My Obama Sad

[OhNo-Really]

The Democratic Party must leave the ground offices open after the election!

A place where a ripple of democratic common sense can grow into a statewide tsunami of Democratic voters.

My SAD:

Living in Salt Lake in 2008, it was thrilling to have an Obama headquarters where we could meet members of President Obama’s team. We even had their cell phone numbers.

We finally had an official gathering place with phones we could work, meetings where ground trips to other states were organized, and met other Utah Democrats.

NOPE

This OASIS of like-minded people gave me HOPE for a better future for Utah.

HOPE DASHED

The week after the election, the office was shuttered and the cell phone numbers inoperable. No good byes.

GHOSTED

I was literally sad. It made no sense.

GOTV can no longer be a seasonal event in a country where most of the news and 1/3 of the electorate favor divisiveness and white-washing harmful regressive policies (understated).

How can we few democrats in opposition majority areas widen our circle out of thin air?

KEEP THE GROUND OFFICES OPEN

We can build a bigger better Democratic governance on all levels with less corporate dependence to tactically solve problems.

[BComplex]

1. And a big AMEN to that!!! We need ground work going on all across the country for several years to come

so that we NEVER NEVER have to start all over again in 4 years. This has to be a true 50 state party, every day of every year! I'm glad you posted this!

[OhNo-Really]

2. Thank you

My inner nag made me. LOL

I will post a few times every day hoping it makes its way up the ladder.

[mopinko]

3. jamie harrison is not gonna make that mistake. he's a 50 state guy.

obama’s biggest mistake was keeping his own donor base after the election, instead of passing that to the dnc. obama for america parasitized the party. left hillary w an empty cookie jar.

we wont b doing that again. fear not. they’re looking ahead at midterms and reelect. no sittin on our laurels.

[OhNo-Really]

4. Oh.

That explains why Hillary campaign didn’t reach out to me.

[mopinko]

5. u and a lot of other ppl.

[mopinko]

6. i suspect rahm emannual and others who had their eye on the foundation.

it was a seamless transition.

[Martin68]

7. That sounds prohibitively expensive. Just renting that much office space across the nation would cost a fortune over

a 4-year period. I'm sure there can be a more cost-effective way to use that money for the American people.

[OhNo-Really]

8. I'm sure the DNC can be creative a

And collaborate.

I hope so.

What is the price of freedom of choice?

[Martin68]

9. Perhaps volunteer groups could keep the spirit alive in between campaigns. I don't think

every office needs to be maintained.

[NJCher]

10. consider this option

I just posted about it in this forum:

https://www.mobilize.us/electionresponsecenter/event/734596/?utm_source=movementlabs