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18. Infrastructure...pure & simple

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What many don't know about republicans.. They LOVE infrastructure

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Well.. NOT the kind of infrastructure we usually think about when WE hear that word.

WE tend to think about bridges, health care systems, electrical grids, roads, school systems, monetary systems..stuff like that.....stuff we should all pay for via taxation, since we all use them..

Republicans love infrastructure too, but their version of it is about "party-building".
Their infrastructure involves "seeding" city-councils, school boards, state legislatures, etc with their own little "seedlings". They nurture these seedlings with lots of love & media-nutrition, so they can be transplanted into state legislatures, and then onto the federal stage or into the governor's mansions on the way to big federal jobs.

THIS IS INFRASTRUCTURE , and they know how to do it. They know where the money is when they need to whip up national frenzy that translates into votes. They know when to "release the Krakken" (See Tea-Bag Summer of '09).

We err when we accuse republicans of being against infrastructure. They are very "into" infrastructure....their own version of it..

Dems often fail to even field opponents to many of these local/lowly-state offices, so we don't "waste" money on losing races.

This needs to end. We need to fight for EVERY "lowly" race. Governors matter..attorneys-general matter..secretaries of state matter..school boards matter..

When republican infrastructure wins, real infrastructure loses.