General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: This is infuriating. [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)at the top of the Democratic Party.
Howard Dean understood the importance of grassroots organizing in each and every state for the Democratic Party. We have it in California and our state generally votes Democratic.
So the changes need to be made at the leadership level in each state and in the federal Democratic Party.
We should be encouraging good people to run and the party should support them vigorously in every state in the union and not just at election time.
Let's take Boehner's district. Who is organizing the campaign for the next candidate for Boehner's seat right now? What about the races for the state seats in Ohio? Someone should be working on those campaigns already. Get name recognition. Identify local issues. Start organizing, holding barbeques, whatever.
If we organize for the presidential campaign this early, we should be doing the same for the local, state and federal campaigns also.