I strongly encourage your plan to focus on city/county and local elections, but at every level, whoever gets elected is decided by who shows up to vote. As evidenced by the wave of Republicans that just swept in: But I guess if you see a crapton of Republicans coming in as being the same as more Dems not much would change. Why not focus on getting one radical representative voted in on a very local level and go from there? Personally I think it's best to vote as much as possible while trying to put reps on the ballot that support radical campaign finance reform. Lawrence Lessig is a good guy to follow if you think that's the root of the problem: http://lessig.tumblr.comI didn't vote. I have voted in the past, I'm actively choosing to never vote for anything above a city/county level ever again...
Honestly, there's a tiny, tiny part of me that's kind of excited about big Republican victories. I think they are more likely to use extreme measures to accomplish their goals, which will hopefully cause greater dissatisfaction among the general population, and get more people to want high-level reforms. Or they'll just go 'Damn red guys, they screwed us this time, maybe the blue guys will use lube.' and we'll continue the cycle.