Amen. And this will just embolden them further. Fact is, the Dems are going to be under their direction too and the Reps will be even more afraid of them. Note how McLame plays WITH them because he knows this.
Actually they were "guiding the thinking" of the masses for years but not as blatantly, until GWB came along and they failed for a while. That is why they hate him so much.
MD is not over!
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006//pages/results/states/MD/