Sun Jun 6, 2021, 07:12 PM

I had a long drive this afternoon. I was listening to Sirius/MSNBC as long as I could stand it.

They were talking about Manchin and Sinema, and others, unnamed.

We need, it seems to me, effective state-level agitators to put pressure on them at home.

Make the arguments local. For example, in West Virginia, have a few "grassroots" group warning the citizenry that the infrastructure spending they really want and need is being blocked by their own Joe Manchin.

Find similar issues in Sinema's Arizona, DiFi's California, Chris Coons' Delaware.

This may be a bit underhanded but hardly illegal.

Let the GOTV continue in Stacy Abrams style. Whip up the people to block the GOP candidates as crazies. But run a different campaign against the people stopping Biden's agenda from (supposedly) our side.

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I had a long drive this afternoon. I was listening to Sirius/MSNBC as long as I could stand it. (Original post)	Stinky The Clown	Jun 6	OP
It sure couldn't hurt	pandr32	Jun 6	#1
I've been thinking similar thoughts	drmeow	Jun 6	#2
the problem is most W Virginia voters are conservative	iemanja	Jun 6	#3
Conservative or not, WV favors the notion of infrastructure spending. BIG infrastructure spending.	Stinky The Clown	Jun 6	#7
the recent news is about voting rights	iemanja	Jun 6	#8
Yes, but the Achilles heel may well be the infrastructure	Stinky The Clown	Jun 7	#9
I'm not so optimistic. nt	iemanja	Jun 7	#11
Translation: somebody ELSE needs to do something...	brooklynite	Jun 6	#4
They were good ideas. Not everyone fits into the same mold, so why criticize?	KPN	Jun 6	#6
Do you think folks from outside of West Virginia should whip up grassroots in WV?	msfiddlestix	Jun 7	#10
Good ideas. What are the chances our party leaders are thinking of them or, if not, saw them here,	KPN	Jun 6	#5

Response to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Sun Jun 6, 2021, 07:14 PM

pandr32 (7,827 posts)

1. It sure couldn't hurt

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Response to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Sun Jun 6, 2021, 07:17 PM

drmeow (4,116 posts)

2. I've been thinking similar thoughts

We need a massive call-in and letter writing campaign from their voters.

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Response to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Sun Jun 6, 2021, 07:19 PM

iemanja (46,643 posts)

3. the problem is most W Virginia voters are conservative

which is why Manchin does this stuff.

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Response to iemanja (Reply #3)

Sun Jun 6, 2021, 09:37 PM

Stinky The Clown (63,239 posts)

7. Conservative or not, WV favors the notion of infrastructure spending. BIG infrastructure spending.

Kinda like the old "depends on whose ox is being gored".

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Response to Stinky The Clown (Reply #7)

Sun Jun 6, 2021, 10:51 PM

iemanja (46,643 posts)

8. the recent news is about voting rights

Not infrastructure.

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Response to iemanja (Reply #8)

Mon Jun 7, 2021, 01:13 AM

Stinky The Clown (63,239 posts)

9. Yes, but the Achilles heel may well be the infrastructure

The point is to put pressure on Manchin by helping his constituents see that he is blocking what THEY want, which is infrastructure. By getting them riled up about what THEY want, we turn Manchin and get what WE want.

Do you see it now?

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Response to Stinky The Clown (Reply #9)

Mon Jun 7, 2021, 08:41 PM

iemanja (46,643 posts)