Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

sabrina 1

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8. That is a great post! It deserves an OP of its own so that people can perhaps, submit more ideas as

Thu Dec 4, 2014, 01:51 AM

Dec 2014

to how to implement some of the things you outlined.

I love the card idea. Things do need to be condensed so that people easily 'get' what the points are.

It will take time to undo the damage already done, but it isn't impossible.

Eg, if you don't mention party politics and just ask people about the issues, Progressive issues are very popular. There is a huge segment of the population that doesn't vote at all. Ideas on how to reach THEM would be worth talking about. Imagine if we had a candidate, chosen by the people and we get tap into that huge non-voting bloc to get him/her elected. We know the party leadership will always support the Third Way candidate over a Progressive. So it's up to us to find good candidates and help get them elected.

Great post, you really should think about turning it into an OP.

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Kickin' Faux pas Dec 2014 #1

Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Dec 2014 #2

commonsense has become radical tk2kewl Dec 2014 #3

I don't disagree with it BrotherIvan Dec 2014 #4

They will, but when it comes down to it, there are far more of us than of them. So how do they get sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #5

I think we have to convince everyone we know BrotherIvan Dec 2014 #7

That is a great post! It deserves an OP of its own so that people can perhaps, submit more ideas as sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #8

Thank you, that means a lot BrotherIvan Dec 2014 #9

Another excellent post filled with great suggestions. I agree we can all talk to people we know, sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #10

Absolutely BrotherIvan Dec 2014 #11

I also would make a card with this graphic BrotherIvan Dec 2014 #12

That is a fantastic idea. Putting that graph on t-shirt, on a card! In colleges, everywhere. That sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #13

Take it and run with it. Post away BrotherIvan Dec 2014 #14

I quite literally did this in five minutes BrotherIvan Dec 2014 #15

I just like the idea that it is a quick picture of how things really are sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #21

"there are far more of us than of them" jeepers Dec 2014 #17

I can't argue with anything you said regarding how things are. sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #18

You can defeat the money jeepers Dec 2014 #19

It's not really even optional. It's critical for survival. nt Zorra Dec 2014 #6

Pin of the Week demwing Dec 2014 #16

Hi Demwing, thank you. Some of the comments in this thread are sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #20