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I spent most of my life in Connecticut. I was Reagan's state chair when he challenged Ford in 1976. Some of us delivered the Senate seat of Lowell Weicker to Joe Lieberman and would do that each and every time. Considering Romney's track record and the way he, like Weicker, is justly loathed by anyone who is conservative, you don't really think he will carry Connecticut, do you? That's the Connecticut of Danell Malloy and of Richard Blumenthal and soon of Chris Murphy, etc., etc., etc. I really don't imagine the Massachusetts mushball carrying Illinois either.

The GOP Senate caucus in DC has loads of Weickers: McCain, Graham, Collins, Alexander, Nancyboy Kirk, Corker, Cornyn, McConnell, Murkowski, and many more. The only thing they would hold Romney to is the maximum squandering of money on their respective states and pals. You are kidding yourself.

Connecticut is a state that has been dominated by liberal Democrats for the past 50 years and is not representative of the entire country, no more than New York or California represent the national electorate. Liberal 'blue' states will always elect liberal Democrats but there are 'swing' states that will consider a Republican candidate, especially in the wake of the rotten Obama economy. The 2010 congressional elections proved that conservative candidates can win, especially in marginally Democratic states.

As a Connecticut resident, I have absolutely no illusions that Romney will get more than 30% of the Nutmeg state vote. Just as I knew when I voted in the Republican primary (for Santorum) that Romney was almost guaranteed to be the winner in Connecticut. Connecticut is a dead loss for conservatives. Not so every other state. I'm not willing to simply sit and pout about how awful the Republican leadership is. That accomplishes nothing.

If the senate does end up with a Republican majority it's up to the people to hold their newly-elected Republicans accountable and not abdicate their responsibility just because 'we won'. I'm well aware that Washington is corrupt and the Republican 'leadership' is an integral part of that systemic corruption. However, I'm not willing to wallow in cynicism. Change will never come as long as 'good men do nothing'. If, indeed, change doesn't come, at least I won't have simply stood by and watched it happen, assuming that my cynicism reflects political sophistication.