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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

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demwing

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Sat Nov 15, 2014, 05:17 PM Nov 2014

What next? [View all]

We collected some solid ideas about a reform platform
We chatted about branding
We collected some basic demographics on our members

What next?


I'd like to have this group target three initial goals:

First:
1. Become the Underground of the Democratic Underground
2. Act as a think tank for Democratic Party reformists

Finally:
3. Get our message injected into the dialog in the 34 states (24 R / 10 D) with an open US Senate seat in 2016

And that last one is the big ticket item, right?

There are ways we could pursue this at the grassroots level. We could run Roosevelt Dems in those 34 Dem primary campaigns, or we could work to get 1 or 2 of our platform goals on the ballots in each of those 34 states.

Or we could just talk. I respect that. This is, after all, a chat room

MannyGoldstein asked me a good question. He wanted to know where I see this group ending up 3 months from now.

He had a great question, but he target the wrong audience. He shouldn't ask me, he should ask everyone.

Where do you all want this to go? 3 months out, where do you want to see the PRG?


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