February 24th 2010
Dear Jim:
Your most recent e-mail solicitation (see below) on behalf of my opponent in the U.S. Senate New York Democratic primary prompted me to write this more detailed open letter as a follow-up to my original email. I look forward to your response.
DFA’s website states, “Democracy for America is our nation's largest progressive political action community. With over one million members nationwide, DFA is a grassroots powerhouse working to change our country and the Democratic Party from the bottom-up.” I have great respect for the work DFA does and for you personally. I know you log many hours on the road trying to promote DFA’s mission.
So, to engage you in a discussion, my question is this: what is progressive? What is grassroots? And how do we work to change the country?