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I certainly hope so. But I suspect Obama and the Democrats are getting the message of what an important mass of people think of their performance. You Suck. That consensus seems to have finally made its way into some mainstream liberal channels.
I seem to be able to read columns, listen to interviews and gage the general outside climate, that a year and half ago, I only saw or heard here or on a few leftwing venues. It's now very clear to me that the O team is worried about their base and their own ability to pull off yet another con-job. They still haven't quite understood this isn't a communication or public relations problem. It is a cold appraisal of performance. Greenwald had a pretty good interview this morning on Democracy Now. He said, the fear campaign waged by the Democrats, vote for us, or else the insane will get elected, isn't working.
Maybe its my polyanna tendencies, but I seriously doubt the Repugnants will score big---a few seats here or there, which are essentially meaningless in terms of a dominant Democratic majority. Whatever. The Democrats will spin it as an endorsement.
Here is a piece by Diane Ravitch on the poster bitch:
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Bridging-Differences/2010/09/why_michelle_rhee_and_adrian_f.html
``When the results came in, Fenty was trounced in largely black districts. In Wards 7 and 8, his opponent, Vincent Gray, won 82 percent of the vote. In Northwest Washington, where white voters predominate, Fenty won 76 percent of the vote. Fenty decisively lost the black vote and decisively won the white vote. D.C. public schools are about 5 percent white, so it is a reasonable supposition that the anti-Fenty vote was fueled to a large degree by parents of children in the public schools. Gray won handily, 53 percent to 46 percent.''
I've been to DC several times over the years and detest the city. Back in 1971 it was just about fifteen minutes removed from its antibellum Gone With the Wind days. Oh, Beauregard... Yes, dearest Scarlett? They still hadn't decided the civil war.
The last time I was there, I begged not to go. No such luck. So there I was sitting in an air conditioned crummy overpriced hotel watching the invasion of Iraq, covered 24/7 March 2003, on sick color tv. Fucking disgusting.
CG