I like the military analogy. “Fight the battle with the army you have...” My take is that we are much, MUCH farther down the road than almost all of us realize and that fighting the battle with the GOP is a mistake we can’t afford to make. It ain’t “our” army. We had better realize, and soon, we need to initiate a winning “asymmetrical” battle plan. IMHO anyone who believes we still have an opportnity to “pull this out” by voting is hallucinating.
I can’t say that I disagree.
The phrase “We live in interesting times” comes to mind.
Maybe the phrase “Hope for the best but expect the worst” is more appropriate.