Jim Himes may be in trouble

The conventional wisdom in Connecticut is that Congressman Jim Himes is reasonably safe in his bid for re-election this year. I am not so sure. Just yesterday, Himes announced that connecticut residents may have become complacent with regard to fighting racism. As best as I can understand Himes' point (which was less than clear), there is now so little racism in the state that people no longer struggle against it. If this point were not made in the context of the current attempt by the obamacrats to paint the Tea Party as a bunch of racists, I would think it was just inappropriate and overblown rhetoric from a typical liberal congressman. I view it, however, as a sign of fear from Himes. He is trying to ramp up the fear of being called a racist -- particularly if you disagree with him. Unfortunately for Himes, the people in this district are no so ill informed that they would buy into this nonsense. I have not seen any polls regarding Himes chances for re-election, but I bet that Himes has some that show a big sympathy in his district for the Tea Party and its positions. If that is true, it is very bad news for Himes (and very good news for Connecticut).