This is a new Group. Letting people know that they're not alone, that there are others just like them, that those others behave themselves and don't bite, and those people that think they're alone will run to join the others just like them in a heartbeat. NN12 provides that once a year.
Herding 438 will attempt to provide that every week, 52 weeks a year.
Cedwyn had a Diary about this very idea Here, and said, "What I am on about is the desire to have diaries like this and this for every state. It looks like the California diary hit the rec list, but fell off before it inspired other Kossacks to write similar diaries for their own states.
So here I am, writing this diary in the hopes that we can get this kind of local flavor info on all the races. Think of it as a 50-state strategy on steroids. I think this kind of information will be invaluable this election season, given how critically important downticket wins are."
Then, gizmo59 chimed in on his own Diary, "We need to give. We need to communicate effectively. We need to make phone calls. We need to wear out some shoe leather. We have a lot of work ahead of us to do what Van Jones properly said we need to do: Re-elect Obama and hold him to progressive principles...
Almost more important than that, we need to keep our eye on the ball after the election. We need to ride our Representatives' asses to make sure they deliver what we ask of them, or at least let them know our thoughts on issues. It's exhausting to do. I know I lose track of what's going on because there are all those other aspects of my life that don't involve politics directly. But we have to stick with it... Otherwise, we will be perpetually stuck in the current gridlock... "
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