[HitmanLV]

THE HOUSE: Democrats + 27 = 230D, 205R

If this happens, Dubya gets his arse savagely - and popularly - impeached in 2007, and the GOP won't see control of the House in a decade or more.

I don't think it's going to happen, though. But if it does, take the rose-colored glasses off, folks. There is utterly no upside to this.

[RockinRight]

I don't think it's going to happen, though. But if it does, take the rose-colored glasses off, folks. There is utterly no upside to this.

Repeat that over and over to the "cut-and-run so-called conservatives" who want to "sit out" this election.

[Aetius]

Demographics are not on the GOP's side, so it is critically important that the Republicans hold on now, and implement as much of the conservative agenda as possible, and hope it lasts. In ten years, there will be more red states that have trended blue than the other way around.

And one thing that would help a new Democrat majority keep that status is the mainstream media. I know they are not as important as they used to be, but they still matter. How else can you explain the awful polling numbers for Bush and the GOP on the economy? If it were the Clinton era, the media would be trumpeting every bit of good news, and similarly, if the Democrats take charge, then suddenly everything won't be so bad in 2008.

[pollyannaish]

You believe that there is a huge well of Bush hatred out there? How does that explain the reaction he gets wherever he goes?

I never fell for the "everyone hates Clinton" stuff, and I'm not sure I'm falling for the "everyone hates Bush" stuff either.

Apathy I can agree with. Frustration with Iraq, I get. Confusion, ok. But hatred enough to impeach, I'm just not convinced that would be popular.

BTW, I am not arguing with your basic premise. Just the "and popularly" part. There is absolutely not upside if we lose, and a decade is probably optimistic. Generations is more accurate. We're still trying to escape the Ghost of Watergate.

[Welike ike]

Hitman, all those moderate DEMS in the South and west would not vote for Impeachment. They would get kicked out in 2008.

You think Gene Taylor and Skelton would vote for Impeachment, and it would die in the Senate.

[Jim Noble]

Interesting.

I've been stuck on 230 Dems for five weeks.

Not long to wait, now.