Some suggestions for friends of Sanders

[creon]

If this Sanders business is going to get anywhere longer term, It will:

Have to get organized, disciplined, persistent.
Start at the local level - "think globally, act locally".
Do serious work on local problems; thereby forging working relationships with people.
Develop a reputation for work, reliability and integrity.
Work up to the county and state level.
Start networks ( not just on line!!) and develop relationships with other people and other organizations.
That includes Democrats and the Democratic Party.

Think policy - not just buzz words. Do the mental work needed to work up real policy ideas.
Politics is done in a political organization by politicians. become relaible in a political organization; earn your spurs.

Get elected to office and start to climb the greasy pole.

[ladym55]

1. I've seen this in action

A group of local progressives got politically active after the Kerry election. They got organized, became active in the local Democratic Party, helped support local candidates, and ran for local offices. ... I recently saw several of them in the meeting of local organizers for Hillary. Huh.

[creon]

2. excellent

That is precisely what Sanders supporters ought to do.
I am 70; in my 30s I participated in local Democratic Party politics.

[SharonClark]

3. Excellent suggestions

The only way to accomplish anything with any group is to establish your credentials - be trustworthy, reliable. and a hard worker. Gee, I sound like a Boy Scout.

[creon]

4. Yes

You have to earn your spurs.

I am 70; in my 30s I was active in a county Democratic Party organization.
You did indeed have to do all that.