hermit - thanks for highlighting the democratic victory.

rahm emmanual must have been creaming in his pants when the republican candidate withdrew 2 days before the elelection and threw her support to the democrat, eh?

is this what it will take for democrats to prevail in 2010 - republicans withdraw, and endorse their opponents?

if an opposition candidate in a 3rd world election did this, and threw his support behind the candidate of the ruling junta, even jimmy carter might be persuaded to declare the election results neither fair or nor transparent.

but this is america, and obama isn't jimmy carter, for sure.