No one is ever motivated to do anything until they become concerned about something and realize it has something to do with their own self interest!!!
Some times when they realize how easy it is, they get all carried away with it like in the French revolution with the guillotine!!!
Sounds like maybe, speaking of France, that they may be having another little revolution over there today by not electing the feminist/socialist and electing an America friendly center-right CONservative dude!!!
I don’t think people who haven’t lived in Cali understand the desperation expressed in the above 3-4 posts. We’re still a republic, but in terms of direct democracy — by the demographics, we’re lost. To answer hedgetrimmer’s question: I think it’s best to help middle class Americans understand how close we’ve come to losing it all since Reagan has been out of office. If you can get them to stop watching their HDTVs, and texting their children, and disconnect from their PlayStation3’s long enough to think about it... Once the voting middle class understands what has happened, they may look past a Hillary Clinton, a Giuliani, or a Thompson and consider a Hunter or Tancredo.