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6. Other than debates and conventions, we don't have equivalent gatherings.

Mon Feb 22, 2021, 08:55 PM

Feb 2021

I remember on 2016, the DNC Platform meeting was covered wire to wire by CSPAN and got frequent coverage from the networks and cable channels.

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CPAC always gets mainstream media coverage... [View all] Just_Vote_Dem Feb 2021 OP

Define "coverage" brooklynite Feb 2021 #1

That's more than say, Netroots nation gets Just_Vote_Dem Feb 2021 #2

Democratic Presidents don't go to NN... brooklynite Feb 2021 #5

It's usually just a couple minutes on the evening news. TwilightZone Feb 2021 #3

But are there ANY liberal/progressive gatherings Just_Vote_Dem Feb 2021 #4

Are there any liberal/progressive gatherings on the same scale? TwilightZone Feb 2021 #9

Any BLM protest will draw them like flies.... KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2021 #7

No. We tend to avoid such mutual masturbation events! Still Sensible Feb 2021 #8

"mutual masturbation events" Talitha Feb 2021 #13

Absolutely not. The closest thing we have is Netroots Nation budkin Feb 2021 #10

What I remember from last year's CPAC was that someone passed out JDC Feb 2021 #11

TBH we don't need pep rallies like they do. Talitha Feb 2021 #14