The next two to four weeks will be busy! Scratch that, the next two years are going to be busy. I am lucky enough to be advised by a former HRC Staff member in Georgia. I think I can make social media work to my advantage. And there is a dagger or two with special skills who have also offered to advise me.

I haven't run for any office since Student Council, and that was a really long time ago. And I am out of practice. I've been raising children and going to work, and doing all the mundane things families do. I have no more excuses; our youngest is almost 26, and my oldest is almost 31.  So I do hate that Trump won.  I only know one way to deal with my disappointment, which means I have to do something, and I can't just sit around and bitch and moan about what went wrong.  So much has gone wrong and to assess all that went wrong in the last election and recover from it is going to take some planning and openness.

The Democratic Party is drowning in internecine backlash. Oh and we thought it would Republicans having the issues. We were so wrong about that! However, we need to nip that in the bud.  We need to bring together the Bernie wing of the Democratic Party and the rest of us. We can no longer afford to alienate those people we need desperately to take the country back. 

My friend in Georgia tells me young people have been flooding Democratic Party meetings and running for precinct officers.  I'm so proud of the young people who are stepping up! This is what the Democratic Party needs. We need the party to be younger, and we need to incorporate ideas and begin to formulate policies of these very smart young people into our platform. So this week my campaign has begun. I have a meeting on Thursday back in Kitsap County with the Democratic Women of Kitsap County.  I spend my weeks in Seattle where we have a small condo.  Our oldest son is now living at our house in Kitsap County while he and his partner save money to buy their own house.  He and I are currently talking about his role in taking over the local party with me. He is shy but brilliant. He supported Bernie in the primaries/caucus. No we never fought about it, everyone makes their choice, and he voted HRC in the election, just like I would have voted for Bernie had he won. 

December first is the day my oldest and I go to the LD 26 monthly meeting where they will be selecting precinct officers. Well, we are going to take positions, and I will introduce myself again to people I haven't seen in a few years. I am taking as many young people as I can with me.

Many old white people hold the positions of leadership in our local party.  But we need to move to the next generation because they will take over whatever is left of the party. If we do not, we will not have a party left.  We need young people to participate and help us bring our party into the future.  

 I am hoping that there are individuals who read Dag who live in Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, and Pennsylvania who are going to decide to do that same as I have and run for local office. We must take over at the state level first and then the national level elections will be much easier, and we will be more competitive.   Let's do this, let's change America by infiltrating. I have a regular job too, so don't tell me you work and can't participate. I work too, and I'm still going to do this.