Not that public visibility isn’t important, but if we don’t replace the people in the room choosing who the party gives all their money to, nothing is going to change.
Money for campaigns is important, but it’s a force multiplier. If there is no force of voters to multiply, it is worthless.
Also those people in the back rooms are going to have a lot less money to throw around now, big donors don’t want to give their money to campaigns that have no chance of winning, what good good is buying influence with a politician if that politician has no influence to sell? I don’t think all that money will flow over to progressives suddenly, but the gap in budget is going to be much smaller now.
That’s what the struggle over the dnc vice chair position is about - someone won who wants to use funds to primary representatives “asleep at the wheel”, so they’re pulling out procedural reasons to redo it
There’s a plan… It’s not a sure thing, but it’s building a lot of momentum
Not that public visibility isn’t important, but if we don’t replace the people in the room choosing who the party gives all their money to, nothing is going to change.
Money for campaigns is important, but it’s a force multiplier. If there is no force of voters to multiply, it is worthless.
Also those people in the back rooms are going to have a lot less money to throw around now, big donors don’t want to give their money to campaigns that have no chance of winning, what good good is buying influence with a politician if that politician has no influence to sell? I don’t think all that money will flow over to progressives suddenly, but the gap in budget is going to be much smaller now.
How about making money irrelevant in elections?
Would be nice
Of course - they certainly have to be replaced.
That’s what the struggle over the dnc vice chair position is about - someone won who wants to use funds to primary representatives “asleep at the wheel”, so they’re pulling out procedural reasons to redo it
There’s a plan… It’s not a sure thing, but it’s building a lot of momentum