Reply #41: WRONG -elections are won or lost on gathering together and motivating groups of people

[depakid]

with promises (or a record showing) that you will advance their interests.

Fail to keep those promises- or worse, gratuitously take smacks at them, while pining to "work bipartisan" with groups opposing your constituencies interests- or worse, willfully making policy choices that side against their interests (see e.g. the unpopular and dysfunctional tax on health benefits as opposed to a popular and effective surcharge on the wealthiest) -and your individuals in "your" groups will grow cyncical.

They won't volunteer, donate, nor GOTV.

That's just human nature- and all your sorry, albeit rational pleas re: "lesser of two evils" won't amount to a hill of beans.