Let's think about after the election for just a moment...

[More Than A Feeling]

A month or so ago, the Democratic Party came out with goals it plans to push, should it take control of the House and the Senate this November. That plan can be found here: http://www.dccc.org/...

What do the Republicans plan to do if they should somehow retain the majority? Well, Bush can’t seem to let go of the destruction of social security http://www.wistv.com/... . Other than that? I doubt even Karl Rove knows. One of the side-effects of the GOP’s increasing desperation is a debilitating political shortsightedness. They’ve been mining what policy they might have enacted after the election for political games to try to stave off defeat. The clearest example of this was their failed attempts at immigration reform.

Even if they win, good luck to them on resurrecting policy that has already succumbed to the election-year split between hardcore conservatives and “moderates”. What this means for us is that even if we don’t win either chamber, the GOP is dead in the water. Meanwhile, our momentum can be doubled and redoubled if we act as though the midterms never ended. Accountability and a new direction can be our theme straight through 2008. It will only grow more potent by the day.

[bryant69]

1. Hard to say

but besides Social Security (and you're right, they've made it clear that they are going to have another go at that next year), I think Iran is the other big project. And Iran, if they scare us enough, they might get their way on. If we lose in the fall they are going to try to sell it as a huge victory for bushism - and the left, paticulary DLC types, might spin it as "We need to get rid of the stupid progressives in order to reach the American people." Anyway it could go either way - hopefully we won't have to find out.

Bryant
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[OneBlueSky]

2. Republican's CAN'T lose . . . a Democratic majority in either . . .

the House or the Senate puts them in severe jeopardy . . . they could lose not only their "program," but their freedom as well . . . in fact, it's damned likely . . .

so it's in their self interest to do everything and anything -- legal or illegal -- to prevent that from happening . . .

you can be absolutely sure that BushCo knows precisely what they need to do to preserve their majorities . . . they have the scoop on every single House district, and what they have to do to win it . . . they know precisely which districts are most appropriate for disenfranchising voters, which for threats, and which might have to be "Diebolded" . . . they have the means, the motive, and the method -- and they're smart enough and immoral enough to use them in whatever way that leads to their winning . . .

acting illegally doesn't particularly concern them since they have the Congress, the media, the military, the Judiciary and, of course, the Executive thoroughly in their control . . . they literally think they can get away with murder (which they've done quite successfully to date, thank you very much) . . .

but things are changing . . . slowly, people are beginning to doubt their institutions and every word of their news releases . . . and judges -- even conservative judges -- are finding BushCo's actions so outrageous that they simply have to rule against them . . . ditto for increasing numbers of Congresspersons and Senators . . .

unfortunately, things are not changing nearly fast enough . . . the election is only a couple months away, and there's simply no time to solve the electronic voting problem or thoroughly investigate and stop voter disenfranchisement . . . BushCo knows this, and they will most certainly use it to their best advantage . . .

Democrats are going to have to be hyper-vigilant on Election Day and CONCEDE NOTHING, regardless of the reported vote totals . . . and the expected differential between exit polls and results must be EXPLOITED AND exposed for what it is -- outright election fraud . . .

[More Than A Feeling]

3. Great Attitude!

:thumbsup: No mercy, just pound Republicans. Wash, rinse, repeat.