Reply #39: There are many consituencies in the base

[Walt Starr]

but overall, the base are those individuals who donate money to the campaigns and work to canvas neighborhoods to drum up votes for a campaign.

The base are those individuals who are actively pursuing voters for candidates within a party.

And there are large numbers of us who worked our asses off in 2004 an now have walked away in disgust.

Those who are left will have to work to get our votes now, because we have determined it is no longer in our interests to support candidates who have proven they do not support us.

I am now an Independent and my vote is no longer to be taken for granted, nor is any money for donations or any work to physically support any candidate. I am no longer beholden to the Democratic Party, nor are party concerns ever of any concern in any decision I make in a voting booth.

That is precisely what the policies of the DLC have wrought for the Democratic Party.