Well, The Hill is reporting that concerns with turnout are finally dawning in the minds of the Party establishment. Just like the waning weeks of 2010.
Brilliant.
A Gallup poll last week found that voters are less engaged in this year's midterms than they were in 2010 and 2006. Only 33 percent of respondents said they were giving at least “some” thought to the upcoming midterms, compared to 46 percent in 2010 and 42 percent in 2006. Even more troubling for Democrats, Republicans held a 12-point advantage when those paying “some” attention were broken down by party.
Who could have foreseen? What could possibly have been done? Aren't voters satisfied with our Democratic leaders? Aren't they sufficiently afraid of Republicans? What's wrong with THEM??!!
Because 2010 didn't answer these questions. Not for the establishment. 2010 was simply the way mid-terms go. Blame the voters. Which is why nothing more could be done this year, either. Nothing. No sir.
And it was all completely avoidable by simply recognizing the situation for what it obviously is: one in which the Party struggles to compete with bat-shit crazy. The establishment could instead have developed a sufficiently compelling offering of red meat legislation to serve a variety of constituencies suffering from long-term neglect and experiencing understandable hopelessness, and then wrapped it up in a bow and guaranteed the legislation upon gaining control of both chambers. Provide motivation on THEIR TERMS, not the establishment's, and recognize THAT VOTERS HAVE LITTLE FAITH IN GOVERNMENT AND NO TRUST IN WORDS WITH NO GUARANTEE.
We will all pay for the corruption of the establishment--the real reason they cannot make and fulfill such a contract--and the blind faith and tone deafness of its supporters, willing to let the whole damn GOTV effort rest on paddles and cattle prods.
Every last living thing on the planet will pay.