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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Replying to @zeynep
I agree, but this is all part of a vision problem. Dem elites like Skocpol - and she is one of the worst - want puppets to do what they say.
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So they argue for local infrastructure as a hand wave for their own fuckups, like the ACA and Dodd-Frank.
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Then they crush actual local leadership and use centralized financing muscle to organize the ideas and politics of the Democrats.
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I want more local leadership not to win elections so Skocpol can run her stupid policy network, but bc Americans need representation.
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The problems they are facing are imposed by multi-national corporations. They are national problems. You need a vision to deal with that.
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Politics isn't local b/c Muncie needs a sewage system, but bc Muncie is getting destroyed by FB and Muncie's rep needs to bring that to DC.
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Replying to @matthewstoller @zeynep
Without the ideas, without the vision, without a notion of why politics, political infrastructure is a jobs program for shitty consultants.
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Replying to @matthewstoller
You are saying the exact opposite of what I am saying. It's the central org that brings the consultant class.
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I suggest talking to some of the many many grassroots groups struggling outside the big cities. I think you might be surprised. /end
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Replying to @zeynep
I have. Grassroots groups it turns out are just people.
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