The Dems have, among other things, a glorious opportunity

[Jackpine Radical]

to fuck up royally.

If they don't act like Dems, if they somehow believe that "conservative Dem" meme the mean-stream muddia are trying to shove down our throats and start softening their opposition to the war, start becoming "bipartisan" and flaking out on their oversight and investigatory responsibilities, if they cave in to the health care industry & come up with some minor palliative proposals in the name of reform, if they ignore the looming global environmental crises, they will justify all the "dime's worth of difference" accusations that have been made over the years. And they will get their asses kicked in 2008. Badly.