cause for optimism?

I'm not sure if this is true where you live, but...in my neighborhood, more or less middle-class, and generally fairly conservative in outlook (although more diversity there than one might guess), there are a fair number of Kerry/Edwards signs (likewise Feingold, and for more progressive congressional candidates)...whereas the Bush signs I've seen tend to be almost shy: tucked in an inside window, smaller in scale - almost as if those folks aren't quite sure how positive they are about Bush. We'll see.