I am very cautiously optimistic about this vote, given the public mood, but we had the same hope after the bruising Dem primary in 2008, that at least some of those Hillary supporters who hated Obama would either cross the aisle and vote for McCain or not vote at all. Alas, they ALL came out for the Marxist despite their original misgivings. I expect enough will show up to vote to keep Ole' Kennedy's seat in the Democratic column.
I am optimistic as well, but I want to see a real victory at the polls.
I know one thing—blacks and obama-bots are not going to bother to turn out when He is not running, that’s an upside.