Speaking as an election judge for the last several cycles, I have come to know that a good turnout of voters is about 35 percent for the precinct that I worked.
That means 35 percent of all registered voters within one area.
What it also means is that there is nearly TWICE as many voters (who did vote) that have not bothered to vote AT ALL. For whatever their reasons.
It is entirely possible that the upcoming elections next year can be winnable, by us, if we can convince those to come out and vote their conscience. It would signify the end of voter apathy, which – I think – we have reached now.
Think about that. Deeply. Seriously. Then contact the FBI – your Friends, Brothers and In-laws – to come to the polls next year and vote their heart out.
(This has been an unpaid political announcement and will be repeated in time for the 2010 elections.)
Daniel McAndrew 
Too many of the Christian right have bought into the meme that Christians should stay out of it. They tell me that for them to vote is for them to dirty their hands if the pol turns out to be a crook.
We must show them that all it takes for evil men to win is for good men to do nothing.
We have several examples right now. If Coleman had won, Sotomayor could have been filabustered. her vote on hte court will not be based on constitutional grounds, we have already seen that in her time on the apellate bench.
Every minor victory has consequences that are far reaching.
Good people in Minnesota stood by while an election was stolen. It had national consequences.
I agree completely.
As a Catholic myself, I do not believe in”staying out of it.” And I will not – do nothing.
This is what is needed to help our fellow man.
To be involved, to assist. To do the hard work of politics. To have a backbone when others try to foist what you know is wrong upon all of the rest.
I have read closely the circumstances surrounding Minnesota’s race between Coleman and Franken. And I am appalled at not just the outcome, but the “lessons learned” by Coleman’s opposition concerning how to recount. Coleman’s group failed him by not doing the same. They just didn’t fight hard enough.