After their “stunning” defeat, disgruntled activists say they will stop campaigning for Democrats until they chat with the Governor and get some changes in the state party.

From stltoday.com:

Gov. Jay Nixon prepares his re-election bid for 2012, he’s finding some dissatisfaction he’s going to have to deal with in his own Democratic Party.

That’s the theme of a letter sent to Nixon by about 10 party activists from the St. Louis area who were a bit stunned by how badly Democrats lost on Nov. 2.

“I tried to think, ‘What can we do to get things better,’ ” said Rea Kleeman of Clayton about her post-election thoughts. “Something went wrong in Missouri.”

Kleeman and other activists met at her condo earlier this month and decided to send a letter to Nixon and other Democratic leaders asking for changes in the state party.

“Today we pledged, as a group, that we will not get involved in campaigns for State and National candidates until we meet with you and we feel a more effective party is established,” they wrote.

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