Democrats Try and Rebuild in Massachusetts

The Boston Globe has a report on the erosion of the Democratic party in Massachusetts:

'The Democratic Party is out of step with the average working man and woman in the state," said Worcester Sheriff Guy W. Glodis, a former Democratic state senator from Auburn.

The emphasis should be on public safety, education, economic development, and job creation, not same-sex marriage and abortion rights, he said.

In response to the defeats at the top of the ticket, the party is going back to the future, trying to build a ground organization by recruiting captains for each of the state's more than 2,100 precincts.

The problem the party faces was evident earlier this month when 100 or so activists met at the Hibernian Cultural Centre in Worcester, the first in a series of organizing rallies around the state. Besides party affiliation, gray or thinning hair was the most common trait for those in the hall.

''We need more people of color and more people who have not been involved before," US Representative James P. McGovern told the crowd, pausing to add: ''And we need to get more young people involved."

The average age at the event was well above 50.

Even Blue America is having problems staying Blue.