Last week, I wrote about the total disaster which Organizing for Action had become for the Democratic Party.
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Granted, it was a total bust in red states.
But blue states especially hated it:
From the Daily Beast:
“Yes, it sure is,” Katie Mae Simpson, executive director for the Maine Democratic Party, replied. “OFA showed up in Maine, organized a press conference on saving [Obamacare], with one of our Dem legislative leaders speaking, all without ever mentioning that they were in state and organizing. They hired someone I know, which is somewhat helpful, but my god, they don’t have a very good alliance-building process.”
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The Maine Democratic
Party leadership shared their concerns, too. Keep in mind that Maine has been a
reliably blue state since 1992, but for the first time in its history, a Republican
presidential candidate won an electoral vote! For the first time in over nearly
20 years, a Republican Congressman represents the state of Maine.
Imagine the damage that OFA can wreak in other blue states in the next two years!
Party leadership shared their concerns, too. Keep in mind that Maine has been a
reliably blue state since 1992, but for the first time in its history, a Republican
presidential candidate won an electoral vote! For the first time in over nearly
20 years, a Republican Congressman represents the state of Maine.
Imagine the damage that OFA can wreak in other blue states in the next two years!