Our Secret Plan to Save the World

We don’t have one.

It’s boring, really. We just meet and talk and hear from candidates and raise money and make plans to canvass neighborhoods and get out the vote.

Last night at the Laramie County Democrats’ meeting, we heard about the need for more Dems to serve as precinct people on election day. Never enough Democrats here in Wyoming. Spread thin, we are, what with precincts to staff and doors to knock on and campaigns to run and an office to keep open so people can get yard signs and brochures. Yesterday, Dem HQ even received two phone calls, a sign that people are beginning to wake up and notice there’s something going on around here.

That’s politics. Hours and days of grunt work and (maybe) a few minutes of glory when all the votes are tallied in November.

That’s the plan. Keep working hard to help Gary Trauner upset a devolving Barbara Cubin in the U.S. House race. Re-elect Dem Gov Dave Freudenthal. Get Lori Millin and Mary Throne into the State House. Elect Michelle Hoffman as superintendent of public instruction so maybe we can cut down on the 57 days each school year devoted to standardized testing.

Simple goals. Hard work. I take the notes at our meetings so I know.

Today, we hope we get three phone calls at Dem HQ.