Outside of Pennsylvania the Dems don't have a realistic shot at beating a GOP incumbent. Brown would lose by at least 5%, more like 10%.
I'm glad we don't have people like you running the party. We would give up on every race where we weren't up by at least 10% in the polls.
Pessimism is a side effect of chronic disappointment. Whether it be with the Mets, Jets, or the Dems, I get disappointed all the time. So I have turned into a bitter pessimist.
Pessimist is what an optimist calls a realist.
The Democrats should focus on picking up Govenors races. There are a lot of incumbent Republican Govenors up in 2006 which can easily fall to a good Democrat candidate.