Iowa Sierra Club To Hold The People’s Budget Webinar Series

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Trish Nelson


Iowa Sierra Club invites you to our first in a series of webinars about the People’s Budget on Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 7:00pm.

A large number of Sierra Club issues require some involvement with Iowa’s state budget. From supporting the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture to cleaning up our waterways to funding the Iowa Department of Natural Resources conservation priorities, all arrows point at the state budget.

Budgets reflect theories of government. Iowa’s political conversation rarely moves beyond the notion that governments primary responsibility is to grow the economy. Hence we give corporations tax breaks, but slash funding for health care, environmental protections and public interest research at our three state universities.

Join us on Thursday, December 3 @ 7:00 pm People’s Budget Webinar

We hold a different view of government and that is government is the trustee of all the things we share – public roads and bridges, water, wildlife, air, public universities, state parks, education and public health. There is little or no economic activity without the public goods provided by things like roads, water, and education. Therefore, protecting, enhancing and restoring our shared public wealth is the central responsibility of government. We must tie the budget to our priorities.

On the webinar you’ll learn about our budget priorities and the ways our current budget undermines public services and our natural resources. We hope you’ll join us and our guest speakers for our first People’s Budget webinar on December 3, 2020 at 7:00 pm.

The speakers are Carolyn Raffensperger and Jeani Murray.

Carolyn is executive director of the Science and Environmental Health Network. In 1982 she left a career as an archaeologist in the desert Southwest to join the environmental movement.  As an environmental lawyer she specializes in the fundamental changes in law and policy necessary for the protection and restoration of public health and the environment. She has dedicated the rest of her life to ensuring future generations inherit a habitable planet.

Jeani Murray is an effective, strategic leader with strong political, management, communication, advocacy and legislative experience having served as a Chief-of-Staff on Capitol Hill, a National Field Director for a major public interest non-profit, Executive Director of the Iowa Democratic Party, and a Campaign Manager. Additionally, she has worked in key roles on a variety of federal and local campaigns. Jeani will discuss dark money forces that have taken over our state capitols.

Register now!

Space is limited, so please register for this powerful event today. And please invite friends you think might be interested.

You won’t want to miss this webinar on December 3rd at 7:00pm.

See you on Dec 3,

Jess Mazour
Conservation Coordinator, Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club

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This Is Possible

Posted on November 29, 2020 by Dave Bradley

I ran across this on the internet last week. Since we are enjoying a holiday weekend, I thought it might be nice to expand our thoughts into what could be.

In earlier post WWII days many in the US dreamed dreams of an America with citizens who lived fulfilled lives. At that time Europe was in tatters from WWII. Yet some 70 years later, Scandinavian countries (with the exception of Sweden’s crazy approach to the corona virus) pursue the idea that humans can achieve some form of happiness.

In the mean time, under Republican rule, once again the US descends towards a third world existence for many of its citizens.

It is possible (5 minutes):

Hygge

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Sunday Funday: New SCOTUS Decision Edition

Posted on November 29, 2020 by Dave Bradley

The day before Thanksgiving we had a demonstration of why Republicans have had reshaping the court system, especially the Supreme Court, as their laser beam focused objective. In shooting down a directive by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to try to combat the corona virus by limiting crowd sizes of religious gatherings to 10 in designated red zones and 25 in designated orange zones. Religious gatherings were not banned, nor were they limited by denomination.

Yet SCOTUS voted 5 to 4 to overturn Cuomo’s directive as being opposed to the first amendment. So now religion overrides public health. Religious gatherings continue to be among the most productive of super-spreader events. There are alternatives to gathering together in tight groups. You would think religious organizations would be interested in keeping their congregations alive and healthy.

Religious groups are among the most ardent of Republican loyalists. Getting a victory to practice as they please is the culmination of the refusal to even give Merrick Garland a hearing. It is also the culmination of placing two very poorly qualified judges – Kavanaugh and Barret – on the bench. Expect those two to follow the party line with little deviation. Will poisonous snake handling be making a comeback?

ARRRRGH!

  1. Dear Leader held a kind of press conference Tuesday where the big news was less what he said and more what piece of furniture that made the event sort of a farce?
  1. States in what three with supposed close races for president certified their votes last week, pretty much scoring the presidency for Joe Biden?
  1. What former administration official did Dear Leader pardon last Wednesday?
  1. In an unexpected bit of humor last week, presidential attorney Rudy Giuliani held yet another news conference while what rolled down his face?
  1. As witnessed in the past couple of weeks, what force of nature is spurring emigration from Central American countries?
  1. Fox News Channel settled a lawsuit out of court over a false story concerning the death of what former DNC staffer?
  1. An Iowa non-profit announce a massive effort starting in the spring to replace the huge amount of what destroyed by the August 10th derecho?
  1. Tomorrow the Office of the First Lady will preview the 2020 holiday decorations. What VIP will skip out on this preview?
  1. November 29, 1989. The first of the Russian satellites to break the chains of communism when what country repealed the constitutional clause that gave power to the communists?
  1. President-Elect Joe Biden received congratulations on his election from what major world leader?
  1. What major soccer star died during an operation last week ending a tumultuous life?
  1. What country did the above soccer star come from?
  1. Spurred by new rules on Twitter that call for tweets to be judged for veracity, the right wing world is flocking to what RW version of Twitter?
  1. As Biden secured enough electoral votes to win the presidency, what stock index broke an all time high as it crossed the 30,000 barrier?
  1. Maybe America’s first superstar, what genius writer was born in Missouri on the Mississippi some 185 years ago tomorrow?
  1. Quick – what is the name of the woman who is head of the General Services Admin. who was holding up transition funds for Biden until early last week?
  1. Janet Yellen was announced as the first woman to head what cabinet department by PE Biden last week?
  1. Colorado Rep.-elect Lauren Boebert has asked permission to be able to do what on the Capitol grinds that is now disallowed?
  1. Iran vowed retaliation after it’s what was assassinated Friday near Tehran?
  1. Scotland became the first country ever to make products relating to what female condition free to Scots?

Answers:

  1. The tiny desk that he sat at. It looked like a desk for a grade schooler
  1. Georgia, Pennsylvania and Michigan
  1. Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn
  1. Giuliani was sweating and his hair coloring was running down his face
  1. Hurricanes 
  1. Seth Rich
  1. Trees – the non-profit is Trees Forever
  1. The First Lady
  1. Czechoslovakia
  1. President Xi of China
  1. Diego Maradonna
  1. Argentina
  1. Parler
  1. DJIA
  1. Mark Twain
  1. Emily Murphy
  1. Treasury
  1. Carry a gun
  1. Top nuclear scientist
  1. Tampons and other related material for periods.

tip of the hat to EarlG on democraticunderground.com

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Covid-19 Numbers For November Really Scary.

Posted on November 28, 2020 by Dave Bradley

As Donald Trump tries to steal the presidency from a brutal loss and while Kim Reynolds fiddles with your lives as she dare no step on the toes business corona virus new cases and deaths are just plain sky rocketing out of control.

The sad thing is that this is exactly what was predicted 8 months ago as scientists begged the current president to show some leadership and do a couple of simple things. The most simple thing scientist begged for – and are still begging for – is to make wearing masks mandatory.

So here we are in the United States of America, the most technologically advanced nation and the richest nation the world has ever seen, literally being done in by the corona virus because of the negligence of our leadership.

These numbers come from https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/  If you scroll down past the list of states you will find charts that give us daily past numbers for cumulative corona virus cases in the US. By scrolling your mouse across the chart you can get whatever information you want.

For instance if you want to know how many new corona virus cases in the US for the month of November you find the find the number for October 31 and subtract it from the latest number for November. In this case it will be approximately 13,500,000 minus 9,439,000 (the cases up to Nov.1) and you get 4  million cases.

Let that sink in. Four Million cases of corona virus in the US in November! And now, following a mass spreader event such as Thanksgiving and early Christmas shopping over this past weekend, expect even higher number of cases o be coming soon. So what will we have in December? Five million? Six million?

We know that neither Trump nor Reynolds will do anything of any substance to lower the numbers. Thus huge December numbers is all but inevitable. By the time President Biden is inaugurated he will be left a huge mountain to subdue.

You can help. Do just what we have been told to do for the past 8 months by the science community. Stay home whenever possible. If you go out WEAR A MASK! Ask your friends and loved ones to please wear a mask also! Stay a good distance from other people when interacting. Keep your hands washed and don’t touch your face.

If members of your family do not have masks, wouldn’t a mask as a Christmas present really say “I care about you.”

We are our brother’s keeper. Working together we can make great inroads on stopping the virus simply by taking the precautions listed above to stop the spread. As the old saying goes are you part of the problem or part of the solution?

As the illustration at the top of this story shows, we have been down a similar road before and beat the enemy. Together we can do it again!

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Perception is Reality

Posted on November 28, 2020 by Dave Bradley

Thom Hartmann does a Democratic post-mortem with Indivisible Director Megan Hatcher Mays.  This video is about 9 minutes.

Last week I discussed the proliferation of conservative media, particularly talk radio, in rural areas throughout the country including Iowa. Progressives have no such corresponding reach and thus give rural areas and small towns over to conservatives pretty much 365 days a year. Conservative TV pretty well fills in the empty spots in those areas.  

Hartmann and Mays discuss this at the end. However, Mays brings up an issue that most of us seem to gloss over. Although she doesn’t say it quite this way, the issue is that the right wing media has defined progressives stands on issues for the public long before any progressive candidate knocks on the publics door or runs a commercial on the radio or TV.

Much like the myth of the inner-city welfare queen that Ronald Reagan created out of whole cloth, right wing media has created myths about Democrats out of whole cloth. The constant pounding day in and day out of the myths that Democrats will take peoples guns and will enact laws that will suspend freedom (without ever defining what that means) and are socialists! I doubt any Republican can truly define what socialism means. It is just one of the large number of scare words.

None of that is true of course. But when it is propagandized 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on some 1500 radio and TV stations around the country that reach into every nook and cranny of the US, by the time a Democrat knocks on a small town door, the profile of that candidate has already been written by the opposition.

Just a couple of weeks ago Matt Sinovic of Progress Iowa held a press conference where he rolled out polling that indicated overwhelming favorable ratings for progressive issues. Blogforiowa reported on the press conference here. Notably the progressive issues scored high for people identifying themselves as both Republicans and Democrats.

Megan Hatcher Mays goes into this pre-defining of Democrats at about the 5 minute mark. For one thing Democrats need to learn to speak loudly about our accomplishments. I have no idea why we are so reluctant to bring up what great work we have done in bringing about things like greater voting rights, higher pay, more accessible health care and many other victories for people. We were never reluctant to point out that Democrats brought the country Social Security, Medicare, fair wages and the 40 hour work week.

Democrats need to be proud and loud! What we stand for is what the vast majority of the country has demanding for decades. Yet somehow – through the nearly monopolistic control of the media – the right wing in this country has been able to disconnect electing Democrats from the country realizing the goals they want their government to achieve.

Meanwhile the monopolized media spins a web of mythology of a Republican Party that is in tune with working men and women. Of course nothing could be further from the truth. The working person’s biggest single enemy is the Republican Party and the super rich and the corporations that control the Republican Party.

We also have a myth that Republicans are the best caretakers of the public monies. Even a cursory exam of national and state administrations show that the rich do extremely well under Republicans while the vast majority of us suffer. When a Republican leaves office, the country or state is usually broke and in a crisis. What Trump is leaving Biden is pretty typical.

Yet a vast US media has been able to create the myths of a kind and gentle Republican Party that looks out for the little person while they have also created the myth of a Democratic Party that is nearly an enemy of the people. For many, perception – no matter how divorced from reality it is – is reality. Even when top Republicans are fostering policies that are killing us and bankrupting us.

Once again ever the vaunted public radio comes in for criticism in this area. Its political reporters often talk of “government” as being unresponsive, or “congress” as not doing what Americans want (these are examples I have heard in the past two weeks). This only adds to the myth that has been created by right wing media. In both cases the reporters were talking about a corona virus relief bill that has been passed by Democrats but stopped dead by Republicans. Yet Republicans are not singled out and there is innuendo that somehow Democrats are partially to blame.

Republicans are constantly running for all offices every day of the year. They have media laying groundwork for them every day of the year. Democrats run for office part time and mostly during the political seasons around elections. I know it is a heavy lift, but I believe we must meet the effort the competition is putting out.

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Why Communities Need Local News

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Trish Nelson

Iowa newspapers are being challenged to survive the digital age as well as the pandemic.  Art Cullen, editor of the Storm Lake Times; Ty Rushing, managing editor of the N’West Iowa Review; Doug Burns, co-owner and columnist for the Carroll Times-Herald; and Bob Leonard, news director for KNIA/KLRS radio, discuss the situation in Iowa and the importance of local news to the community. Part 1 of Small Town Perspectives can be viewed here.  Please subscribe to your local paper!

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The Most Important Thing To Do Right Now

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Trish Nelson

Happy Thanksgiving! We are thankful that we have managed to save the Democracy from certain death but we are not out of the woods yet. We need to win two Georgia senate seats for there to be any progress. Indivisible has led the way in the Trump resistance and has a plan going forward. Please check it out and help if you possibly can.

Update/action alert from Indivisible. If you haven’t joined Indivisible yet click here to join Indivisible Iowa.

With just 41 days until the Georgia runoff elections, we’ve been hard at work building out our plans. These two seats will determine control of the Senate, so we’re committing a ton of time and resources to winning and entering 2021 in a strong position. We’ve already gotten started on some of our work, but today we’re ready to reveal our full plans for the next six weeks — read on to find out more, or if you’ve already got an idea what we’re doing and are ready to make it happen, click here to support all our work with a donation.

What are the stakes?

If Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff win their races, Democrats will have control of the Senate for at least the next two years. That means the difference between a Democratic trifecta and a divided government — the difference between a real shot at all our progressive priorities and Mitch McConnell doing everything in his power to block the change we need.

We’ve got big plans for 2021, from major democracy reform initiatives to work on climate, racial justice, immigration, economic justice, health care, and more. We’re going to be fighting for all these things regardless, but we know we can get a lot more done a lot more quickly if we have the Senate working for us instead of for Mitch McConnell’s elite white buddies.

What’s the plan?

We’ve developed our plans in consultation with folks on the ground in Georgia — which means we’re putting our resources where we can be most effective without duplicating work or speaking over people who’ve been putting in the work for years. Our Georgia runoff plans fall into three major buckets:

☎️ Direct Voter Contact. After our massive peer-to-peer texting and phonebanking programs this election season, we’re leveraging everything we learned to reach out to voters in Georgia and get out the vote in the next six weeks. Making sure voters are requesting ballots and voting as early as possible is key to winning these elections — so that’s one of our biggest priorities.

🗳 Latinx Outreach. We’re working closely with partners to coordinate a plan to activate Latinx voters. Our work will include organizing, Spanish and bilingual radio and digital ads, appearances in Spanish-language media outlets, and direct support to partner groups.

📬 Rural Outreach. Indivisible has one of the strongest rural organizing programs in the country — and we’re ready to help fill any gaps in rural outreach across the state. With print, radio, and digital ads, media appearances in rural progressive outlets, and support to partners working specifically with Black rural voters, we’re ready to get out the rural vote.

What are the costs?

All told, we’re expecting to spend $800,000 on these programs and all the work we have to do to make them happen.

Here are just some of the major expenses included in that figure:

📲 At least $90,000 for our direct voter contact programs. That funds things like our textbanking tool, data access, and paying moderators to train and guide texters.

📻 $430,000 budgeted for ads across radio, print, and digital channels. These will include Spanish-language and bilingual ads, ads in rural communities, and tailored messaging to get out the vote for Warnock and Ossoff.

🎁 $105,000 for direct contributions to support the work our partners are doing. Whether they’re working directly with Black rural voters, running door-knocking efforts in Latinx communities, or running their own phonebanking campaign, we’re supporting the work it’ll take to win.

⏱ Plus all the staff time, digital tools, and other resources we’ll use to make this work happen!

Our work is powered by grassroots donors like you, and we need your help to deliver wins in Georgia and make a progressive 2021 possible.

We really believe these two races are winnable — but it’s going to take a lot of work, a lot of spirit, and a lot of engagement from Indivisibles everywhere to get us there, and a lot of money to support it all. Over the last year (and since this whole thing began!), we’ve proved we’re ready for that, and we’re grateful to have you here as part of it.

In solidarity,
Indivisible Team

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Mitch McConnell Single Greatest Obstacle to Progressive Agenda

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Trish Nelson

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“Who wants Mitch McConnell blocking legislation for the next 2-4 years?  Not me.”  – Andrew Yang

Andrew Yang and his family are moving to Georgia to help with GOTV efforts for the Georgia senate runoff.  If Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock don’t win, Republicans will control the senate and Mitch McConnell will block every good thing the Biden administration tries to do.

Here Andrew Yang talks about the importance of making sure Mitch doesn’t get his chance to block everything.  Also an interesting part of the discussion centers on media, including information deserts due to the demise of local newspapers, and the crazy side effects of social media.

You don’t have to actually go to Georgia.

If you want to donate to help Democrats win the two senate seats in Georgia go to winbothseats.org to donate.

Sign up to RSVP for phone bank shifts at https://www.mobilize.us/battlegroundiowa/

Or go to:

Jon Ossoff website:  https://electjon.com/

Reverend Raphael Warnock website https://warnockforgeorgia.com/

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Trump FCC To Waive Ownership Rules For Murdochs

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Trish Nelson

This is outrageous. Sign the FreePress petition:

Chairman Pai has just announced a plan to waive media-ownership rules for Fox and allow the Murdoch family to control even more TV stations and newspapers in the New York City market.

Take action now: Tell the FCC that this is unacceptable.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is hellbent on doing as much damage as possible before the Biden administration takes office. And that includes doling out one last favor for Rupert Murdoch.

Fox asked the Trump FCC to permanently waive a restriction that limits Fox’s TV station and newspaper ownership in the New York City market — where the company already owns two local-television stations and one local newspaper. This move would make Fox’s ownership of WWOR, WNYW and the New York Post permanent — despite the agency’s own rules that prohibit one company from controlling this many broadcast stations and newspaper outlets in a given market.

Chairman Pai is trying to quickly push this Fox request through the FCC, allowing for public comment only until Dec. 4. He’s hoping that this big-media handout will fall under the radar during the holiday season. But we’re here to make sure that doesn’t happen. Sign our petition and make it clear to Chairman Pai that handouts to Fox and the Murdoch family are not in the public interest.

It’s clear that the outgoing FCC’s Trump-allied members are set on doing as much damage as possible before they leave their positions in January. They’re moving quickly with their review of this proposal to bend the rules for Fox — even after House leadership called on the agency to refrain from making such controversial decisions in the final days of Trump’s term.

Chairman Pai’s eagerness to grant a permanent waiver to Fox is part of a pattern of bending over backward to put industry interests before those of the public. 
If we’ve learned anything over the last year, it’s that the Murdochs don’t have the public interest in mind. The last thing we should be doing is awarding them with more control over the public airwaves.

Tell the lame-duck FCC that any decision to waive media-ownership limits for Fox is unacceptable.

freepress.net

P.S. Fox already wields way too much control over our media. Urge the FCC to ditch its plan to permanently allow Fox to control even more TV stations and newspapers in the New York City market.

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When Fools Rush In

Posted on November 23, 2020 by Paul Deaton
Atmospheric Haze

“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread” was written by Alexander Pope in An Essay on Criticism in 1711. I’m no angel yet it’s time to let the dust settle from the disastrous general election before devising schemes to react to the loss.

With two key races waiting for certification of results, for president and for the Second Congressional District, we should be in no hurry to implement solutions when we don’t understand the problems. We can wait for the haze to settle so we can survey the landscape in better light.

The delays provide needed time to collect data and discuss the future of Democratic politics in Iowa. Brainstorming of solutions is to be expected, politically active Democrats will not be suppressed. Settling on a course of action should wait at least until the new chair of the Iowa Democratic Party is elected and has a chance to organize their team.

As recently as a few hours ago National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien told reporters in the Philippines, “On Jan. 20 we’ll have continuity of government. We’ll either have a second Trump term or we’ll have a Biden-Harris administration.” Republican elected officials have begun to weigh in that it will be the latter and transition assets should be released by the GSA. The president’s legal challenges to the election have proven in court to be like the slight of hand trick of an aging carnival magician in the last weeks before leaving to winter in Florida. There will be a 46th president.

The recount in the Mariannette Miller-Meeks – Rita Hart contest is ongoing. It’s anyone’s guess how things will turn out. In a press release last night, the Hart campaign said, “The Secretary of State’s office has repeatedly made clear that the Recount Boards have discretion over the mechanics of conducting the recount.” As the difference between the two candidates is revealed, and Miller-Meeks loses ground, her campaign questions the integrity of the Recount Board in Scott County, the district’s largest. With Secretary of State certification of the election on Nov. 30, this can only be seen as an attempt to run out the clock before all votes are recounted. We need to let the county boards do their work.

While we wait, a couple of things seem clear.

Centralized political organizing using current technology to text, mail and phone voters did not work for Democrats. Republicans appear to have had the same kinds of tools. Republican political action groups I follow offered the same kinds of volunteer opportunities as did Democrats. In fact, the solicitations for volunteers were almost interchangeable. Neither party seemed short of volunteers. Both parties had the technology to canvass during the coronavirus pandemic.

What we don’t know is whether the organizers were slug-a-beds or whether the electorate has changed. Well, we do know. It’s not the organizing effort that was the problem. The electorate has changed. It’s a change that has been coming for some time and the stark difference between Democrats and Republicans was highlighted during the coronavirus by the Secretary of State’s decision to send an absentee ballot request to every active voter. Voter turnout was notably high this cycle as a result. As I’ve written before increased absentee voting served Republican interests. If I were the Republican Party chair, I’d lobby the legislature and governor to convert our voting process to universal vote by mail because other factors are driving people to become Republicans in large numbers and vote by mail makes it easier for people to vote. No need to mention this to Jeff Kaufmann. He’s smart enough to see the efficacy of what I’m saying.

Democrats don’t need solutions yet as we don’t adequately understand the problem. I saw an analysis of Iowa voting trends Sunday afternoon and there were no surprises. Counties with less population favor Republicans, larger counties favor Democrats. Those in between appear to be in transition from Democratic to Republican. There is little the Iowa Democratic Party, on its own, can do about this other than to let go of a focus on campaigns and work on improving our cultural presence. That’s not their role.

My colleague Dave Bradley at Blog for Iowa posted an Iowa Democratic Election Post-Mortem on Saturday. In explaining what happened in the general election he points to cultural differences between Democrats and Republicans. Specifically, he discussed the impact of right wing talk radio and television on the electorate after President Ronald Reagan’s FCC abolished the fairness doctrine. The impact of this relatively new media is significant in small and medium-sized counties. President Barack Obama was unsuccessful in putting the genie back in the bottle regarding the policy so we are stuck with FOX News and right wing talkers. Creating left wing talk radio has been attempted yet none of them survived on public air waves and folks like Randi Rhodes and Thom Hartmann moved to the internet and satellite radio.

The Iowa Democratic Party is not well equipped to address cultural issues in Iowa anyway. The party should focus on key things we’ll need during future election cycles. We need good candidates (we had those in 2020), we need a source of financial support (money didn’t seem to be a problem in 2020), and we need someone to host access to the voter contact software for campaigns and continuously improve the integrity of data and user interface (also did not seem a problem in 2020). Where IDP did poorly was in messaging and to be honest they should just give it up since they and the consultants they engage are no good at it. Messaging is better left to be grassroots driven by candidates familiar with voters in their district, including those who are not Democrats. I’m going to scream if I see another “Bobble-head Bobby” ad out of the minds in Des Moines and Washington, D.C.

It can’t be said enough the dust should settle on this election before getting too carried away with “what Democrats should do,” or “what needs to be worked on,” or “IDP should do this.” For my money, what matters more is collection of observations at this point. What did we see happening that should be addressed? We should let everyone who wants provide input.

The end of year holidays are here and we’re in the middle of a devastating pandemic. Let’s just stop, take a deep breath, and let the folks analyzing the results do their work. Let’s elect a great party chair and let them get organized. It’s not unlike what I’m saying about the Second District recount. For the time being, I’m okay with being a blue dot in my red precinct. There is another opportunity to flip it coming up soon.

~ First published at Journey Home by Paul Deaton

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