Reply #1: Well, we're not going to keep the House

[customerserviceguy]

And while we might nominally keep the Senate on the day after the last ballot is counted, we still need to keep some DINO's from bolting to the Rethugs when they're offered chairmanships and other such things, such as the deal that we made with Snarlin' Arlen when he came over to our side.

I do share your optimism about 2012, with the President at the top of the ticket, we'll see his voters come out of hiding, and they will be fed up at the antics of the tea party. Of course, he'll have to survive the "Dump Barack" movement that will emerge after the election, but I have some faith that he'll survive it.

As for the economy getting better, the business control freaks have no intention of letting that happen if the Rethugs can't get the credit for it. If by some miracle, we keep both houses of Congress, they'll be only too happy to sit on their cash for another couple of years when the big prize comes up.