Comments on: Extreme Democracy, Four Years Later http://www.greaterdemocracy.org/archives/719 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:20:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Jock Gill http://www.greaterdemocracy.org/archives/719/comment-page-1#comment-4894 Jock Gill Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:27:49 +0000 http://www.greaterdemocracy.org/archives/719#comment-4894 Aldon, I concur with your post. I have also posted a few comments & questions over on Jon's blog @ http://weblogsky.com/2008/10/10/zack-exley-on-the-new-organizers/#comment-54 Thanks, Jock Aldon,

I concur with your post. I have also posted a few comments & questions over on Jon’s blog @ http://weblogsky.com/2008/10/10/zack-exley-on-the-new-organizers/#comment-54

Thanks,

Jock

]]> By: Jon Lebkowsky http://www.greaterdemocracy.org/archives/719/comment-page-1#comment-4888 Jon Lebkowsky Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:26:57 +0000 http://www.greaterdemocracy.org/archives/719#comment-4888 Aldon, re. your comment that "the discussion devolves into rehashing strategies of the Kerry campaign" - while that was true, I think the conversation was helpful. I came away with a better understanding of the context Zack was in, and he suggested that I post the plan for more discussion/review, which I've done. In talking about the nature of politics-as-usual and what hasn't worked in the past for whatever reason, I think we get closer to an understanding of what might work today and tomorrow. You might also take a look at my discussion with Lowell Feld and Nate Wilcox: http://www.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/337/Lowell-Feld-and-Nate-Wilcox-Netr-page01.html They're the authors of _Netroots Rising_. In that conversation, we've touched some points that are relevant to your concerns. Aldon, re. your comment that “the discussion devolves into rehashing strategies of the Kerry campaign” – while that was true, I think the conversation was helpful. I came away with a better understanding of the context Zack was in, and he suggested that I post the plan for more discussion/review, which I’ve done. In talking about the nature of politics-as-usual and what hasn’t worked in the past for whatever reason, I think we get closer to an understanding of what might work today and tomorrow.

You might also take a look at my discussion with Lowell Feld and Nate Wilcox: http://www.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/337/Lowell-Feld-and-Nate-Wilcox-Netr-page01.html They’re the authors of _Netroots Rising_. In that conversation, we’ve touched some points that are relevant to your concerns.

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