I just don't see a way out. Too many people are invested emotionally in Obama to look at the battlefield clearly. They see what they want to see.
This turning into a slaughter and we aren't on the winning side. I just can't see backing a cop that tasered a 10 year old and issued death threats against the parent of a sitting governor as a winner. That cop does that in NOLA two years ago and it hits the papers as a sign of "facism" - here, let's protect a valued union member because he is on the other side of the <sexist derogatory term of the moment> Palin, that <sexist derogatory term of the moment>.
For the facism refernce, go here
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4714752