I had intended to post this love letter to the grassroots the night of the election in MA. It would have been a different diary, of course. Had a different title and a very different vibe. Something like Yes. We. Did. It would have been another celebration of the incredible energy, passion and talent of our amazing grassroots and its role in electing Martha Coakley.
Alas, for any number of reasons that have been debated far and wide on Daily Kos, the election was not ours to savor. So I sat back for a few days and let the kossack brouhahas subside, and then let the community focus on the SOTU. And tonight, two weeks after the election that rocked our souls, I am here, with a belated but no less bursting-with-heart love letter to the grassroots in NYC.
In many ways, I think that it's a good thing that I waited. Because now I know exactly what I want all of you to know about the awesome activists and community organizers and canvassers and phonebankers in The Big Apple:
We. Don't. Quit.
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