MI Dems

One of the problems with the Democratic Party in Michigan is that it is cliquish. Case in point: The convention is brutal to novices. The convention is just a place where elected delegates go to be ignored.  People with disabilities get platitudes not inclusiveness. I was at this past convention and attended the disabilities caucus. Everywhere else the candidates for the head of the state party made big entrances to rally the votes. In the disability caucus they barely made an appearance. The party goes all out in support of the other caucuses but the disability caucus  is left on the outside looking in. I don't think the party needs to give up anything except the overwhelming condescension to new delegates and the disabled. I believe that this is the basic problem - a lack of true inclusiveness.  I know, for instance, that I will be shunned for even expressing this (of course it doesn't matter too much since the Party has never heard any thing I say). It SHOULD be possible to disagree without being shunned as a troublemaker.. The Democratic party in Michigan OUGHT to welcome different voices and points of view. The differences can make the the party stronger. Groups of any persuasion need to have unity in the midst of diversity.The diversity is the breath of fresh air required when a group or movement becomes too stodgy and set in it's ways. The trick is how to revive not revile.We will know that has happened when we can talk about differences and transform the sticking points into walking points.