enough to vote for. And not once but several times.and in 2008 many of these "new" voters didn't bother to vote down ticket. The meme being perpetuated, even now, with the reaction to the loss of the governorships ,is so what? Only federal races count.

And blaming folks who exercise critical thinking for "causing" new voters to stay home is beyond absurd. Why the heck doesn't anyone take responsibility for their own actions? Obama campaigned for those governorships. He knew they were important. But the new voters didn't care enough to show up.

I spent all day working on one of those "meaningless local races" yesterday and few of the new Obama Dems were out either voting or working. But the older, committed dems were, and the anger growing in their ranks is significant. The union anger is palpable and anger the folks who will not be getting health care is rising.And to blame these losses on the folks who have worked local elections for years while here on DU the new voters and keyboard warriors are laughing about VA and NJ is just disgusting.

It is time for folks to understand there are a hell of a lot more important things than just the WH. Obviously, one can control both houses and the WH and locally, your lives won't "change" at all.As Tip O'Neill said, "All politics is local".