[Pessimist]

"Why not?"

From the historical perspective, that's the way its always gone: the majority has always gone back and forth over time.

More specifically though in this case, Bush and the republican party have alienated a lot of conservatives these last few years and that's really coming to head now w/ the pork laden transportation bill, the Katrina spending, the claim by Bush that NO's poverty was the result of racism, etc, etc...

It doesn't take many Conservatives voting independently of sitting out the next election cycle to turn a slim majority into a minority.

You may see it differently, but that's the way I see it.

[Howlin]

It doesn't take many Conservatives voting independently of sitting out the next election cycle to turn a slim majority into a minority.

Well, you be sure and do your part to make that all come true.

You're right about one thing though: historically speaking, "certain" so called conservatives have always used their votes as blackmail.