As long as the Dems keep Missus Clinton on the front burner along with Obama, neither have the capabilities to run the country; both keep terrorism, the main threat to our country, out of their speeches they are still beating and bashing this very successful administration in spite of the economy; refuse to admit Iraq success and try to tie the hands of our military even further. They have no solutions beyond parroting the party lines with tired old rhetoric. So keep on bashing, being negative; mighty good for the real Americans, those that will protect our country. Lord knows the Democrats won't.
It's good if the Democrats aren't really gaining in the West, but all of those states combined don't have enough electoral votes to counter the forthcoming loss of Ohio and the rest of the Rust Belt to voters worried about globalization. Republicans must force the Democrats to spend a lot of money defending New York, New Jersey, and California - and need to pick up one of those states.