The grassroots active Democrats in my district--the ones who fundraise, canvass, register voters, and volunteer at the polls--have little love for the DNC or the DCCC. Our House candidates can't even get into the room with those folks if they haven't already raised at least a million dollar…
The grassroots active Democrats in my district--the ones who fundraise, canvass, register voters, and volunteer at the polls--have little love for the DNC or the DCCC. Our House candidates can't even get into the room with those folks if they haven't already raised at least a million dollars (and even then the door usually stays closed). The national party has forgotten what it's like to fight for every single vote.
Look, this obviously a great point, and I have no argument, and nearly everytime I have a conversation with the moderate or a Democrat, I get this same vibe. I'm merely pointing out that the asymetry is terrible and terrible for our republic.
I propose a new construct, "When they go low, we kick them." ;) (Mostly, just kidding).
Agree with you totally about the asymetry problem, John; we need to call it out whenever we see it. (The new construct works for me, too. Kick 'em clean, without the snark, so they can't punch back.)
What happened to "when they go low, we go high"?
The grassroots active Democrats in my district--the ones who fundraise, canvass, register voters, and volunteer at the polls--have little love for the DNC or the DCCC. Our House candidates can't even get into the room with those folks if they haven't already raised at least a million dollars (and even then the door usually stays closed). The national party has forgotten what it's like to fight for every single vote.
Look, this obviously a great point, and I have no argument, and nearly everytime I have a conversation with the moderate or a Democrat, I get this same vibe. I'm merely pointing out that the asymetry is terrible and terrible for our republic.
I propose a new construct, "When they go low, we kick them." ;) (Mostly, just kidding).
Agree with you totally about the asymetry problem, John; we need to call it out whenever we see it. (The new construct works for me, too. Kick 'em clean, without the snark, so they can't punch back.)