Jimmy Patronis re: Gay Valimont on Saturday's Fox and Friends Weekend

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U.S. House Florida District 1 Special Election for Gaetz seat

Patronis (article link below):

She’s even chasing Republican potential voters depicting herself as being tough on China, standing up for Social Security … helping people with their gun rights. They’ve got so much money that this is what they’re doing in order to change the balance of power in Congress.

Gee, how dare she!!

Actually, the saddest commentary is that Democratic candidates rarely "chase" Republican votes.

We can no longer just focus on turning out our vote at election time. Local Democratic Party organizations need to be active and "chasing" Republicans everywhere all year round.

One story I will never forget was told by a former Democrat who had switched and was running as a Republican somewhere in TX. I don't recall the name, but when the interviewer asked why she had switched, it was simple. She has been invited to a Republican event. They were interested in her concerns and seemed to care about what she had to say -- something she said the local Democrats had never done. She was invited to other events and got more involved. With the Democratic Party, she had felt taken for granted, hearing from the party only at election time.

We are social creatures. We need to figure out how to revitalize local party organizations to be present and engaged in every county and district, no matter how "red."

A few years ago, I recall my mother-in-law reminiscing about the Democratic Club in her town in NJ in the 60's and 70's. It was more a social club, but they were engaged in the community. She recalled weekend events. They was also a local German club. She talked about them in similar terms -- things that were just part of the social fabric. I wondered how many other towns once had such clubs and if there were any still around.

Perhaps what is old needs to become new again. So many people I meet in this age of isolation are looking for ways to connect in their community. The time may be ripe for the return of Democratic social clubs. If Republicans have captured the social media space, perhaps it is time the Democrats went all out to get local and capture the Real World.

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