Memo to Every Democrat

[CatWoman]

by kos
Fri Nov 10, 2006 at 02:06:06 PM PST

Dear Everyone Who Thinks They Singled-Handedly Won the Last Election,

The DNC and Howard Dean couldn't have won this by themselves. They are not the source of all good in the world. Or all evil.

The DCCC and Rahm Emanuel couldn't have won this by themselves. They are not the source of all good in the world. Or all evil.

The DSCC and Chuck Schumer couldn't have won this by themselves. They are not the source of all good in the world. Or all evil.

The netroots and grassroots couldn't have won this by themselves. They are not the source of all good in the world. Or all evil.

The 527s and unions and allied organizations couldn't have won this by themselves. They are not the source of all good in the world. Or all evil.

The big dollar donors couldn't have won this by themselves. They are not the source of all good in the world. Or all evil.

They were all part of a glorious puzzle. And working together, even if not always harmoniously, led to great, great things.

Hugs and kisses.

kos

p.s. As for the know-nothing pundits in DC and the DLC? Well, we won because they were ignored.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/11/10/1766/5834

[porphyrian]

1. I'll kick that. - n/t

[jgraz]

2. NO! It was me -- ALL ME!!!!

Yay for me!

[qnr]

3. What election? There was an election? n/t

[KittyWampus]

4. that's what I'm talking about

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. knr

[Hidden Stillness]

6. Dean and State Parties Deserve Credit

This group of Democrats won because they really were local/regional candidates, and each candidate suited their area, a lot better than the recent top-down, consultant "framing" corporate "D"LC shit campaigns. They also discussed issues that people care about, like the lowering standard of living, corruption, and Iraq. Howard Dean's plan to return to addressing the entire country, after the disastrous and incomprehensible "D"LC "plan" of ignoring almost all the States, deserved a lot of credit. It made us real to people again, and not an image or thing that could be made a stereotype of by Republicans.

[TahitiNut]

7. Let's not forget us independents - it wasn't just Democrats.

MoveOn.org has PLENTY of independents, for example. Despite the frequent slander that independents are somehow in the ill-defined 'middle' or some uninformed, ignorant herd, many of us are staunch, uncompromising liberals and are as well-informed, if not more so, than people who vote Democratic out of habit.

"Success has many fathers, Failure is an orphan." (No matter how many paternity tests are given the Greens.)

[jgraz]

8. And don't forget to thank Rush Limbaugh

[rocktivity]

9. Paul Hackett, I know what you did last summer!

RE: Lessons learned from the Ohio Vote
Posted by Orion The Hunter Wed Aug-03-05

Paul Hackett...claimed (at least) forty-eight percent of the vote in a district where no Democrat has won more than thirty percent in over two decades.

THAT'S the bottom line, folks--he came within FOUR POINTS of victory in a 70% Repub district! Stop and think about how well a Hackett could do in a district with FEWER Repubs and MORE grass-roots work on our part! Now that we know what it takes to win, it can be ALL DOWNHILL from here. So friggin' SNAP OUT OF IT and let's get to work on the 2006 elections NOW!!!

...(This is)...the real takeaway from this election. Going into such a heavily Republican-voting district, Paul Hackett never should have stood a chance to win to begin with. And yet, even with the GOP pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into the Schmidt campaign, Hackett almost won. What many people need to realize is that for a lot of red states coming up for 2006, with districts that are not nearly so heavily Republican, the lessons learned here can take away some Republican seats in 2006 in other red states that do not have so much historical sway for voting Republican. Hackett showed you can be a Democrat and win in red states by telling the truth and being hard on the administration when you have to.

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