Re: “Dems tap Minnesota party chief as new leader” (Feb. 2, Nation & World):
Congratulations to Ken Martin, newly elected Democratic Nationwide Committee chairman. We’ve got enormously excessive expectations for him. It’s important that he implement a plan shortly for Democrats to win within the 2026 and 2028 elections.
I supply the next recommendations:
1) Regain the belief of the individuals by listening. Don’t assume or lecture. Be taught and validate our considerations, wants and desires.
2) Have interaction the practically 90 million eligible nonvoters. They’ve the ability to alter shut races to landslide victories.
3) Search enter instantly from the individuals. Give everybody the chance to take part and contribute.
4) Don’t embrace pop stars, billionaires, celebrities or members of any prior administrations within the plan.
5) Be open and absolutely clear with the American individuals. Talk clearly and sometimes.
6) Be daring, progressive and aggressive. Maximize use of common social media retailers.
7) Emphasize the id of the celebration to be “We the Individuals” — not the billionaire class. Highlighting variations among the many American individuals solely fragments our collective energy.
8) Guarantee all candidates coalesce across the plan. Make it the keystone subject in each dialog with the media.
Introduce the plan to the American individuals broadly, with nice fanfare and optimism.
Donald Neifert, Woodinville
