Reply #21: Look, I realize you are sincere, mean well, and I shouldn't have been dismissive

[bread_and_roses]

But seriously, there is nothing at all new about what you are saying - and btw, I've been working in those very local and state elections for long years, doing just what you say, and so have many others. I used to have a Red/Blue of the '04 election results saved - it was astonishing how much area that used to be solid Red was a Bluish Purple. Those long years of work achieving that by little nobodies like me on the ground were part of what gained us the Presidency and Congressional majorities, I would guess. So, how's that working out?

My point is simply that what you're giving us as a solution has been underway for years. As for its effectiveness in challenging real power, I point you to Lieberman/Lamont.

I don't have an answer, but I am not insane, and can see that the same old, same old won't get us anywhere. Whatever the "answer" is, if there is one, I do not think it lies in electoral politics. I seriously doubt we have time anymore for it, even if it did.