I am looking for a place to serve now!!

and get rid of the voting machines, the one's that flip the votes.

We need campaign reform, and no superdelegates, because superdelegates were not chosen democratically, and do not have to answer to any electorate for their decisions. Bernie Sanders had a 22 percent win over Hillary Clinton in the New Hampshire primaries. It was huge, but despite the fact that Hillary suffered the second biggest defeat in New Hampshire's history, both candidates got from New Hampshire 15 delegates. The whole point of superdelegates is to give the party elite more control over the primary process. Then get rid of the electoral college, and try true democracy, and eliminate the electoral system altogether.

I can't tell.

I was researching links for a Democratic Party thing next week and the 7,000 number rang a bell.

Lucky for you it isn't the 20th. When that day comes you can't bash Democrats.

enough votes to win.

WTF happened to this place?

nerve to side with the cheaters then think you are special.

to run for office?

I think Sanders is right when he says that we have spent so much time focusing on winning the presidency that we have forgotten about lower level offices. Its time to take back our rightful place from the republican dickholes

This isn't news, it's an ad!

7,000 running for office. Posted hours ago.

They signed up asking for info about running. Info they could easily have gotten from their local party, should they have asked. And info they will still have to go to their local party for if they decide to stick a toe in the waters.

It is indeed a good thing having more people interested, but what are Bernie's plans for keeping them interested in the future? How does he plan on keeping "the movement" from fizzling out, like so many others have?

Many of us here have been in this for the long haul, have worked thanklessly on many campaigns, and have indeed run for office ourselves. We have noticed that many of those fresh new faces register shock at certain realities, and never come back.

It would be nice if Bernie stuck around to hold some hands, or built a real organization to keep the faith around the tough times.

are predicting when Hillary and the Republicons get together. More jobs overseas, less taxes for the billionaires, more wars for profits, more Prison For Profits, no medical marijuana, no living min wage. Clinton is tough, too bad she is tough on the 99%. But it is a class war and her with her $150,000,000 clearly isn't on the side of the working class.

There are many people here who have actually been involved in running and campaigning, and in their local parties and clubs. It can get terribly depressing when you knocked on a thousand doors, put up hundreds of signs, shook uncountable hands, and lost.

Those are the tough times I'm talking about, and every one who has actually run for office (yes, I did once) knows them well. running the hardest work you'll ever do, and if you do win, you suddenly realize that you are still running for the next election.

So, pull yourself out of that microcosm of partisan BS and introduce yourself to the outside world.

and read what you write. It's garbage. You actually want people to become less interested in politics. You sound like a republican. Why don't you take that to fox news where someone might appreciate it.

I still slog on knocking on doors because i believe in the process and I care about my town and county.

But I've seen too many people show up with stars in their eyes not realizing what it's like and wash out.

So, come up with ways to keep them out there working or shut the fuck up.

What do you think Bernie is trying to do by setting up this website and getting people interested? Better than the DNC has ever done. Better than you have obviously ever done. Just because you aren't built to be a politician doesn't mean other people aren't. Bernie Sanders is 74 years old. Hillary Clinton is 69. And they are both still out there doing it. Don't tell me it can't be done. Only a republican would sway people to not get involved. And I don't appreciate you trying to dissuade young democrats from trying to make meaningful change. Its disgusting.

A website is not an election. It's not GOTV. It's not fundraising dinners or Meet the Candidate brunches.

Around here we are way past Bernie and his antics. We have a Congressional seat to win back and a President to elect, and we've been doing this for a long time. Bernie is completely irrelevant to the process at this point.

Any Berniacs who find us through his announcement or website are welcome to join the fight, but most of them have already heard of us through our local efforts.

Tomorrow, I will be out collecting signatures for our Congressional primary and passing out literature. That's after I put in 4 or 5 hours at my job.

What will you be doing besides lecturing your elders on an internet board?

I'm glad you discount the hard work of other people as simply "antics". You've run for office, right? Did you have 12+ million votes? Didn't think so. People like YOU are becoming irrelevant. Nearly every person under the age of 50 has a computer connected to the internet. Why would you waste so many hours to no avail trying to get out information with brochures? How about moving into the 21st century and spreading important information around to the people who need it the most through channels that actually reach them? Guess what. Bernie setup that network already and has millions of supporters. He received the most individual donations to a presidential campaign in US history. I'm gonna go ahead and say I think Bernie may be light years ahead of you. Thanks for your lecture though. It pointed out how out of date you are.

Just about everybody I know over 50 has a computer, too. A smartphone, even. And a tablet sitting around. We just don't spend that much time on Facebook, cat videos, or hookup sites. Well, OK, a few cat videos, and there's one good hookup site we keep secret...

Some of us actually do work on our computers. Get paid for it, too.

Most of the people actually running things around here are over 50. And you know what us old farts did?

There's a room in a Fishers Island mansion where we have 69 Millennials with their brains wired together working on a secret project to discover the secret of how to get the roughly 70% of the population without internet access, or who have it but don't use it for anything political, to get their dead asses out to vote by using the internet.

They've said they'll have an answer in a week. They've been saying that for 14 weeks.

Meanwhile, we're still having our dinners and brunches and GOTV vans. And knocking on doors.

The people who Bernie brought into politics are. If you don't like that he is doing that, well, then keep doing what you do. But don't try to hold other people back at the same time. That is my original complaint with you. It makes absolutely no sense to squash others attempts to get people involved in politics. Whenever that happens, democrats win. I bet you didn't even consider the difference it actually makes for our party when new people come into politics. Bernie is a living example. He not only brought in 45 and younger voters, which is historically difficult, he brought in a HUGE portion of independents who decided to vote democrat. Tell me that is a negative for our party and I'll tell you to retire and just vote. That's all. Sit back and vote for the next democrat is all you need to do. We appreciate your service.

I've seen members of my local DEC refuse to sign petitions to help get a candidate on the ballot. I've looked up campaign contribution reports, and seen the same people (DEC members) donating to Republicans when we had a well qualified Democrat running.

I've been on two local town committees and yet another club. All of them are actually working, amazingly enough, but two of the clubs are really incredible and showing great growth and enthusiasm.

Alas, the town I'm living in now is a bit confused. We're getting the basics together, but not much more than that. At least we're not scaring away people. Well, not too many people. And we don't have much of a club here, so I spend time with the other two.

If you're in one of those moribund local organizations, the only thing I can say is stay in contact with whoever you can find-- one of our local committees was asleep way for years and then got a new chairman who made it take off. Wasn't easy in that Republican town, but it can be done and it feels great when it happens.

Don't know enough to comment on your local committee, but I've seen that sort of thing go both ways. Usually they just join the party for some personal reason, but to get on the committee is going too far.

They will place candidate of their ilk on ballots as Democrats so they effectively have GOP candidates running for all positions. There was even a program on one of the radio stations that interviewed (NPR, i think) a GOP supporters who was running as a Democrat. He was asked if that weren't illegal or unfair. His reply was "NO" it was smart politics.

Organize and engage.

The more democrats running for office the better.

That's great. Even if some only got information, the fact that they were interested enough to sign up is amazing!

He inspires.

Thanks for the thread, AtomicKitten.

and it takes time and organization. And it should take knowledge of the position that you are seeking, That said, this kind of movement is what really will make change. It can turn several red state blue or purple.

I am a Hillary supporter to the end, but "Hats off" to Bernie and his movement for doing this.

Go Young People GO!

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