Exactly, their base is morose given the lackluster catastrophic outcomes from Brandan's policies. So this activates the base, who in turn activate the media, who in turn activate the Dem base through their daily propaganda. What's amusing is that this was inevitable, but the activist clerk for Sotomayor or Kagan took it in their own hands to leak it to Politico, an unprecedented action by the dirty dems.
On orders from the DNC, nothing happens without their approval.