MAKE A DIFFERENCE—BECOME A KEY CONTACT

摘要

If ever a statue were to be raised in Washington to the former speaker of the House Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill (D-Mass.), it would be inscribed with his most memorable public comment: "All politics is local." Those four words say it all about the power of grassroots. Just as we learned in civics class 101, voices from home are unquestionably the most important influence on a legislator's vote.