My only hope is that we don't experience corruption as we've seen in the past election of Bush. I'm sure the democrat party heads have all their attorneys ready for battle.

These are the very people that worship Obama and would like the rest of us to believe that Obama is the "savior of the world." I have been a Democrat for 30 years and for the first time in my life am ashamed of my party. This Democratically controlled congress is the most useless in modern history. And the fact that Democrats chose Obama to be their nominee should show that our party has been taken over by folks with no common sense. I will watch with interest what transpires over the next few years. Though I will not be voting for President this November I believe that Obama will win. I hope that he proves me wrong and is a shining example of what a Democratic President should be. I'm not counting on it though. I believe that Obama will be the democratic version of G.W. Bush, all arrogance and no substance.

We need the "Nanny state"! Raise taxes so the government will give us everything. Free health care, free food, free housing, free cars, free energy, free cell phones and Ipods. Let the rich pay for it all.

yeah you guys better pick up the pace too, the new dems might change you guys for something younger too, you have been sitting on your hands we are almost a mad at you guys as we are at Bush and McSame, we elected you last time to 1. get our troops out now. 2. Impeach Bush. So far you all are lucky Obama is the man cause thats really the only thing saving your butts right now. Signed young democrat

Thought the DNC was broke and now they say they have a huge cash advantage over the GOP, get real.

The DNC is a dying party, they get the young vote when they are young but once they get older and start working they realize that the GOP is better. All the DNC wants to do is raise taxes and have people depend on them for everything, why do you think they have all the welfare votes?

Janey/Michigan I beg to differ with your statement about Americans not as dumb as the media thinks. Please, have you seen the last set of poll numbers. For McCain and Obama to be running neck and neck obviously there are a few Americans who have slipped through the cracks and hit their heads.

If president Bush is "mired" by a 30% approval rating, what adjective did the author fail to use to describe the democrat-led congress' 8% approval rating??! Bias much?

Charles ("which way is the camera?") Schumer is right for a change - a lot can happen between now and election day. For example, voters can learn that Obama is clueless and naive and his plans will pretty much make things worse.

oh, janey. how silly of you to believe FOX's twisted definition of patriotism.

without a united party in power,things will be much more difficult for president barack,but,at least a lot of repubs like obama better than mccain.same cant be said of congress.

One has to be 'irrational' to start with to be a democrat.

Texas Trail Dog!……. The ratings may be down for some BUT WE HILLARY SUPPORTERS ARE NOT STUPID ENOUGH TO VOTE FOR A MAN OF OBAMA'S CALIBER. WE STILL HAVE MORALS AND CHRISTIAN VALUES
****************************************************************************
Say Dog you are such a LIAR!!! we all know that you are a REPUBLICAN ……By the Way Mc Cain Invited you to his Barbeque Saturday ……..He need you to COLLECT the BONES!!!! Be sure to leave the WHITE sheet in the DOG HOUSE…..RUFF!!!!

The coming wave of change will sweep many Democrats into office, but they shouldn't try to "coast" in. It's still going to take a lot of hard work to ensure they stay on top of the wave……anybody that gets lazy may find themselves left behind as the wave breaks toward shore.

Jewell,

I couldn't agree with you more. The Republicans don't even believe what they're saying. They ran up pork spending in Congress–so what's with this tax and spend Democrats mantra?

I think quite frankly, the Dems and the GOP both have sound ideas, but we don't get to hear them because they're wrapped up in partisan politics. Americans deserve better, and we shouldn't tolerate finger pointing any longer.

Win by a landslide, THEN PARTY! OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE IS ALMOST OVER!!!!

We tend to elect the opposite party to the Senate and Congress then we do our President. We hope to balance the power that way. We sure didn't have a balance of power this time around. This is the worst Congress and President in history. With Senators like Obama it is no wonder we had a do nothing congress. They all seem to be running for re-election from the day they win. You would think they would do a better job. Most of them don't show up half the time and abstain the other half. What a waste of money. They will help you with government road blocks to some extent. The threat of calling your Senator or Congressperson will get attention and help you resolve some problems. You get this from your Congressman/woman more then your Senator. We hope they do their jobs and suffer when they don't. I will write Hillary on my ballot in November, as will many people I know..

We are cautiously optimistic but…GO BARACK, BEAT THE GOP,
SEND MCBUSH PACKING, AND LET'S GO, GO, GO.

Obama 08

Sen. Schumer, you are not getting my vote this time. If George Bush rating is at 30%, Congresssenate rating is in single digit. Last two years have been a nightmare. You have done nothing in the senate to help American people. Gas prices are high, housing market is in doldrums. This is what democrats can achieve. They have just today raised minimum wage. Imagine how many small business owners cannot afford. if you are a good worked, employer will pay whatever he wants to pay. Democrats cannot disctate me to run my business. Get a life.

New Yorker Magazine Rocks has a head full of, well, rocks. Prior to 2006 the Repuglicans held Congress, and look where that has brought us.

John, you are right on the mark!!

Why can’t ordinary Americans see what the Republican Party has done to this country in the last eight years? I think going after John McCain is small minded. We should go after the Republican Party as a whole and show the American people what they represent and what they have done in our name. We should have a national strategy in place now defining the differences between both parties and genially reaching out to there base. This next election is not about white or black or even blue state or red but should be about hope and prosperity for our children and the average American family. Just pointing fingers at each other is getting tired and old. We all as Americans share almost the same fate in the prosperity of our country that we love so dearly. This is the greatest country on the face of this earth and what we do now as a unified nation will be a testament to future generations of Americans not yet born. Let’s make the praise “We the People” mean something again.

Jewel Hester

I think it would be a wonderful thing for this country if we had a Democratic President and also a Majority in the House and Senate. We could actually get some things done that have been needing to be done for a long time.

I would not vote for Obama if he was the only candidate running. The same goes for McCain. I did however change my party from Rep. to Independent. I just wait and see the conventions. No one has my vote as of today.

We are exuberant and exited at the dream of ending the Corpocracy that has ruled America posing as the Republican Party. We want our Democracy back and we see light at the end of the long dark tunnel of war and economic decline. Please pardon our exuberance.

It's not a "good time" to be a Republican; but, the "do nothing, til you hear from me DemocRATS" will have there day, too. Its kinda like the "cycles", of the stock market. Stocks go "in and out of season"; so pick your stock , and hope, you get a nice return on your "investment"……….Warning!……… there are "no guarantees you will make a profit; you could incur losses"…………….

The democrats have been a ridiculous failure. They have actually managed to make the previous, Republican Congress look extremely competent.

If this country wasn't so overwhelmed with Bush hatred and did what was right, Obama and the democrat Congress wouldn't stand a chance.

It will be a long, tough fight for the Democrats.
The Republicans are masters of every low, dirty, mean and evil trick in the book.
They will steal elections whenever they can.

Does anyone really care what that oleaginous mediocrity Charles Schumer thinks about anything?

I'll be honest. The Democrat Congress has not done everything I would have liked for it to have done. However, with a hostile and uncooperative President, and a hostile and uncooperative Republican minority in the House and Senate, and no two-thirds majority anywhere, you have to admit that they haven't had a lot of leeway to get anything accomplished. There's not a whole lot the Democrats /can/ do in the situation that they're in. And you can't say that they should just be bipartisan and work together with the Republicans, because even with bipartisanship you've got the moron Senator from Oklahoma, Coburn, holding up any and every bill that he can just to be a jerk. You've also got the fact that the neoconservative definition of "compromise" is "give us everything we want and we will badmouth you for being uncooperative anyway". Hell with that.

So yeah, the Democrats haven't done as much as I would have liked, but when we have Obama as president and we have clear majorities (with Obama all we'd need is a simple majority) in the House and the Senate, you will see a lot getting accomplished. Maybe not as much vindictive punitive actions against the Bush Administration as I'd like, but that will be because we're going to have a lot of much bigger problems to solve then bringing an idiot and his cronies to justice.

Hello Independents:
I am calling each and everyone of you to do the right thing in this election, because I am also an Independent. I can understand why a republican would vote for McCain. I am having a very tough time understanding someone who is a true Independent will have any questions after having seen and heard both candidates. The difference is so obvious that you don't need to spend more than 5 minutes listening to McCain that he should not get your vote. I would have still votted for Obama even if the the candidates had switched their Parties. Come on lets do it!
OBAMA 08 to bring this country back on track!

As a Democrat I share their concern too but we still have to be optimistic. According to your faith, let it be done unto you.

This is the same group that ran Congress for the past 8 years.

You really want change, get rid of the DNC.

Annoy the Media, say NO to Obama.

Winning the presidential election is going to take alot of
work.
If the contest was run on policies, issues and principals
we the voters would find it rewarding.
Instead, the media, AP have turned the race into a circus,
reporting anything to sensationalize, flaunting their
bias and irresponsibility.
The world is laughing at us, shaking their heads on
sensationlizing headlines, and lack of integrity by
media and voters who actually believe their
distortions.

Please tell me that this sentence has a typo and that Schumer didn't actually say this: "So it’s a real advantage having Obama on the ticket, because he polls better than a traditional Democrat does THAN in very red states." Yikes. Actually, the paragraph before it is pretty dicey too.

Only the absolutely ignorant and brain washed repuglicans will still vote for their party. The rest of us are enlightened and will be voting for who is best for the country and that would unequivocably be Barack.

Darlene 'Hussein' Rodgers

Too late, dems have gotten to cocky already, with Pelosi calling bush a total faliure when congress ratings are just as low, and they put the cockiest guy onhe dem ticket in nov. Dems always get to cocky and thats why they lose most presidental elections.

I think that this is the case where Schumer and Van Hollen are trying to keep expectations low for huge gains. That is smart since there could be "an October suprise" that could leave things completely different. If the Democrats pick up more than 10 seats of the 30+ that are up for re-election or open, that would cement a fillibuster-proof hold on the Senate leaving Lieberman out of his chairmenship most likely. I doub that the Democrats will pick any more than 5 to 7 seats in the Senate. They will still need help from Lieberman and some Republicans.

The ratings may be down for some BUT WE HILLARY SUPPORTERS ARE NOT STUPID ENOUGH TO VOTE FOR A MAN OF OBAMA'S CALIBER. WE STILL HAVE MORALS AND CHRISTIAN VALUES.

We need more than a luke-warm response from Chuck and Van Hollen. We need vigorous support of all Dems, but in particular, Obama. The more he is supported, the longer the shirtails come election day. Bush/McCain/Chaney/Rumsfeld/Rice - they are ALL a disaster and need to be soundly repudiated. Unfortunately, many entrenched Dems were Hillary supporters and part of the beltway insider, play-it-safe, too many personal debts and obligations, aiming low for incumbancy problem. Sieze the Obama movement and start acting more progressively to create substance and buzz. Let's sweep these elections and show we can be the party of substance. Come the Convention, we need a platform and inspiration!!!

Finish the enemy.

Sell out Dems must be swept out as well.

It's supposed to be public service, not a career. Vote them all out!

Please.

I agree and anyone who supports this fake messiah is irrational and should be committed

Le Chat

If the voters in those 15 states have any commons sense–they will delve into the false bravado of the current congress when it came to majority–and then evaluate the promises not met–and the damage done.

They will also look closely beyond Mr. Obama's star power appeal at the meat and potatoes of what he's actually accomplished, how he as actually served, and evaluate his policy agenda (original and revised) over the past 2.5 years.

I hope in the end there are more independants than Democrats and Republicans–who will keep us on the right track by electing McCain.

what would people be thinking to vote for a democrat……..9% approval rating……Give me a break

I think that it is true that in the Democrats excitement, they may forget that when voters think their guy has it in the bag, they feel no great need to go to the polls on a rainy day, or if it's inconvenient. That is a very real possibility, especially with the way the Republican Party has lowered voter turnout in heavily Democratic districts by using shady, and arguably illegal techniques, such as a recorded message telling voters the voting day has changed. Voter education is also going to be a big factor as many voters just don't have the facts. I invite anyone who is interested to visit nextgen-politics.com. They have some good articles comparing the two candidates. Every vote is going to matter this season, more so then in a long time. While not a Democrat, the suppresion of anyones vote greatly concerns me as a citizen of a free country. Is winning an election worth trashing what it means to be an American? The G.O.P. needs to take a deep and thoughtful look and the party Karl Rove has created and decide if that is the party they really want to be.

Democrats are drunk on expectations and can't think straight.

Yeah all this hype about Obama by the media and if he loses the Dems. will look like bozo's.

One of the biggest flaws of Dems is that of becoming complacent and taking things for granted meanwhile the Repubs are better at staying focused. This year's election is very important for us to mess things up we need to keep our eyes on the prize and continue volunteering and donating in order to take the White House back!!!

The Dems really need to pay attention to all the races to ensure Republican defeat. Do not take things for granted, have a clear plan of attack on the Repbulicans, and continue to hammer home on how they have failed the American people!

Has CNN heard that Fox news is the favorite of overseas patriotic Americans? This article and others like it is the reason–not fair and balanced. Americans are not as dumb as you seem to think.