[M1911A1]

It will be hard for the donks to throttle back on all the vitriol they have been spouting for the past six years. I think they will have to continue as the "anti-Bush" party, and the faithful will demand hearings and obstructionism.

The joker in the deck, as always, is world events. A major terror attack could change everything.

[Heartofsong83]

That's very true. I think Pelosi herself is another big card in the deck. She herself can make or break it as Speaker. If her San Francisco views (BTW, she is viewed as a moderate there despite being hard-left to us) drown out centrist Democrats, then the GOP will have ammunition to retake Congress AND to maintain the White House.