You didn't say it; your article said it:

That would be (no pun intended) a huge shot in the arm for Dems of all stripes, demonstrating to skeptical voters that they can indeed govern effectively.

Dems are in the uncomfortable position of having to defend the indefensible. All they have accomplished in nine months is to get more bogged down in endless wars, hand over trillions in bailouts to banks, re-appoint the money-printer, Bernanke to a second term so that we can have a fake "recovery", and hand over up to 50 million new customers to the insurance companies.

Friends like these I don't need.