Reply #97: And that's exactly why Hilary's got a good chance.

[crispini]

We're a minority within the Democratic party. You may dislike it, but we are. I'm laughing because your point, unless I misunderstand it, is, "How can Hilary have a chance if she can't even unite DU" and my point is, "we're a minority. Hilary's not appealing to us."

I've seen it happen over and over again in local politics-- IN THE PRIMARIES. The uber-Dems, the activists, solidify around Candidate X and work hard for him, endorse him, etc. Candidate Y skips right over the activists and takes his message directly to the voters via direct mail or some other method. Candidate Y wins.

My point is that you don't always need the netroots activists. We are not as important as we like to think we are.

edited for clarity