ENOUGH with the "Clinton campaign didn't ask for our help" whining!

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22. They shut out the local organizers as if we didn't know our own people.

They didn't know the territory and were convinced only their way was going to work. I've worked a number of campaigns knocking on doors and meeting individual voters, phone banking and all the other grunt work too, along with my neighbors. We've seen this act before and it's not effective.

The arrogance of the DNC and HRC national campaign was we're the "adults" and we'll let you know what to do to make a "real campaign" work. Then they proceeded to ignore us as if we had no experience. We offered and they did not call. We showed up and they didn't know what to do with us nor would they allow us to operate. In all my years as a Democrat and a NC voter I have never seen so few signs and bumper stickers or buttons. It was as if the campaign only existed on TV and the internet. Except for certain events the was very little visibility at ground level. It's that simple.

We can't run the Democratic Party this way, this is not how it works. Top Down Management is not going to cut it. Dean was right about organizing for 50 states and continuously and in every precinct.