Reply #34: "whether or not it will be a "mass movement"" [View All]

[welshTerrier2]

it's already a "mass movement" ... there are tens of millions of Americans who are so turned off they don't vote anymore ... my belief is that most of them were previously Democrats ...

perhaps the view of legions of alienated lefties leaving the party to "go Green" or join the Democratic Socialists of America or whatever is not very likely ... it's also not very important ... Democrats need to reach out to all Americans and do what they can to win votes ... as long as they cater to some vague, amorphous group and see the world as a bell curve ripe for harvesting, they'll never make significant progress ...

i think Americans are so totally fed-up with bush et al that Dems will likely do very well this fall ... but "very well" is a poor target ... if the Party fails to reach out to the left and to non-voters, they are engaging in battle after tying their own hands ... there's no need for it ...

it's time to move past the inside DC strategists and get their hands dirty spending real time with their constituents and potential constituents ... they just seem to be unwilling to do this ... and that's too bad ... the alienation from the party that many are feeling is a very unhealthy situation ... in the long run, it will prove costly regardless of what size the "mass" currently is ...