False Positive

Are the Democrats really going to take heart in the fact that in a special election, where turnout is always low, John Murtha's economically backward/addicted to pork district voted to keep the pork flowing? Do they really think that the awakened masses whose rallying cry is "Wait 'Til November" have fizzled just because the Johnstown, PA Murtha machine is still churning? Do they really think they are in the clear by keeping a district they've owned forever against a no-name upstart in an off-season election? Do they?