This is a great example of the journalistic rule to report what people do or say, not what they might feel. I don't know if Exxon CEO Lee Raymond "doubted climate change," and neither does Bloomberg. All we know is that he *promoted doubt" about climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
agree, and would add that the Democratic aversion to such orgs is partly driven by the hollowing of party (to quote Rosenfeld and Schlozman) - robustly organized parties aren't as vulnerable to concerns about orgs they share some affinity with but can't control.
I'm not alone in appreciating ACORN more in retrospect. But Dems can't just reproduce an org like ACORN from above--instead, embrace and respect what exists and what's emerging--WFP chapters, FreeDC in DC, many other local orgs. Sometimes they'll be annoying, sometimes make impossible demands. Good!
This from Klobuchar exemplifies the language problem in Democratic messaging. It's not fancy words or academic jargon. It's that they yoke so many concepts together, with logical links that are almost impossible for anyone with a normal attention span to track. Don't be clever! Just say one thing!