When I first became involved in partisan politics in 1999, I was completely turned off by what I saw with the local Democratic Party. It looked like a bunch of old people who liked to hear themselves talk and hold boring meetings, but not much else.
In the decade since I’ve come to realize (with a lot of help from one Howard Dean) that for all its flaws, the Democratic Party is the most important and effective vehicle for progressive change in the country. And if we’re not satisfied with its direction, then it’s up to us to change it and not sit and grumble from the sidelines.
So let’s make it better, starting tonight.