Turnout

One cursory glance at the headlines for the CA-50 special election tells me this: one of the last hurdles keeping Democrats from taking Congress and the White House is turnout. They cannot depend on Republicans staying at home; they themselves must vote and bring others to vote, and in large numbers. Nixon may have been right about the existence of a silent majority, but this generation cannot be silent and complacent about their choices. The stakes have become so high now.