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Saturday, July 19, 2008

LIVE from Austin: Crashing the Party

Our first round of Saturday afternoon panels has begun. I'm at Crashing the Party in Ballroom F, where Chris Bowers, Dante Atkins, Jason Melrath, Steve Thibideau, and Brian Keeler are talking about making the Democratic Party more democratic and accountable to the grassroots.

Chris Bowers is currently making the important point that success stories need to be put online because a lack of information is the number one obstacle for people who are trying to get involved in party politics.

UPDATE: Jason Melrath just added to what Bowers said, saying activists can't be upset after losing a battle because there will always be another battle. Progressives need to regroup after a loss.

In the famous words of Mother Jones, don't mourn, organize.

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