It's not because we don't have the votes, it's because we don't have the voters.

I've seen many threads of late arguing both sides;

"we've got it the bag"

And

"Romney could take this"

....sorts of ideas.

I saw Michael Moore a few weeks ago say something to the effect that we have PLENTY of votes, as more than a majority of the electorate supports the ideals that are at the core of liberal and progressive politics.

The problem is, getting all those people to go to the polls on ANY election day. What is it..? Less than 50% of eligible voters actually bother going out to vote in this country? Something like that?

So it is quite possible that we are screwed because more nitwits than thinking people will vote and to paraphrase a common saying, while not all nitwits vote Republican, most Republicans are nitwits.

And Republican nitwits vote in larger numbers than smart people.