I've been an extremely successful community organizer for over 50 years. I was a co-founder of the Alaska GP, the first in the U.S. to get a ballot line and the national male delegate from Kansas. In the 2004 national convention, it was clear that the party had no clue how, or desire to, do community organizing, or what the term even meant. It was nearly dominated by a small group of nutcases from the International Socialist Organization, because party leaders were unable to deal with the takeover attempt.  It unfortunately had become a waste of time.  In succeeding years it drove out successful organizers such as Medea Benjamin, the Code Pink founder, who got about a quarter million votes running against Sen. Diane Feinstein. Fast forward to 2008, the "campaign" by Jill Stein, a perennial vanity candidate. Jill has run for many state and local seats, and finally for president. She talks about what she's going to do when she was elected president. People have been committed for less.