Reply #10: Okay Hamlet, here's my response

[Armstead]

Agree or disagree but our BIGGEST problem is not what the majority of average Americans really think.

It's what we think they think. And the fact that we spend so much time worrying about it.

What do you believe in? What do you think is wrong today? Why are you a Democrat and not a Republican?

Presumably, if you are basially on the liberal side (even a moderate one) you ought to trust in your own beliefs enough to believe that they are also held by enough other peopel to be worth advocating for.

The notion that the nation is so much more conservative than it used to be is a fallacy that is self-defeating. Most people believe in liberal policies and principle on individual issues. In two Red States that went for Bush in 04, for example, the same voters passed an increase in the state minimum wage.

Believe in what you believe in. It really is that simple.