OK, so I've read and participated in MyDD.com since late 2003. I read it EVERYDAY and scan EVERY post. And there's this energy that's here that's hot and cold and defeatist. Stop it right now!

Look, I understand that everyone, including myself, feels stung by the 2004 elections. I worked my ass off for more than nine months straight to elect John Kerry President. I was so sad on election night I nursed a bottle of cheap red wine until I fell asleep. I thought I would wake up and like on that crappy TV soap "Dallas" everything would turn out to be a dream. Instead, it's been a two year nightmare.

Chris and many, many others on this board have strained to temper expectations for the coming election. They get excited about large gains in the House and Senate and then add caveats such as that the media might sabotage these gains. Or, (another) October Surprise. Or, the difference between local, state and national elections.

Well, BUCK UP! None of this matters.

Expectations, predictions and polls are smoke and mirrors. Here is what matters: how much you and I get off our f**king asses, motivate our friends and neighbors and do something. There is only one way to win and win big. Typing at our keyboards won't do it. Reading newspapers won't do it. Dancing around in a Grandpa Gorilla suit or that crazy old anti-bush man on YouTube alone won't do it.

Blood, sweat, tears and action WILL DO IT!