Sure, he will. And they will have 100% participation and will overwhelmingly elect socialists.
Interesting question. The conventional wisdom is that, when facing incredibly difficult economic times, you aren’t terribly upset when the other party wins, since you know that their two years of failure will bring a flood of your party into Congress.
But I really believe that the Democrats’ rage of 8 years of GWB will lead them to view, as Job One, the securing of the halls of power by ANY means possible in the next two years.