---We obviously will have to wait and see how it pans out, but IMO, it has hurt far more than it has helped. Not to the point of losing the Senate or the House perhaps, but definitely to the point of losing seats, and more importantly the respect of their constituents.---
There has got to be a price for the sort of blundering idiocy displayed by Republican members of Congress. They largely failed to support our President and supported policy that hurt our country in order to APPEAR to be concerned about the country's security.
There has got to be a price for that and that price is my vote. I sent my Republican Congressman an email stating that while I would not vote for his opponents I would not vote for him either. Not for the 2006 election.
My Congressman is not running again, and I have had plenty of correspondence and phone-calling our two weak-kneed Senators.
Their weakness has put us in a serious predicament, in that, the only way to support the President and his policies is to forgive the idiocy of the Congress. They've made a big mess out of everything.