Reply #3: You're not delusional -- you're on the right track!

[IrateCitizen]

Maybe the answer lies in claiming something very easy to understand and which the majority of Americans clearly believes in---Then running with it all the way to state houses and the national capital.

Sounds to me like you're describing a long-term, national movement that develops leaders and policies all the way down at the local level, and then pushes those candidates and strategies up through state and national politics.

That, my friend, is how to build a true democratic majority in this country. The majority of the population isn't right wing -- it's just that the right wing has figured out how to successfully push people's buttons while all segments of the left were sitting around with our collective thumbs up our butts. We need to figure out how to push people's buttons in a way that encourages them to vote FOR us and our ideas. The first part of that is actually campaigning on what we represent and what our ideas are, as opposed to simply saying, "We're not Republicans."