With all this focus on Washington, the importance of local elections is sometimes underestimated. I am simultaneously working in a group to elect conservatives to state and local offices. I think what local governments do eventually trickles up.
The national elections are more interesting, but I completely agree that the local and state elections are every bit as important.
(2004, Ohio had a conservative Republican SoS, Ken Blackwell, who did a lot to stop the Soros/Kerry machine from stealing the Ohio election. Now we've got an awful Dem who worked with ACORN to elect Obama. State elections are critical!)