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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

merrily

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17. Yep. There are just so many moves on the chessboard, though.

Reply to rbnyc (Reply #14)

Sat May 30, 2015, 11:48 AM

May 2015

You can go LOTE or you can vote Third Party or write someone in. If you do either of the last two, you may or may not send a message for the long term, but you definitely will increase your short term pain. You can demonstrate. With millions and hundreds of millions of dollars involved, will anyone pay attention though? And so on. Options are very limited.

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So, what do we do about this? [View all] merrily May 2015 OP

Do I understand correctly that the glass is five-sixths full? nt MannyGoldstein May 2015 #1

Don't know. I'm preoccupied with the siphon. merrily May 2015 #6

I give to the candidates, not to the Progressive Caucus or any other organization Warpy May 2015 #2

As I understand the material I quoted in the OP, part of the money you donate to specific merrily May 2015 #5

Their abuse left a mark. Enthusiast May 2015 #9

This makes me think about how hard it is to raise GOS rbnyc May 2015 #3

What a wonderful, thoughtful and informative post! merrily May 2015 #8

it's frustrating... rbnyc May 2015 #12

I am not sure what you are going with the states, but it sounds great. merrily May 2015 #13

I think so. rbnyc May 2015 #15

How cool would that be? I'd be willing to spam a bunch of political message boards with links to merrily May 2015 #16

I was thinking of contacting the campaign about it. rbnyc May 2015 #18

Great idea. I signed up to volunteer, but have not heard back yet. merrily May 2015 #19

I have to add... rbnyc May 2015 #14

Yep. There are just so many moves on the chessboard, though. merrily May 2015 #17

Giving only to individual candidates is the best answer. Paka May 2015 #4

That doesn't solve the problem described in the OP though. Please see Reply 5. merrily May 2015 #7

Not good at all, that's what I think! RiverLover May 2015 #10

Yeah, it goes to the candidates INITIALLY. However, if they make it to Congress, they have to, merrily May 2015 #11