A 50 state strategy requires a big tent

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73. I may have not been clear enough, BainsBane.

To answer your question, I don't expect we'd get results by demanding anything of the Republican leadership. Most of them are more interested in saving "no" to any Democratic proposal or solution than they are doing something good for their fellow Americans. Party before country is their way of operating.

We CAN demand certain principles, priorities and solutions from Democratic leaders....and from ourselves.

As to your Chicago question, I certainly don't have all the answers, but I'm sure there are folks out there who could help us come up with solutions. I'm sickened by what I see and read about violence in Chicago (and other places) but I've gained some hope after hearing from local leaders, church members, teachers, parents and others who have begged for economic development, mentors, after-school programs, stricter gun safety laws and more. It would be such a wonderful thing if large groups of Democratic leaders CONSISTENTLY showed up in some of our troubled cities and took a stand.

There is so, so much to do and we'll need a lot of help doing it.