>Basically, the GOP had national security as the main issue that allowed them
>to trump public support for the Dems on most domestic issues. Subtract that
>and the GOP is in free fall. The national Dem leadership is admittedly a
>bit pathetic in capitalizing on this, but grassroots progressives in the
>states are going to be the ones mounting many of the challenges to
>incumbents and open seats that will decide the elections.
But the polling data, which can change, shows the public holds the Dems in pretty low regard, in large part for having no positive agenda. This will make it easy for the GOP to dismiss them the party of "No!" because it'll be kind of true.
Doug