Is Reid's poll resurgance proof that while voters may be angry at Dems..

they view Republicans as utterly fucking insane.

Are voters coming to their senses and coming back to the Dem party? Seems that way.

To me, Obama polling at around 50% spells trouble for Repubs. Repubs are so married to corporate America that their party seems to be pushing away populist support. GOP fundraising is down, once again in this cycle.

The Teabag movement hasn't helped the GOP's image in any way.

Recently, this election cycle appeared to belong to Repubs. Theirs for the taking. That was then. Today, Repubs are their own worst enemy. Politically, Harry Reid looked left-for-dead a few weeks ago. Today, he has moved ahead or tied in many polls.

Just my own opinions here but does anyone else see a similar trend?

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:shrug:

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Fortunately for him, his Repuke opponent is a batshit crazy chicken bartering lunatic.

So re-elect Reid? Absolutely. As the Senator from Nevada. But NOT as Majority Leader.

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I hope he wins re-election.

Whether or not he retains that position is up to them and they do not have the same opinion of Reid as many here at DU have.

Because the entire goal of the DLC is to undermine the Democratic Party from within. So having a weak pathetic coward as a "Majority leader" aids that process. Same thing with Daschle.

and the fact that no one is sure yet who will go against him.

When you add to that, ome good news on the economic front for Democrats it shows that the climate might not be so bad in November.

is because the republicans have succeeded in blocking legislation and slowing it down and with the help of the republican MSM have made the public think the lack of progress in congress is all the Democrats fault. Because remember they have the majority. The public is too damn dumb to realize the antiquated rules in the Senate that lets the republicans block everything in sight.

If we had a working media that did the job they were supposed to, which is report what is really happening in congress the public would know the republicans are exactly what is wrong with Washington. AND they (the public) would fall all over themselves voting the POS out of office.

The Repukes are going to use "party of NO" as a positive and the Dems will use it as a negative. It's going to be beautiful.

...like all local or state races, a single race is not always indicative of broader trends.

What happened here, is that the seemingly strongest Republican candidate, Sue Lowden, self-destructed in spectacular fashion because of her stupid chickens-for-checkups statements. When it first hit the papers, she could have defused it by walking it back a bit and acknowledging that it really is not a workable policy prescription. But instead she doubled down and kept touting it as a realistic alternative, and people could not help but recognize her stupidity and arrogance.

Now her Republican rivals are closing in for the kill.

To which I can only say:

:nopity: :rofl: :nopity: :rofl: :nopity: :rofl: :nopity: :rofl: :nopity: :rofl:

On the other hand: it is still months away from the election, and one thing this race illustrates is that people's views can change dramatically in a short time. Reid was all but declared out of the running, now he is very much alive. From that perspective, it is still quite possible that Democrats retain the House and Senate. We have to keep working it.

If only we had Howard Dean at the helm, alas.