Battling apathy and indifference

I have a post up at Salon now describing my overall view of the political landscape, and specifically the way in which Democrats make it so difficult to avoid a sense of apathy and indifference over the outcome of this election. But the radicalism of the Bush administration -- and the damage to this country from another two years of unrestrained presidential power and one-party rule -- render that sentiment a luxury one can't really afford to indulge.

I am putting this in a new post because I am very interested in what other people's views are on these issues and because the last Comment thread is now very long (please continue to discuss specific issues relating to torture/interrogation legislation in that Comment thread).