I was in attendance today, and stayed for the entire 2 1/2 hour meeting, but not before Cameraman Bruce and I were asked to leave, in which we did not after being defended by Michael Saba and Frank Kloucek for helping out some of the campaigns. It still didn’t sit well with the executive office, because at one point while I was taking notes, the communications manager told me that the meeting was ‘off of the record’ and I told him I would not blog about what was discussed in the meeting.
But I do think I can comment on some stuff. After the crying and wound licking got done, I do think it was a productive meeting, and I do think they learned some important things from it, but they must implement.
I will be honest with you, I WANT to help the Democratic party be relative again in SD. A system of one party rule in this state is eating us up from within like a cancer. I heard it in the voices of those who spoke today.
Bruce and I offered advice, and I hope they were listening. There are strategic things the party can do to come out fighting again, and a lot of it can be done with very little capital but a whole heckuva a lot of elbow grease and team work (another thing they need to work on).
I will share one thing I said at the meeting in reference to a certain strategy they were discussing, “The Republicans are kicking your ass on . . . “
Gawd only knows if they were listening.
I like my idea of re-registering Republican but voting Democrat. Try this, it’ll trouble the pollsters. There’s a new bill in congress to eliminate the electoral college. I doubt it’ll make the state Democrat but presidential elections could represent the population and (indeed) democracy.