Doug Henwood wrote:
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> Interesting. Was there any discussion of the wisdom of running
> presidential campaigns, vs. starting further down the foodchain, with
> city- and state-level contests?
But that isn't wisdom, it's unwisdom & the ticket to obscurity. Local contests (by themselves) are like a very light drizzle of rain on a sand dune. All the drops soak in and no channels for future drops are formed. Local contests only trigger energy if they are felt to be linked to a national struggle. The exception is when there is some seriously outrageous local condition, but that can best be met by a one-time local struggle within the local framework. It has no keeping power.
Carrol