Depressed

Michael Crowley aat The New Republic appears to agree with me that the Busby loss in San Diego is pretty depressing, and brings into question whether the Dems will make any significant gains next November. As Crowley says:

But the fact that Democrat Francine Busby drew just 45.4 percent in yesterday's ballyhooed special election to replace the felonious Duke Cunningham, just two points better than what John Kerry pulled locally in pre-Duke, pre-Abramoff, pre-Bush-at-30-percent 2004, is surely a troubling sign for the party's November prospects.