Reply #5: It's not that he shouldn't have reached out to them... [View All]

[WCGreen]

It's that he ignored the people who run the party on a day to day basis, the power structures in the local areas.

Now you may not agree that they are important and you might even go to the point that they are what is bringing the party down and in many instances, I would agree. But you can't ignore them.

These are the community leaders who have contacts in the local media, with the local political structure who can get a ten thousand piece lit drop up and running in a couple of hours.

You can't shut out the structure and then expect them to be there.

These are the people who other community leaders look to in order to get a feel for the candidate.

You can cobble together a winning coalition without the power structure completely on your side, but you can't sustain a political force without those people having your back.