Reply #3: Our local Democratic committee

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came to a meeting of anti-Bush people of all political stripes last year, and basically told us there was no sense in supporting any candidate (except maybe Clark), and that they didn't intend to spend any money campaigning because the Repukes always win in our county. They had a group of people willing and eager to help them, and they walked away. Our comments were that if this was how the Democratic Party operates, we'd work outside the party. We raised funds, put pro-Kerry ads and LTTE in the local paper, and held rallies. No local Democrats were elected, of course, and you know what happened to Kerry in Arkansas. But I can't help but wonder if one of the MAIN reasons we lost so many of the 'red' states was because of local committees like this.

Howard Dean says he wants to rebuild the party from the grassroots up. I think this is a good idea, and we need to start with local Committees.