Lindsey Graham was just reelected last year, which is lucky for him, because if he were up for election next year, he'd likely lose in a big way.

The Charleston County Republican Party on Monday censured the South Carolina senator for his continued work with Democrats on "cap and trade" legislation and other legislation the GOP disagrees with. One Republican leader in Charleston County told Associated Press that while Graham has often worked with Democrats in Congress, the senator's work on global-warming legislation is "the last straw."

Two new polls show him in terminal free-fall.

With five years to go in his term, he has plenty of time to redeem himself, but the importance of this development is how it contradicts the Democrat narrative about their "mandate". Republicans and blue dog Democrats are going to have their backbones stiffened by this kind of public reaction.