Enough of the LIE about the DNC not helping in WI.

[JNelson6563]

49. Maybe you should read that linked post with an objective view.

Because what you say here is different (and much more rational) than what you linked to.

I will add this to the mix though: When I was working with the various counties a few didn't want to be bothered. I offered to produce $ send a fundraising/membership mailing, pay for it all and even get the list to send it to without their help (thanks to the VAN). They actually did not want me to do this for them because then they would raise enough money that year to have to file the extra paperwork. Yeah, I went ahead and did the mailing but the return envelopes had the Congressional district's address on them.

I made that offer in various forms to just about every county. The more a county party was able to do in regard to the project, the bigger their return. If they had actually put in the effort to put together a strong mailing list of local Dems, had active volunteers who could get together and do the hands-on work (instead of having a printer do it) & if they had any kind of presence/reputation in their community, they yielded much more. So the return to the various county parties on this project resulted in anything from $7000+ to $0 and all points in between. All results closely coincided with the local effort that went into it.

The more viable each and every county party is the better. Here in the red north of Michigan we are quite used to being ignored. We started from that premise and continue on and have grown, earned a lot of respect around the state and helped lead the way for others. (Our small town merited a visit from the Kerry campaign and two visits from the Bush campaign in 2004~~70,000 in our whole county).

I always have a hard time understanding why everyone doesn't do this autonomy thing. It's pretty damn empowering.

Julie