Open Left

What about state party takeovers?

This is the reason I'd love to have a formal front page debate about how to "take back" (quotes are for those who believe progressives never owned the party) the Democratic party. Yes, we are out of power. Yes, we are shat upon by Democratic leaders. But it seems that a 10 or 20 year effort, starting with take over of state Democratic parties, running local and state progressive candidates who use progressive messages, then expanding to all 50 states, it seems that would be an obvious place to start to build the politicians, get voters accustomed to progressive messages, and make DLC Democrats turn Republican. It's also possible this approach might yield results in 1-3 years, by replacing key Blue Dog Democrats, for example, or making progressive ideas mainstream.

But I don't know everything. 8-) That's what would make such a debate at Open Left so interesting: there are a lot of people like yourself who know the history, who have political experience, who could contribute to an exhaustive debate that might actually lead to action. Let's be constructive.

Thanks also Paul for calling to primary Obama. Let's go!

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by: TSlavin @ Tue Jan 26, 2010 at 16:25:24 PM CST