How do you tap into the Democratic base?

[Wetzelbill]

Of which I don't necessarily mean us, or the blue-state voters. I mean the people who do not vote. Who think that politicians do not do anything for them either way, so why bother?

Over half of our country does not even go to the polls.

These are people who would otherwise vote for Democrats, based on the issues that most people care for. Most people care about issues central to there lives. Food on the table. Health care. Living wage. Safety. Education for their children.

Here is the thing.

These people do not wake up early on Sunday and watch Meet The Press. They do not turn on Keith Olbermann every night. They do not read six newspapers a day. They could care less about Time or Newsweek. They do not have a computer much less the internet.

They work. They struggle. And, they see little hope in a system.

But if only they knew the things they should know. If only they fought for something. Had that hope.

Put good solid progressive Dems in office. (or true populist conservatives, for that matter)

We could be that hope for them. From inner cities to Indian reservations. For workers. For single mothers. Struggling young families. The indigent.

All of the above.

Untapped. All they need is something, some way to make them believe.

Those are the people Dems should go for. Not coddling to the status quo, or trying to out Republican the Republicans.

So how do we do it?