[Mind-numbed Robot]

Not necessarily. Reagan served with a Democrat Congress as did GHW Bush. Clinton had a Republican House in his second term. W has had a very thin majority. Discussions and faint hearts like this one could make it even thinner.

[aligncare]

Sorry, meant to say, the man's party gets the glory in the press if he is a Democrat and the scorn in the press if he is a Republican. See, we are in a conundrum here. You can't vote for the man if he's a Democrat and you can't vote for the party, if he's a Republican. Make any sense?