[Maneesh]

I agree with all your points but in organizing the libs have an inherent advantage. I am a typical conservative and my #1 goal in life is to orient my life to minimize govt interaction. I want to be left alone, pursue my happiness and be self reliant for most things. The typical liberal views govt as their god and want to interact and be part of the govt at all levels. The best and brightest of the conservatives never enter politics whereas in the case of liberals ( although if they were bright they would not be liberal !) do. They actually have a goal of ending up as a school teacher or academia or media. Most conservatives want nothing to do do with these professions as a profession and this is a huge philosophical gap which creates a huge advantage for the libs.

Your point about using lib tactics without their ideology is spot-on.

[fieldmarshaldj]

The MA GOP's largest impediment to winning is the mindset itself. They've become so elitist, so out-of-touch, that to even actively go out and TRY to win is considered beneath the dignity of its calcified members. They don't want to win, they don't want activists, they don't want new blood, and they don't want anyone to the right of Ted Kennedy. They're not even a party anymore, but yet they hold the deed to a house that has collapsed in on itself and shoot at anyone trying to get near it to rebuild it. We've got to get control of THAT before we can begin to take on the Democrats.