putting my foot in it for posterity

Last night I went out for coffee with Dave, Sherry and Amy, and the topic of conversation returned again and again to WLUSU. Dave, a little bit drunk, insisted on defending his 5-year plan to get the PIRG referendum passed, inlcuding the bit about getting a large number of progressive candidates to run in february for Board of Directors.
Sherry and Amy were not so hopeful. Sherry herself ran one year, and lost. Dave insists it's easy to get elected, but I'm not so sure. And Dave's example of a WLUSU success (the bus pass) was met by scepticism in the group- even I agree, though I was glad it passed, I've heard nothing but bitching about it this year. So naturally, I have some misgivings about the success of the PIRG referendum.
I was told not to run. That it would make me bitter because I would have every progressive motion shot down, and that I would end up "resigning rather than sitting back and watching it happen." That it would eat up my time and commitment.
I appreciate what they were trying to tell me, and I know that everything they said to me (in all likelihood) will eventually come to fruition.
But last night I made the decision, and I'm going to run.
Maybe I'm just being stubborn. To risk sounding like a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed idealist... even if I fail spectacularly at making some positive difference at this school, at least I fucking tried.