Hope for Dems on Election Eve

Tomorrow is election day and all is not lost for the Democrats.  Seriously!  In Nevada, veteran political reporter Joe Ralston is predicting a win for Harry Reid over crazy Sharron Angle, even though Reid is incredibly unpopular in his home state.  He believes that Reid's campaign did a good job of defining Angle while her campaign could not reconcile her statements on Sharia law in non-existent Texas towns, scary Latinos in ads, Hispanic kids magically becoming Asian, etc, etc, etc. 

In Alaska, Palin-endorsed teabagger fav Joe Miller has become the incredibly shrinking candidate.  A few months ago, he was considered unstoppable and Lisa Murkowski's flirtation with a write-in candidacy was considered crazy.  Well, Murkowski did launch a write-in campaign and she has soared in the polling as Miller has sunk.  Moreover, Democrat Scott McAdams, the unknown Sitka mayor who basically got the nomination because the state Dem convention was held in his town and nobody else wanted it, has seen his support double in the past few weeks.  He has a real shot at it, which is amazing in a bright-red state in what is supposed to be a GOP wave year.  If Murkowski wins, she'll certainly go right back to the Republican fold, but it would be a serious defeat for the over-hyped tea party and Washington will be short one crazy teabagger.  Plus, Murkowski and Palin are enemies (when asked if she would support Palin in a run for President, Murkowski said flatly "I would not.") and Palin has painted herself as the king maker who discovered Miller.  His loss would help reveal Palin as the naked empress she is.

In California, things are looking good for the Dems as Barbara Boxer and Jerry Brown are expected to win.  It looks like Meg Whitman's millions won't allow her to buy the governor's office.

In Delaware, it looks like Democrat Chris Coons will defeat the bizarre Christine O'Donnell by a nice margin.  That seat could have easily gone to Republican Mike Castle if the state's Republicans hadn't been in the thrall of the Tea Party, but too bad, so sad, this will be the Dem win that wasn't supposed to happen. 

In New York, teabagger Carl Palladino is quickly becoming a punch line and nothing more. 

In Texas...well, there's not much for a Texas Democrat to hope for.  For a while, it looked like Bill White had a real shot at unseating Rick Perry, but lately Perry's lead has widened.  He has managed to sell himself as an outsider, even though he is the ultimate insider.  I guess he'll be anointed governor for life.