Yeah, well, speaking as one of the moron voters who turn out to vote against him every damn time, that's what happens WHEN NOBODY RUNS AGAINST HIM. Honest to God, there's only so much we can do if the GOP just ignores the whole area. Rhode Island and Massachusetts both -- the GOP has simply given up and left the field to Democrats.
Yeah, their chances of winning elections here are slim, but if they spent some money and put up a fight, they'd start to make headway. And maybe the next election, or the one after, they'd have a shot. Nobody's going to vote for a party that's signalling clearly that it can live without your vote, thanks.
Patrick doesn't run unopposed, but it's always some schlub nobody heard of sticking his hand in his own pocket with NO support from the party. No TV, no radio, I think I got a mimeographed flyer once. Guess how that turns out?
What I'd like to see if there is no opposition is people not voting for that office at all. Something that says we won't take more of the same. The last election I voted in had the corrupt and more RINO everyday Joe Bruno unopposed for state senate. Not that I would have voted for a RAT, but with no one else, not a conservative, independent, whig, bull moose to even cast a protest vote, I simply didn't vote in that race. Somewhere in my idealistic mind is the thought that when a candidate's total number of votes is less (and hopefully far less) than the total number of votes cast, someone might notice. I'd like to see the RAT voters do the same in RI.