I have to say....I agree with Peter. This is a waste of resources and will not bring us one congressional vote! It is time for us to do the hard work in the congressional districts!
By: Peter Rosenstein HAVING PARTICIPATED IN a number of marches on Washington, I think the few people who are focusing their energy on this ought to find something more productive to do. Before we ask our community to spend the time and money — and make no mistake a march on Washington is an expensive proposition — we should look at who we will influence with the march. Are we going to attack the Congress and the president we just helped to elect? What are the threats we will use to move them any faster than they are now moving or can move? Will we threaten to stay home during the next election cycle? Will we threaten to vote for conservative Republicans next time? Will we withhold our money in 2010 and who will that help? We need to focus our energy on the work to be done state by state and not ask our community to waste their time and money to come to Washington for another potentially feel-good march that will produce no tangible results. |
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