[Welike ike]

LOL, Gradient. My take is this. Blago will probably eke it out if not indicted. This will hurt the DEMS on the down ticket and Congressional races. Topinka might get some more $$$ from the RNC to run Negative ads now on Blago, her one on how Rod's daughter got a 1500 check for her birthday from a state employee is great.

[spintreebob]

This will hurt the DEMS on the down ticket

On the contrary, the Dims have have a very effective ground game and GOTV - Get Out Their Vote.

Meanwhile the conservative activists are not out knocking on the doors in key districts and apparently will not get out the vote.

Winner and loser are not determined by ideology or media hype. They are determined by who delivers the vote on the ground. That is the way Peter Fitzgerald won in '98. It is the way Bush lost in 2000 and won in 2004.