There's a lot of denial around here. When every single poll shows things are bad it means things are bad. I personally think we're so far behind it's hopeless, but I'm going to vote, I'm going to volunteer for our local GOTV, and I've already contributed to some candidates I like and I contributed to some candidates through Rightroot and I'll give some more. There is a big difference between losing the House by 1 or 2 seats, which we can easily win back (we're going to lose DeLay and Foley, both safe seats) or losing by 15, which will make it impossible. Facing reality doesn't mean you sit on your hands, you can lose a battle and win the war.
No, it means that every single poll shows things are bad. You are making a presumption that the polls reflect reality, and that's not necessarily the way to bet. When you look at the polling methodology, you either find that the methodology is flawed (massively oversampling Democrats, for example), or the methodology is not disclosed (which usually indicates that the methodology is so screwed up that they'd die of embarrassment if it came out).
Agreed, I don't pay any attention to the NYT, CNN,CBS,NBC etc. polls but unbiased, reputable polls show us losing seats.
I haven't given up by any means but it doesn't seem possible we can actually gain seats.