Al, I love your analysis and it makes perfect sense. As a Californian (and SF East Bay), I have a dilemma. I work a nine to five that is not flexible, I also have a part time gig which is pretty demanding, so time is limited. I have done everything I can by donating regularly and some phonebanking, and just did some weekend voter registration. I live in a heavily Latino neighborhood and met last nite with some community activists who are concerned about getting the vote in this neighborhood. I am hosting a strategy session on the 14th. This is my question: I can manage one weekend to go to Nevada; but outside of that, I'm going to need to stay local. How do I maximize my efforts here where so many people have said to me, "don't worry, California is blue" ... but I keep thinking that each voter is still important, if for no other reason than to get people invested in the process. i will be 60 years old on November 5; I have beautiful brown children and grandchildren. There's not a gift in the world that would rival my ability to give them a future...