[Pelham]

But if the only way to get your vote is an impossibility,

There's something wonderfully ironic in finding Pollyana preaching defeatism.

[pollyannaish]

I try to play against type now and then. ; )

Actually, Pollyanna was a realist. That is what made her so irritating. In any case, there are some people who have decided that there is nothing the GOP can do to regain their vote (If they genuinely had it in the first place.)

Why would we want to alienate the millions of voters to regain a few thousand...by promising to do something that has no chance of happening? That may be defeatism, but I see it as an honest assessment of reality as it exists.

Once we see the realities, THEN we look for the best plan, the best possibilities we can create to improve the situation—realistically. Not perfection, but progress.