I'm sincerely grateful; I was beginning to think there was no antidote for "my party, right or wrong". End of the day, we both agree that Obama's COLOSSALLY failed at leadership, our disagreement is over why, and whether there's a viable alternative.

Frankly, I seriously doubt that last part at this point, and am starting to think voting my conscience with a third party literally costs me nothing. Yet another reason I wish America had Instant Runoff Voting, but not much chance if that if a more liberal multipartisan country like Britain couldn't pass it (IMHO, because its supporters refused to vote for it without proportional representation, a bad idea anyway, and a really bad idea when it kills a great idea like IRV).