We vote in order to change the country, to exercise our rights, to make our voices heard and a hundred other clichés as shopworn as they are true. But we also vote because it places us in direct fellowship with other citizens; we vote because it is a secular sacrament, an act of civic solidarity. Because it is the ultimate declaration that we are, indeed, all in this together. Full Story »
Posted by Chris Finnie
As Sifry could have noted, other candidates and other groups of supporters have tried this. WesPAC (Wesley Clark) and Democracy for America (Howard Dean) come to mind immediately. I'm sure there are more. In general, they have faded away. But, without that reality check, this piece becomes an odd sharing of an email exchange rather than journalism.
While individual Democracy for America members have remained engaged in the political process, the organization as a whole has not been a major force.
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