I see more energy here today in Eclectablog's diary than I did during election season 2010. For months the quietest places on this blog were in election posts. The ones that did catch interest weren't in Wisconsin, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania or Illinois they were in Arkansas to unseat a Democrat and replace her with a (mildly?) better one.
We had a late and slow fundraising drive and GOTV efforts, by the time this site got in the game we were playing defense. We had little to no impact in the media and didn't come close to defining a message for why people should vote for Democrats. On this site many couldn't even determine the difference between the parties, let alone find a reason to put shoes on and talk to their neighbors about it. In 2008, I was able to convince a lot of you to support a pro-choice Dem for Congress in Alabama, and we almost won. And your help meant a lot and made a difference down there. This was election central in 2008, you can't say the same about 2010.
The President deserves blame for this too. I actually think motivating this group wouldn't have been difficult.