PERHAPS UNRELATED BUT...

my guess is that the GOP really stumbled when it decided to support the banksters.

Democrats Jump Into Six-Point Lead on Generic Ballot
At the same time, Republican enthusiasm for voting in November surges
by Lydia Saad
July 19, 2010

PRINCETON, NJ -- In the same week the U.S. Senate passed a major financial reform bill touted as reining in Wall Street, Democrats pulled ahead of Republicans, 49% to 43%, in voters' generic ballot preferences for the 2010 congressional elections.