Which is not what I am doing. Skocpol is right: on the left, muscles of democracy have atrophied at the local level.
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Replying to @zeynep @matthewstoller
They do know how to do the big national campaign which is fine for presidential elections with the right candidate. But then that fails too.
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Replying to @zeynep @matthewstoller
You need to build back up the missing parts of the stool if there is to be a chance. 2018 election is next and it will play locally.
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It will not play locally, it will be a nationalized election. Democrats lack a vision, not local infrastructure.
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Replying to @matthewstoller
I don't disagree they lack a vision *at the national level*. You might be surprised at how much vision I encounter locally.
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Replying to @zeynep @matthewstoller
The monopoly stuff? Comes up. Unfairness? Comes up. And they absolutely lack local infrastructure outside of big deep blue cities.
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And look, Ossoff underperformed Clinton. Why? Even with so much national attention, congressional races are local affairs.
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Replying to @zeynep @matthewstoller
Comes down to candidate, infrastructure, messaging, vision. But plays out locally. How do you underperform Clinton after last few months?
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Replying to @zeynep
You try to pretend like Trump and Pelosi don't exist and offer no vision, which is what Ossoff did.
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Replying to @matthewstoller
Obviously a poor candidate. But recruiting good candidates is really a local thing, at least for congress. You need a bench with depth.
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But my point is on putting $50 million into this race, instead of using that to win 10+ winnable seats with good candidates in 2018.
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