[statecom-discuss] Chuck on fusion, et al

[Merelice]

On 7/17/06, BillCunningham <etwee at earthlink.net> wrote:
> My concern is not so much that people have different positions, but that all the discussion is about party advantage and none is about the principle, that is how it affects the voter.
>

Hi,

1 -- If we believe that the growth, vitality, and influence of the GRP
are important to the future of democracy and electoral politics, then
thinking about the need to nurture coalitions and the Party's
well-being is thinking about how we affect the voter in the long run.

2 -- At least some of the voters -- those whom Chuck, Mel, Pat Keaney,
and others work and organize with on a daily basis -- believe that
they would have more of a voice with fusion than without it and that
this change is important to them. I accept that reality even though
there is reason to be skeptical about fusion. I believe that ongoing
change is more possible through building on the fusion organizing in
these communities (African-American and Latino), especially since,
despite the GRP's good intentions, we have not been able to match it.

Merelice