The Democrats won the last election on Ashcroft, DeLay, "macaca" and sex messages to interns. All of these given the full-bore treatment by a press who very much wanted the Democrats to win. That's a fact, and it doesn't take a lot of cruising through the headlines back then to see exactly what pulled the Democrats ahead, and discouraged Republican voters.

Pelosi has no idea what to do now. Obama is a lightweight. Hillary is finally going to admit that the only reason to vote for her is to get Bill back into the limelight. It isn't about "stepping on toes." It's about having no real policies, principles, or new ideas.

Iraq is their focus now because behind that facade they are backtracking like nobody's business on corruption, lobbying, and the general perks of being in power. That they are trying to pretend that it was about Iraq all along is typical, but this kind of "Ministry of Truth" crap doesn't work any more. The facts are out there for everyone, now.

As far as the idea that I have never criticized Bush, I think you know better than that.

I am fighting the Democratic surrender brigade because I think it will lead to disaster. That this puts me on the same side as Bush on this issue isn't really relevant. It puts me on the same side as Lieberman, too.