re: #25 Killgore Trout

Just because the base was excited doesn’t mean squat to the moderates. It’s not difficult to excite partisans. The tricky part is gaining the attention of people who are objectively looking at both sides to see who has the better ideas.

Partisans aren’t a sure-vote either. They may never vote for the other side, but they will withhold their vote out of disgust for their own side. There were lots of people on the right who felt that it was better to not vote and teach the Republicans a lesson who changed their mind because of Palin. I was going to vote against Obama irregardless of who McCain’s VP was, but there were a lot of people who were fed up with big government Republicanism who had to be wooed.