Yes, voting is important, but I still see it as not nearly enough

[Tatiana]

13. There has to be grassroots organizing by people outside of the official party apparatus.

We need to start with making inroads at the local level -- school boards, municipal positions, county positions. Most importantly, we need to take over the positions across this country (often county clerk) that supervise the election process.

Second, we need to recruit good, enthusiastic, non-Wall St. type candidates. We need people that actually have experienced what the average American has experienced. We need people with good ideas who are not afraid to take on the establishment and don't have a bunch of skeletons in their closet. These people are out there, in our schools, in our universities, in our clinics and hospitals and factories... we need to find them.

Third, I think we force the Democrats to seriously fight for some of our policies or let the DC Dems face strong primary challengers. Especially in the so-called "blue" states, there is no excuse to have these centrist, DINO-type candidates.