So what now? asks Dan Pfeiffer after Democrats’ failure in the Senate to advance voting rights. Stop talking about Sens. Manchin and Sinema and get to work:
Passing voting rights legislation was the single best way to prevent voter suppression and election subversion. Doing so would have exponentially complicated the Republican plan to implement minority rule. But since that legislation cannot pass the Senate, we have to find other ways to save democracy. We must win more elections and do it with one hand tied behind our backs. It won’t be easy but it isn’t impossible either. As a party, we need a specific focus on the offices and groups that provide the most leverage and the biggest bang for our buck.
Those are local, not federal. Activists love to hang their hats on flashy, heavily funded and advertised races, but that’s not where the real leverage is. If Democrats’ failure in the Senate yesterday did not bring that home, it’s hard to say what will.
Local, as Ezra Klein emphasized recently. Anyone old enough to remember the Vietnam War knows that holding the capitol and major cities is not much help when insurgents control the entire countryside. Democrats let that happen. Republicans know what they’re doing.
If you live in the bluest of blue states or counties, use the Google to find places and races that could use your support more than throwing another $100 at a doomed federal candidate’s tilt at a windmill. That cash could do more where a little means a lot more. If nothing else, make Republicans work harder and spend more in places where they are accustomed to Democrats giving them a bye. Make them sweat.
Pfeiffer has more:
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A few weeks ago, I wrote about the importance of winning the 2022 governors’ races. In 2022, the governorships of the top six presidential battleground states (PA, NV, MI, WI, GA, AZ) are up and all six races are toss-ups. The Republicans will use those offices to make it harder to vote and less likely legal votes are counted. The links to donate to these races can be found in this post.
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Secretaries of state are the next line of defense. Republicans understand this. Too many Democrats don’t. The Republican political group that funds secretary of state races raised $33 million last year. The Democratic Association of Secretaries of State raised a whopping $1 million in the first half of last year. You can help narrow that gap by donating here:
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As always, sign up at Vote Save America to learn about ways you can make an impact in 2022 through the “No Off Years” program.
It’s on you.