Reply #43: Thanks for that illuminating post [View All]

[Tinoire]

I can't say I got that far but towards the end, I did begin to question my distrust. You made some excellent points and I would like to see Clark in our future (democratic) administration in some capacity. I am sorry that I am more mistrustful by nature- part of that comes from having lived in a country where your relatives are mowed down in the street by people you grew up with because of political differences on whom the wealth of the country should benefit (wow, just like here except for the mowing down part) and having seen the results of dirty dealings & wolves in sheeps clothing first hand.

I don't think this will be agreeable to all Clark, Kucinich or Dean supporters but last night I realized that we are the 3 grass-root campaigns and each with its own strength. If the progressives among us were to combine forces and urge our candidates to set up an exploratory committee promising to all three work together on the same ticket, we would be unbeatable & would hand the people a resounding victory against the DLC. Not everyone in the Clark and Dean campaigns are grass-roots progressives but the essence, the passion for change is in those three campaigns.

I say this at a moment where Kucinich has begun to pick up the steam he promised at the beginning of the competition because I think that the three combined progressive and populist forces would be formidable against the establishment. That's a LOT of people making a lot of noise for change. Is this workable do you think? It's unfortunately something that would have to start at the top but I don't see why it couldn't happen and don't think it would be a bad thing at all. They all balance each other out.

Peace