Nina should realize she can get more done by joining the Ohio Green Party than by staying with the Ohio Dems, they are a disaster. They do on a state level what the DNC did to Sanders.
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Nina should realize she can get more done by joining the Ohio Green Party than by staying with the Ohio Dems, they are a disaster. They do on a state level what the DNC did to Sanders.
Agreed. But I'm still not sure the green party is the way forward (don't get me wrong, I'm registered green). We need people who work at McDonald's and can't pay for their kids school lunches to vote for our party, not just people who drive a prius and drink $12 organic vegan lattes from biodegradable cups. Economic populism is what won Trump the presidency and it's what would have won Bernie the presidency if he wasn't robbed. And I know the green party platform has all sorts of socialist goodies, but the overall perception is that they care more about nature than the happiness of normal people. (like, "Why can't I take long showers? I work hard." or "So what if this package isn't recyclable? I have kids to feed and no time to do it!") Plus, greater income equality improves that situation in the long run. People have more money and more time to make smart and healthy choices because they are not slaving away for an unjust system. We need a broad nonpartisan coalition to break through the existing barriers to progress. Then green minded folks can get reforms passed without help from people who don't know their 'organic' from their 'natural'.
The Green New Deal is prime cut politics for the rural areas of Ohio that have been ignored by the Democrats for decades. Clinton lost Ohio by 1/2 million votes, Obama won by a wide margin in 2008 and carried the state in 2012. The Ohio Democratic Party is so out of touch they just ran Ted Strickland against Rob Portman for US Senate last year and their gubernatorial candidate in 2014 was such a disaster that Kasich didn't even have to debate him to win by a 60/40 margin. The Ohio Democratic Party is dead at the state wide level. Dead, dead, gone beyond beyond, hail the goer.
Kasich is barred from seeking another term, are the Dems hoping to get the vote in Ohio with Jerry Springer? Really? I know he was mayor of Cincinnati, but gimme a break.