[BigV]

I respectfully disagree, case. I think you're silently assenting to my first assertion, that it is tiring endless work. We agree on that point. I think you're taking issue with my second assertion, that the reward for that work is worth it. That's where we might disagree.

Yes, hard work. Yes, worth it. No, it doesn't always result in the best candidate for the job being elected to the office. But it is still worth it for a couple of reasons.

1 -- *I* will have done *my* best for myself and my city/county/state/country/PTA/fellow shareholders/etc/etc. That's priceless.

2 -- It greatly increases the chances that the best person will be elected, because I'm able to make a better choice, and those people I communicate with will know more about "the facts", "the truth" and will be better informed as well.

3 -- The people I come in contact with while doing this work might be more motivated to vote because of my efforts, if even to counterbalance my vote against some right wing nut job. More voter (informed voters) is a good thing. Misinformed voters can have unpredictable results.

4 -- I set a good example for my kids and the other young people around me who aren't yet old enough to vote.

5 -- I preserve my right to bitch about the winner of the election because I put my two cents in. That's true whether my candidate wins and I've been betrayed or my candidate loses and I cry "toldja so!" for the rest of the term.

Still worth it. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.