It will help the dems pick up seats only if our side backs down and gives in to them. It will take a lot of the wind out of conservatives sails. And Harry Reid is a putz.
Makes you think, what if the Dems had someone a lot more cunning in there instead of Reid, like one of the Clintons. It's ridiculous that Bush picking his own ambassador and judges and getting a fair vote is even an issue, he has that right as our reelected President. The one shining light in all this rigamarole is Dick Cheney, the man has an aura of no BS about him and I trust him to make the right phone calls to the right Senators.