He did build up an organization, although one LBOster was highly critical of its hierarchical structure. I don't think anyone imagined him building up a grass roots organization, but then I suspect that not many of us could.
On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 06:36:58PM -0700, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> No it's not. It explains why he ran for president as a star turn
> rather than building a movement. It explains his paranoia about
> trade, which is way out of proportion to reality. It explains why
> he's such a dismal politician who earned a shrinking share of the
> vote on every outing. It explains why he can't work in coalition with
> anyone. The contrast between him & Rocky Anderson was really striking
> - to be a successful politician you've got to like people and be able
> to connect with them. You can't do that if you're idea of fun is
> staying in your room to read the Federal Register.
>
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