"BTW, hate to break your bubble yet again, but the Democrats outspent the Republicans by almost 2 to 1 in the Senate races."

In the only race I followed, in a nearby state, the R spend $6 million, the D 1.5 million.

Brutal.

And the "soft money" negative Republican ads ran continuously from late August to November. And they were dirty. The D had voted against some bill with what the D considered not enough aid to the elderly, and he was pictured as being against the elderly. Lots of the ads were on that order.

Hard to beat that. They really should prevent distorting a record like that. For instance, GWB touting Texas' holding HMOs accountable. That bill was passed over his active, continuous and vociferous opposition. And, he took credit for it.

Arf