vote suppression"

[Savannahmann]

49. Then run on solutions to the economy.

We handed the economic issues to the Republicans. Over the last session of congress they have proudly announced they were opposing the "Job Killing Obamacare" and the "Job Killing Minimum wage hike". The Republicans noticed the polling, the same polling I provided, and coached their arguments to fit that concern of the people.

All the Democratic Party has done is trumpet the great economy, which it isn't, and publish articles talking about how awesome the economy is. It isn't awesome. The state of Homelessness in America has changed little from 2011 to 2013. http://www.endhomelessness.org/library/entry/the-state-of-homelessness-2013 That is with people living in storm sewers and a place called "the Jungle" in the heart of Silicone Valley. http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/08/11/san-jose-devises-plan-to-clean-up-sprawling-homeless-camp-in-silicon-valley/

As I mentioned above. Do you think that families struggling, even those with working women in them, believe the economy is doing fantastically record breakingly well? Because that's the the only economic statements the party is making. Instead of addressing the issues and the record 92 million people not in the workforce, all we do say is how awesome Wall Street is doing. Well, if the regular folks were invested in the stock market, that might matter.

My point is, and remains, that we need to address all the issues, not just one when we are asking for people to vote for us. If we can't address them all, and who can, we need to at least address several. Education, economy, health care, drug policy, police militarization, income gap, and the list goes on, and on, and on. If you want to run for office, pick five and come up with plans, and then propose the plans. What can the Republicans say then? Oh well, they want to do horrible things and take the tanks away from our police. A move that is supported by most of the people in other polling I might add. But we ignore the issue, like we ignore all the other issues, because we are afraid.

We're afraid that if we propose to end the militarization of police, we'll be labeled soft on crime. We're afraid if we propose to end the spying on the citizens by the collective lack of intelligence agencies, we'll be labeled soft on terror. We're afraid to believe the polling that shows that the majority want those changes, because they go against the conventional wisdom and experience. So we go with what we have left, and that just feels safer rather than addressing the incredibly high prison population.

We aren't willing to lead on the issues, so how can we honestly expect people to follow us to the polls and give us their support along with their vote?