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[Burning Water]

Anyway, it won't last beyond 2006. Either the Democratic Party will make gains, and the remaining Repubs will start looking at their positions, or the Repubs will make gains, and the remaining Dems will either become more "reasonable" and "bipartisan", or they will drift over more to the left in the effort to block a rightward drift.

I'm afraid in the later case, the Dems will be marginalized completely. In the former, the country will drift further right, but at a slower pace. Worse case would be the Dems split. Some go moderate, easing the transition to the right for the Repubs while the rest go off the left end of the scale. Party split? I don't know. But I'm afraid 2006 is make or break time for the Dems. IF WE DON'T MAKE GAINS IN 2006, THEN 2008 WILL NOT YIELD THEM EITHER. So I'm working and hoping for 2006. It's way too early for anyone but the candidates themselves to worry about 2008.