[CyberAnt]

Well .. if the charges against DeLay are dropped - which could happen .. then it will be a full charge ahead for DeLay in rebuilding the House.

The dems will have a snowball's chance in hell of gaining anything. And .. in the 2nd place .. the dems have more vulnerable seats than repubs do.

[Verginius Rufus]

One difference is that Nixon was actually guilty of some things. (Probably nothing worse than what Kennedy and Johnson had gotten away with, and trivial compared to some of Clinton's offenses, but still against the law.) President Bush hasn't done anything wrong, as far as any of us know...the Democrats are trying to criminalize policy differences.

One other difference between Nixon and Bush is that Nixon fought back against his enemies. Maybe today is a sign that Bush will finally start to refute the accusations thrown at him.