This is an example of the headlines if the Democrats take the mid-term elections:

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Dems Eke Out Victory in House, Senate

(Associated Press) Washington, D.C. -- The Bush Administration sufferred a major political defeat in yesterday's mid-term election, as the Democrats narrowly edged-out the Republicans in enough House and Senate races to take control of the Congress.

"The Founders of our country, having suffered under King George, wisely chose to build checks-and-balances into our system of government," said Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle "They never again wanted any leader, or branch of government, to have that much power. And now, the citizens of our great country likewise have decided not to give another George too much power, but to distribute it as a check and balance. I congratulate them for their wisdom."

Had the GOP held onto the House, and retaken the Senate, the Bush Administration essentially would have controlled all three branches of the government.

Sources inside the White House, who choose to remain anonymous, report that Mr. Bush and his closest associates are furious at the election defeat, and blame "lying Democrats," "the media," and those who "distorted our message of peace through power." Apparently, their foreign and military policy initiatives are on hold, along with plans to repeal Roe v. Wade, and to nominate more far-right justices of the Supreme Court and numerous appelate judges.

"Since the Bush forces already control most of the major, conglomerate-owned media," said the incoming new Speaker of the House, Dick Gephardt, "Mr. Bush, had his forces taken the Congress, basically would have had all the reins of power in his hands. The damage he and his right-wing cohorts could have done would have been immeasurable.

"It's plain that the American people want us to serve as a brake on the more outrageous bills and nominations put forward by the Bush Administration, and to move toward a more reasonable agenda in the country. That agenda would emphasize working with the world community instead of going off on our own, and would concentrate more on domestic issues such as stablizing and growing our economy, health care, Social Security/Medicare reforms, prescription drugs for the elderly, education, environmental protection, and so on," said Gephardt.

James Carville, Democratic consultant and former Clinton aide, put it more bluntly: "The arrogant Bush stallion has just been gelded. This is the beginning of the end for Bush&Co. arrogance, dirty tricks, unilateralism in foreign affairs, imperial adventures abroad, giveaways to the rich and corporations, environmental destruction. Our next step is taking back the White House in 2004."

Bernard Weiner