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In reply to the discussion: WHY CAN'T PRESIDENT OBAMA GET ANYTHING DONE!!?1!! [View all]MineralMan
(146,282 posts)Boots on the ground is another thing. I can offer mine.
I'll explain what happened in Minnesota. We got the boots on the ground. We got out the vote in 2012. We learned the lesson of 2010, two years too late, unfortunately, after the new congressional districts were already set. However, Minnesota has a very good system for redistricting, and little damage was done.
In 2012, we turned out the vote. That is what we must do in 2014, as well. That takes human power, not money. It takes dedicated people walking precincts. It takes phone banks. It takes a personal effort by people who want to make something happen.
That is what I'm talking about. If we put out the effort, we will get the vote out, and we will succeed. If we do not, that will not happen. It is that simple. That is the case throughout the country. We can win, if we have the will to make it happen.