Reply #2: I'm interested in helping!! [View All]

[Hoosier Democrat]

HELL, YES!! I'm interested in helping Democrats take winnable seats. Since the Gephardt-Pelosi strategy of appeasement hasn't worked, let's do it ourselves.

I live in the 2nd Congressional District of Indiana. Here, we had a Democratic Congressman for 12 years in a slightly Republican district. Then, after he announced that he would retire, our State Legislature redrew the district to make it a few points more Democratic (now its about 52% D). Well, in the 2002 Primary, the local political Machine threw everything it had to defeat a bright, young, articulate candidate who was really scoring with voters. After the cash landslide from the Machine, we ended up with defeated ex-Congresswoman and House check-bouncer Jill Long. Her campaign was totally inept and she lost the race to a rich, right-winger who DOES NOT EVEN LIVE IN THIS CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT!!!

If our party leaders won't lead, I guess they'll have to follow or get out of the way!!