So, does Rahm's victory in Chicago tell us anything?

[MineralMan]

75. Well, I'm not seeing anything in your posts that indicate

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that you have any ideas that can improve our system. You have lots of complaints, of course, but that appears to be where it stops. To me, that doesn't constitute activism. It's just complaining. What I have seen is very effective Democratic Party activism in some places. In those places, elected officials are progressive. In many cases, it has taken a number of election cycles to make that happen.

Where I am, for example, we finally got rid of a less than progressive state senator in our district in 2012. He was very conservative on labor issues. So, at the senate district convention in 2012, the delegates refused to endorse him. He ended up withdrawing his candidacy, because he knew he couldn't win without that endorsement. We ended up not endorsing anyone, and a candidate who is a Hmong immigrant and a labor and social progressive won the primary and the general election. I campaigned for him. I also was a caucus leader at the convention for him. He was the last in a long series of progressive candidates our districts have gotten elected.

Complaining does nothing. Hard work does something. I recommend the latter, if you want to make changes, and you can start right where you live. None of us on DU will have any effect on the Presidential election beyond our vote. Each of us, though, can have a powerful effect on our local elections, our state legislative elections, and even our congressional elections. That effect, however, comes from a concerted effort on the part of many people. It's hard work. I think it's worth it. You may think otherwise.