Huff Post : Robert Creamer : Democrats can show strength in the November Elections : Energize and Work those that are very strong Natural Democrats : The MUG : Minorities, Unmarried and Educated Women, Gays/Lesbians/Transgender - Add the Pro-Choice People (specially Women)

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People should not vote against their own Important Interests :

It would be absurd to be a Minority Person and vote for Republicans, because Republicans are always doing harm to Latinos, Blacks, Native American Indians, Asians, "Coloreds", "Mixed Races", etc ..... The GOP is a party filled with Racists and Haters.

Those that are poor and vote Republican are shooting themselves in their feet and voting against their best interests.

Same for Gays/Lesbians/Transgender and for Pro-Choice People, among the Pro-Choice crowd it is Unmarried and Young Women, and Educated Women that could lose a lot if Republicasn take control of Congress.


Huffington Post
Four More Reasons Why Democrats Will Retain Control of House and Senate
September 28, 2010


By Robert Creamer
Robert Creamer is a long-time political organizer and strategist, and author of the recent book: "Stand Up Straight: How Progressives Can Win,"


Four More Reasons Why Democrats Will Retain Control of House and Senate

 
Some excerpts :

One important group will be Latino voters, who have decided to stand up to the brazen attacks on Hispanics and their culture that have been spewing forth from Republicans across the country -- from attempts to repeal the 14th Amendment, to support for the Arizona "papers please" law, to last week's united Republican opposition to even considering the "Dream Act."

The "Dream Act" would allow undocumented kids, who were brought by their parents to the United States -- through no fault of their own -- and raised here as Americans, to continue to get a higher education, serve in the military and apply for citizenship. For years, some Republicans have supported the "Dream Act," but were unwilling to break with their leadership to support the bill last week when it came up for a vote in the Senate.

The same goes for gay Americans, who were denied a vote on ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" last week because of united Republican opposition: occasional voters from this community, too, are beginning to more clearly feel the consequences of these elections.

The same is true for Muslims who, while they constitute only about 3% of American voters, have been pretty fired up by gratuitous exploitation of Islamophobia by Republicans coast to coast.

And the same is true for union members who increasingly understand that the economic policies of the Republicans are anti-union and anti-middle class.

And increasingly the same will go for young people, African Americans and millions of other ordinary Americans who were inspired by the prospect of economic and political change in 2008, and don't want to go back to the failed economic policies that drove the economy off the cliff in the first place.

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But there is a second reason why progressive voters will wake up before Election Day. For months, Democratic campaigns have been preparing the most robust off-year Get Out the Vote effort in American history.

For example, last Saturday the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) had a National Day of Action that engaged volunteer-staffed canvasses in contested Congressional Districts across the country. On that one day, volunteers knocked on 200,000 doors.

Democratic candidates, the DCCC, Democratic Senate Campaign Committee and President Obama's field organization -- Organize for America -- will have serious field programs in virtually all in-play Congressional Districts and every in-play Senate state. Those field programs will contact millions of voters before Election Day, encourage vote-by-mail and vote early programs and ultimately make millions of door knocks on Election Day itself.

My consulting firm participated in a study several years ago that showed that one door to door contact within 72 hours of Election Day increased the propensity to vote by 12.5%. A second one in the same period increased turnout almost as much.

These contacts will be supplemented by major member to member campaigns launched by organized labor and organizations like MoveOn.org.

The message from candidates, the President and leaders of important Democratic constituencies like Latinos and labor about what is at stake in this election will do a lot to increase turnout. But so will the old-fashioned message: "I won't get off your porch until you vote."

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