This is the answer, right here, to all of my previous whining. This is demoralization, in plain English, on Free Republic of all places. If this 'tude settles in and becomes the culture, then we lose. The problem is, if we lose this time there's a better than even chance that we lose for good.
I'm in Illinois, (doggonit) and the relevant districts in this state are organized right down to the bedrock. Dennis Hastert was my congressman. We're dem now, not just because free people didn't give a shit, but because the commies fought for every vote in this traditionally republican district, and won. They intend to keep it. I intend to make it tough for them. If it's important enough for enough voters, then they'll vote. If 50.01% turn out with us, we win, polls, pundits and all other bullshit be damned. Even in Illinois. Vote for Paul, or Barr, or Spanky the Clown. That's what they want. Obama is a clown, but his campaign are pros. They know that voters believe the media, even if they say they don't, and they believe that they can predict the outcome of an election by simply publicising the results ahead of time. We should prove them wrong.