The fact that a Democratic incumbent who has been polling less than 50 percent for months — and often below 40 percent — was able to pull off a victory is a testament to the Obama-led Democratic get-out-the-vote operation in Pennsylvania and the sheer drag that Bush/McCain were on even promising Republican challengers. Republicans did hold John Murtha below 60 percent, regained the Mark Foley House seat, and are on the verge of regaining the DeLay seat, as I predicted.
