A word of advice about controlling the Democratic Party message

[Gothmog]

37. Again, you are not answering my question

Or more appropriately, you are answering my question in the negative. I urge you to get involved in local county politics and to work on some campaigns. You would learn a great deal about the real world.

There are key demographic and public interest groups in all all campaigns on all levels. I have worked on several campaigns and no campaign is going to get off the ground unless it has the support of one of more key groups in the area in question. Labor is always a key source of support in Democratic politics as are the areas major donors. Unless a candidate can craft a message to appeal one of more of these groups their campaign is going nowhere. In my area, the support of the African American groups is critical and there are different decision makers/leaders in these groups who you need to meet and convince that you have winning message. The local African American elected officials are a key starting place but there are other groups. Without crafting a message to appeal to these and other leaders, a campaign will not go far. In my area labor is active both as to donations and GOTV/block walking.

In every local or regional party there are groups who help fund races. Again that is part of the real world and money helps in elections. Major donors are looking at the message and the elect-ability. In addition, the backing of local political clubs and affinity groups are important. I was pleased to see Harris County go blue with a fairly weak county party but with the support of some major donors and strong local political clubs. One of the delegates who went to the DNC national convention is the president of a local club who did an amazing job of GOTV and fund raising.

The analysis in your post is simply wrong if you live in the real world and have to work on of help fund raise for a campaign.