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In reply to the discussion: What the hell happened to the Democrats downballot?! [View all]karadax
(284 posts)28. Organizing for Action (America) damaged the DNC. To such a degree that
State entities were left to fend for themselves. There were no resources.
Actually, Hillary Clinton makes a good -- and awkward -- point--CNN
But when it comes to Clinton's touchy accusation that former President Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee were less than helpful, the awkward but important truth is that Clinton is right.
For years, local Democratic groups have complained that Obama poured resources into a political organization, Obama for America (later renamed Organizing for Action) at the expense of building the party. The evidence suggests that warnings from the grassroots were ignored -- and came back to haunt and bedevil the party in 2016.
"[With] all due respect to President Obama, OFA was created as a shadow party because Obama operatives had no faith in state parties," Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb told Politico earlier this year. "OFA had no faith or confidence in the state parties so they created a whole separate organization, they took money away and centralized it in D.C. They gave us a great president for eight years, but we lost everywhere else."
For years, local Democratic groups have complained that Obama poured resources into a political organization, Obama for America (later renamed Organizing for Action) at the expense of building the party. The evidence suggests that warnings from the grassroots were ignored -- and came back to haunt and bedevil the party in 2016.
"[With] all due respect to President Obama, OFA was created as a shadow party because Obama operatives had no faith in state parties," Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb told Politico earlier this year. "OFA had no faith or confidence in the state parties so they created a whole separate organization, they took money away and centralized it in D.C. They gave us a great president for eight years, but we lost everywhere else."
In the end we shot ourselves in the foot because we stopped paying attention to what was happening at the top of the party. The President circumvented the DNC and it bit us in the ass. Hard.
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I'm sure he would of liked to have continued to be DNC Chair or appointed HHS Secretary
liskddksil
Jun 2017
#19
You are right leftof cool. His 50 state strategy worked, fight for every state, and recognize some
still_one
Jun 2017
#26
1) Democrats get excited by presidential elections. Midterms are booooring. Or something...
Hekate
Jun 2017
#3
I've been one of the Democrats who hasn't always voted in midterms. Never again!
Buckeye_Democrat
Jun 2017
#10
I think many people won't self-identify as liberal because it's become a "bad word"...
Buckeye_Democrat
Jun 2017
#18
Newt Gingrich wrote the alt-vocabulary list & he was media-savvy. Look to Newt & the long game. nt
Hekate
Jun 2017
#20
Lazy Democrats thinking only Presidential Elections count! I've seen them, I've known them. And,
RKP5637
Jun 2017
#6
The politics of healthcare, recovery and successful GOP messaging, and gerrymandering.
SaschaHM
Jun 2017
#8
because the party leadership since 2008 has not cared about local/state offices and so
msongs
Jun 2017
#15
They voted for healthcare and to save the economy. They were voted out because of that
emulatorloo
Jun 2017
#16
"I'm going to keep telling people this until it finally fucking penetrates."
LenaBaby61
Jun 2017
#29