I find I have little sympathy for States that elected crap RW Governors.

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46. Laughing is good for you. But I stand by by statement.

Even the second most powerful political force (the neo-con corporate right) has to sniff the tails of the wackos. The measure of power is the ability to be in control of the political process, vote totals or no. The whack jobs wag the dog and other than the occasional irritability from the neo-cons, there is little material opposition; most Democratic office holders align themselves with the Democratic Leaderless Council, or whatever the unlabeled flavor-of-the-month is. S. Carolina is a worry, but not as much as Texas or for god's sake Florida: in both these states the Democratic Party is moribund or an impediment.

The mass extinction theory of politics always rears its head in these discussions. Twenty yrs ago prohibitionists were predicting victory in the WOD when the hippies "die off." So don't expect the Far Right to remain static. GWB got his career started and maintained it by cutting out huge chunks of the Mexican-American vote in Texas.

The best strategy, IMO, is the complete take over of the Party and to offer meaningful opposition. Without opposition, any blow hole on the Right with 20% of the eligible vote can win in most elections. That's what is happening now.