"He's tapping into Bush '41's Texas network."
That network should be gettin' pretty small by now, at least I hope so. Rockefeller RINO republicans are the real reason for '06 losses.
The reason for the '06 losses are people do in fact hate Bush and do generally dislike the Iraq War - the polls are accurate.
People with the idea that if we'd magically run candidates more strongly supporting (insert your obsessive hobby horse issue here) we'd have done better are living in the usual fantasy world.
The entire focus of the Democratic TV ads here in Maryland against Gov. Ehrlich and Mike Steele was, and I'm not exagerrating, "Here's a photo showing Ehrlich standing only FIVE FEET AWAY from Bush."