A Democratic comeback? Really{Leader on BP claims blames fraud for slow payouts

News alerts regularly herald the latest tsunami warnings, and the one Monday was for Okinawa, Japan. (Thankfully, nothing came of it.) I've gotten so many of these false alarms that each new warning now seems like assurance that there's nothing to worry about. Democrats would like that analogy to describe this election year: Fox-fomented media hype about a big wave that never comes. For the last several weeks, various Democrats have been arguing that their efforts to motivate their voters have been paying off. A slow-to-stir president is finally making a case about the dangers of Republican control of Congress. Polls are improving both nationally and in specific races. On Monday, Democrats announced that they'd raised $16 million this last quarter, their best haul in years.