But I am also just a citizen who made time between my job, family and life in general to work as hard as I can as a blogger and activist. DDDB is composed of citizens who made the time between their jobs, families and life in general to work as hard as they can for Brooklyn. Many candidates I know are citizens who made the time between their jobs, families and life in general to work as hard as they can to win elections. I understand it's tough and Sullivan's people aren't unique in this. But a grassroots campaign begins at a disadvantage. It will almost never get the backing and funding of a mainstream campaign. So it has to compensate for that. And disorganization and mistakes will doom it to failure.

Grassroots either have to forge strong ties to more mainstream groups (e.g. unions or collaborations with the mainstream party) OR they have to excell. Otherwise they will fail and fail miserably. A grand effort by the impeachment movement bogged down in mistakes and disorganization. It didn't have to happen that way. Many candidates I know are just as busy and grassroots based. They know they can't make any mistakes if they want to have any shot. Sullivan and the impeachment movement, perhaps, will learn from this. At first DDDB made some blunders, and for similar reasons that you did. But they learned fast and have continued to hold up Ratner despite being amateurs who made the time between their jobs, families and life in general to work as hard as they could...in a more careful way.