I would have thought the Brown win would have caused the dems to start thinking this way. Then we had the Republican governors elected soon after 2010...so it has taken the district NY9 to cause this kind of stir. IF the dems would have taken a hint much earlier, they’d wouldn’t have had the NY9 loss.
On October 4, West Virginia has a special election for governor. West Virginia has been dominated by the Dems since the 1930s. On the other hand, WV is 93% white, and their main industry is coal mining, which O has been trying hard to kill. A Repub win would be a lot bigger deal there than NY9 was.