The problem is not the strategists and consultants -- it's elected officials only listening to advice that involves tinkering around the edges of failing status quo politics.
If you start hyping democracy, empowering party membership and aggressive action, you get shown the door 99% of the time.
If you start hyping democracy, empowering party membership and aggressive action, you get shown the door 99% of the time.
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And non-wealthy voters know the Dems aren't on their side--that they prioritize the big corps.
Lose-lose.
Came to a head with Cisneros in Texas.
Have those handful of offices needed to keep a low profile just to survive? Do they only recruit via whisper networks, or are there ways to scale up their reach when opportunities arise?
If so, + now's not the time to change gears, when would be?