It would take several weeks to faciliate meeting of the minds(and having fun, helping the younger grow etc) to develop a clear understanding of local opportunities, strength, resources, and trial projects etc. Almost everyone is sub-optimal when they are asked contribute as volunteers, if they were not involved in the planning stage.
The objective is to create a next generation of effective leaders from each community, and not charismatic executives of a statewide or nationwide parties. The clubs are wonderful mechanism to empower such yet-to-be discovered leaders. Bill Clinton, is one of those. Obama is another. Famous O'Neil said all politics comes down to local issues. That is where the voting constituents are. Let us take over some local elected offices first.
Reversing two federal court judges, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati just ruled that 3,600 paid Republican challengers can stand near the voter sign-in books in polling places across Ohio and ask the presiding judges to disqualify voters they think are frauds.
These challengers, who are mostly Caucasian, will stand in mostly African American voting places causing many to call this a last-minute, racist ploy to dampen the black vote for John Kerry.
Later in the evening, Fox backed off the story, saying they were now getting "conflicting reports" about the panel's ruling.
Updated (Jerome):
· IA-Gov: Culver launches second tv ad (desmoinesdem)
· Hilarious Vid On Why We Must Vote No On Issue 2!! (Cliff Schecter)
· NY-23: Scozzafava Drops Out! (lipris)
· NY-23: Pataki Goes Rogue, Endorses Teabagger Darling Doug Hoffman (lipris)
· Dunne Considering Run For VT-Gov (Nathan Empsall)
· McGovern Grandson Looks to Challenge Thune in 2010 (Jonathan Singer)
· IA-03: Two potential challengers for Boswell (desmoinesdem)
· NJ-Gov: Daggett Goes After Christie and Corzine (Jonathan Singer)
· Stop The Agricultural Industrial Complex Assault (Cliff Schecter)
· Social Networking with the Democrats for U.S. Senate (Senate Guru)
· NC-Sen: 8 Ways Richard Burr Displayed Poor Judgment, a Lack of Integrity, and Utter Contempt for Others (Senate Guru)
· Kent Conrad caption contest (desmoinesdem)