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What keeps going wrong?
Posted Nov 05, 2009 9:43pm
by User from San Diego, CA
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The Future of California
For all of our friends who attended our first conference call and would like to continue the discussion about building the infrastructure we need to make sure California has a progressive future.
Soon, I'll post some instructions on how to post your own blogs, how to upload videos to our YouTube group, and other fun stuff.
But to get us started for now, post your ideas for things we can do to put some head under the behinds of our electoral hopefuls to start addressing our issues.
I think the Dems have been taking California's votes for granted for too long, and if they aren't here, talking to voters about what's important to us, Californians might either not be inspired to go vote at all, or might switch their votes in critical congressional and state legislature elections.
And then there's after the election--what will they do to get California its share of the Federal pie? Californians pay more in taxes than they get in Federal money by a huge margin, even when you subtract foreign aid. Of course we want the levees fixed in New Orleans, but we also want them fixed in Sacramento.
So post your ideas here, and don't forget to invite your friends and family to submit their questions to the candidates.
But to get us started for now, post your ideas for things we can do to put some head under the behinds of our electoral hopefuls to start addressing our issues.
I think the Dems have been taking California's votes for granted for too long, and if they aren't here, talking to voters about what's important to us, Californians might either not be inspired to go vote at all, or might switch their votes in critical congressional and state legislature elections.
And then there's after the election--what will they do to get California its share of the Federal pie? Californians pay more in taxes than they get in Federal money by a huge margin, even when you subtract foreign aid. Of course we want the levees fixed in New Orleans, but we also want them fixed in Sacramento.
So post your ideas here, and don't forget to invite your friends and family to submit their questions to the candidates.
I really enjoyed the conference call. It was an amazing wealth of information and analysis and as Rep. Solis said, we could spend hours talking about this stuff.
If you missed it or want to hear it again, LISTEN TO OUR CONFERENCE CALL HERE.
I was particularly intrigued by Joel's comments about the politics of acceptance vs. rejection. Democrats will be in power for 2 years before the 08 elections so it will be easier for Republicans to argue the NO vote than for Democrats to argue the YES. Certainly we saw that dynamic at the statewide level this year with the initiatives - just everyone said NO.
It seems to me people get in a rejecting mood when they're feeling apathetic and when there's a lack of inspiration. It's clear that that's the environment we're seeing among California voters as a result largely of entrenched Democratic power in Sacramento. Not only is Democratic registration declining but so is voter participation in elections.
The Courage Campaign's effort to build a progressive infrastructure in the state outside the party will work toward turning that around.
In addition, we'd ask our conference callers to join the Courage Campaign Group that we started just for you called The Future of California. Just click the link, create a profile and join the group and you'll be able to be in touch with your fellow Courage Campaigners to continue online what we started offline with the call earlier today. You can stay in touch via the listserv, send invites to events, and create your own personal blog.
Please feel free to continue the discussion in the comments below.
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