Which party is running on empty?

Not even Bill Clinton could fill the house for Governor Dan Malloy when he campaigned in New Haven.
"Former President Bill Clinton told Democratic loyalists in a barely half-full Omni Ballroom Tuesday that they “have a job to do”—reelecting Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy in a tough rematch against Republican Tom Foley.
Malloy’s campaign sought to have Clinton’s star power, which still shines bright in New Haven, rub off on a campaign that’s behind in the polls and suffering from an apparent enthusiasm gap.
That gap was on display at the Omni event in downtown New Haven. Timed to launch the post-Labor Day launch of the main general-election campaign season, the event was billed as a “rally.” At times it felt more like the late-night post-dessert stale-coffee phase of a rubber-chicken dinner. The event violated the first rule of political event-staging: The campaign booked a room (already shrunken) that proved too big, not too small, for the several hundred politicos and Democrat diehards it could muster."- New Haven Independent
As the public has begun slowly tuning in to the midterms more this year, the disparity between Republican and Democratic interest has grown. In April, 37 percent of Republicans had given the midterms "some" or "quite a lot" of thought, a larger share than the 24 percent of Democrats who said the same thing. Now, the gap is 42 percent/27 percent in favor of Republicans.