As a constitutionalist, local activist, and group organizer, the local battles are nearly overwhelming. The average person shies away from causes like mine because to join up with what I am doing is to be exposed to what is really going on - and it is frightening to most newcomers. Time has taught us that we need to focus our energies on what is best for our movement, especially when one considers that most people who are involved never cared about politics before 2008, and many folks are only now getting involved.
