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What all DUers need to do.
1) Get your own financial house in order as much as possible. Reduce your personal debt or eliminate it entirely if possible. The economic going is about to get very rocky. This would be true even if Kerry won, but with Chimp in charge it will be even worse. Pay off your credit cards as rapidly as you can. Save as much money as you can. Cut back on all unnecessary expenitures. I know this is not possible for everyone, but the less debt you have the better off you will be when the economic shit hits the fan.
2) Stay politically active. Keep informed.
3) Get involved on a LOCAL level. This is a long-term fight, and while we need to focus on '06 and '08 of course, we have to strengthen the party from the bottom up. That means the city councils, the school boards, the state legislatures. That is how the Right built their network and we have to match that. It will take time but there is no other way.
4) Once you have done #1 listed above, start donating money to your favorite Dem cause. The DNC, the DCCC, the DSCC, your state party, a 527 or other left interest group. We proved the power of small donations this year and we have to keep the momentum up. Instead of ordering a $10 pizza from a GOP-leaning corporation, send the money to ACT or MoveOn. That sort of thing.
In short, do everything you can to protect your family from the coming calamities, and do everything you can to keep building the Democratic party from the bottom up. As we get closer to '06 and '08, and as Chimp disasters start to pile up, we can do more effective work in picking candidates and issues to run on at that time.
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