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In reply to the discussion: Mitt Romney: Don’t Run For Office If You Need The Salary: TPM [View all]gopiscrap
(23,756 posts)In 1990 I ran in the Democratic primary for US Congress againt the incumbant DINO...our campaign spent 58K to do thi and got 42% of the primary vote. More importantly, we moved the conversation and political equation to the left. We challenged our congress critter and forced him to vote to quit funding the SOA in Columbus, Georgia. I knew I wasn't going to win, but the goal of the campaign was to move him to the lefct and to encourage our district to think in a more progressive manner. We did both. The tragedy of that is that i would not be possible today. The incumbants both D and R but specially R ad have seen to it, to ramp up the cost of taking part in the civic discussion of our nation and communities. Citizens United and the corrupt bought Supreme Court just about handed the R's the tools to provde the death knell for such campaigns as mine in 1990.