Reply #51: Sigh....

[mbartko]

"...All that really matters is that now the Pukes control California, Texas, New York and Florida"

HOW? And in what sense? Because of ONE GUY, one decidedly sitting-on-the-fence guy?? Did he wave a magic wand and is everyone in California government now a Republican? Does Arnold have mind control over the voters?

Show me some substantiation that having a Republican governor dictates that the state will vote Republican in the presidential election. Show me where local and state partisanship automatically equals the same partisanship at the Federal level. I live in a state with two long-ensconsced Republican senators and a Democratic governor. What does this mean? Who "controls" my state?

Folks, if we don't toughen up and stop wringing our hands at every little perceived setback - and I stress "perceived" because there are several ways to interpret this result, and not all of them are bad - then you're right, we might as well go stick our heads in the sand and concede. OR WE CAN CONTINUE TO FIGHT. But victory is not going to come by fretting every little stumbling block and convincing people that it's hopeless and they might as well just stay home on election night, because that's EXACTLY just what many people will (and often) do. And then we WILL lose, NOT due to the Republicans, but in self-fulfilling prophesy.

/rant=off

P.S. This is not meant as a personal attack on you. Let's not give up. We can't afford it.