The Democratic Party and other organizations opposed to Bushco need to have a physical presence in every town, and every city neighbourhood. Not for ward-heelers and clubhouse politicians: For the rest of us.
We need a network of places to go to DO something about Bushco. Complete with coffee bar, meeting rooms, Web-wired computers, and access to resources. Everyone should be welcome, and current community leaders, local heroes and "influentials" should be fixtures there.
The local people should determine the style and the facilities, the agenda and the actions to be taken. Like democracy, the impetus for change, and the direction it will go, should come from the bottom, not the top. Small contributions could be solicited from locals, but those big bucks going to the National, and the TV networks, should be sent back down the ladder.
The Web is all very well and good, but many people are not yet on it. I suspect many of those are among the forty per cent who did not vote in this last election. Reach out to them in the real world, and empower them in the virtual one. They could get on the 'Net at the clubhouse.
More importantly, the wired and the unwired could meet at last, "In Real Life." The isolation of the wired life is its' biggest, perhaps its' only major negative. Use it as a tool, by all means. But not as a substitute for human contact. People need personal contact to develope trust, and for inspiration to action. They need to see the beneficiaries, the co-workers, and the benefits of their actions, with their own eyes.
Stop hiding behind your computers, insulating yourselves from the real world. Yes, it's unpleasant out there, sometimes. But it's real. It's where the people ARE. It's where the fundies' churches, and the gun clubs, and the stock-car races are. But, what's out there for liberals, progressives, and moderates? What do we have to use as a base? Nothing. Let's build one.