Does your state have closed primaries? If not, your ax will be just as dull in 2010 as it was in 2008.
Nope, they're open primaries here. But, hope is not lost - Obama will not have anywhere near as large a blind contingent as last time, so the dem's primary manipulation ability will be greatly reduced. A significant number of his voters have become disillusioned, either by the countless backtracking on promises, the INSANE spending, the repeated adoptions of Bush policies that he railed against, and so forth (I love it when they call him "Obushama"). They won't be there to respond to Axelrod's text messages. In fact, many that I work with openly express regret for supporting him, and (hold on to your seat) that even includes many black Americans. I have hope. Many, many people that voted dem in 2008 only did it because they wanted to "make history" and because they didn't realise that ABC/CBS/NBC/PBS/NPR/CNN/MSNBC/NYT were spoon-feeding them agendized drivel. Many have already woken up...just look at the ratings of FOXNEWS. Hope lives. He'll still have a small hardcore contingent to obey orders, BUT, many of the 'regular' voters that went dem before won't be there for him...they'll be voting Republican. Unless the GOP totaly screws the pooch, like they're trying to do now. We can't let them. Off with their heads.