[statecom-discuss] Chuck on fusion, et al

[gracegrnrnbw at aol.com]

 Hi, Bill - I agree with all your arguments against. there can also be principled strategic issues - such as if something particularly helps an oppressed constituency.
 
 On the other hand, I wanted to point out that the experience Merelice reports;
 " 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."
 
 In such communities, I am not hearing anything at all about fusion one way or the other (and although it does not seem to carry the same weight, I and others I work with are also daily in lower income and people of color communities). In labor circles where a huge amount of fusion stuff is going on, I still hear voices (greens & some activists of color) speaking strongly against the impact of fusion.
 
 So I think there is a principled strategic issue here, I don't think its clear cut what opinion is in many of these communities on this issue.
    Love,grace
 -----Original Message-----
 From: merelice at gmail.com
 To: etwee at earthlink.net
 Cc: statecom-discuss at green-rainbow.org
 Sent: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 2:25 PM
 Subject: Re: [statecom-discuss] Chuck on fusion, et al
 
  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 
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