"This isn't an election that is about anything other than local issues," Mr. Jacobs said, "but mood is important, and the Democratic mood is definitely on the upswing".
Between his boss' charisma and increasing diversity in the county, Mr. Jacobs said Democratic enrollment in Nassau County is on the upswing, with 356,000 Republicans to 292,000 Democrats.
One is the face that Democratic politicians wear when they're on a political upswing, laying out big plans and sketching grand ambitions, with the wind in their sails and the country behind them.
During the Democratic Convention, Scarborough claimed that the McCain campaign was on the upswing, and Olbermann muttered, "Jesus, Joe, why don't you get a shovel," which I guess meant that he was proposing a more efficient method of piling up waste products.
If that upswing is expressed for Obama and other down-ballot Democratic candidates on the Working Families Party line, it will boost a major instrument of power for the progressive movement in one of the largest states in America.
Obama's public job approval has been on a major upswing this year, which (if it continues) might significantly boost the chances of the Democratic nominee winning in November.
The upswing continues this week.
C.'s upswing is remarkable.
