Democrats were swept into office because of public disaffection for Mr. Bush and his misbegotten war in Iraq. I doubt that campaign rhetoric about lobbying reform had anything to do with it.

No, this is how history is trying to be rewritten by the Democrats and their buttmonkeys now.

From a poll in August 2006:

"If a candidate for Congress supports President George W. Bush, does that make you more likely to vote for that candidate, less likely to vote for that candidate, or doesn't it make a difference?"

More Likely: 21 percent
Less Likely: 38 percent
No Difference: 41 percent
Unsure: 1 percent

Another poll earlier in the year had 26, 34, 36, and 4 percent for that question respectively.

Here's a CNN article on the subject, based on exit polls.

Asked which issues were extremely important to their vote, 42 percent said corruption and ethics; 40 percent, terrorism; 39 percent, the economy; 37 percent, Iraq; 36 percent, values; and 29 percent, illegal immigration.

The major driving news stories prior to the election involved Tom DeLay, Abramoff, Cunningham, and Mark Foley.

The "Culture of Corruption" was the theme. If you remember the election, Iraq was often avoided by most Democrats as a major issue.

Democrats ran moderate candidates against Republicans in conservative districts (something that's starting to come back and bite them) and managed to eke out narrow victories in places like Virginia.

The Democrats are hoping to God you're stupid enough to buy the "mandate on Iraq" meme while failing to notice that they're running away from an outright ending of the war as hard as they can. They're also hoping you're stupid enough not to notice that all that's changed on the corruption front is the names on the checks.

Are you?