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In reply to the discussion: It's time to examine where my loyalties lie, you judge, I'll just explain my position. [View all]Cleita
(75,480 posts)to the margins while they take over. Well, they have the money, but they need our footwork and our numbers in votes. Time to refuse to work for whomever they shove at us. We don't have the money but we have the numbers. Time to start planning for next year. The last prez candidate I canvassed for was John Kerry but my heart wasn't in it. I was a fan of Howard Dean. Surprisingly, most of the people I canvassed were luke warm about Kerry, but kept telling me whom they really wanted was Howard Dean. So that really tells us something there.
Now I personally am happy with my Congressional rep and my senators, but those who aren't need to start working right now to decide who and how they are going to put in Congress in 2015. The same goes for the Presidential race. Let's get someone who is as attractive as Obama but who leans way left. We don't have the money, but we have the numbers and we need to remember that.