No....Not wishful at all. Just a real comment on current realities.
The party apparatus chose a defensive measure to try to hold on to their dwindling power and remaining seats. They conceded this election the very moment they decided to push John McCain into the lead and they did this knowing that they would likely lose.
All that remains to done, is for all to do the same, and build defenses. Rat hole food, ammo and anything you can use for barter in preparation for a very difficult era.
When the voting stupids discover that "HOPE" was only a euphemism for another four letter word called "HELL", the result will be chaos.
All this has been in the cards for the past four or five years that I have been warning about it, and it's coming like a freight train with no operator. The track can carry it in only one direction and that is all I am saying.