[Dog Gone]

I think this is terribly optimistic, but I like to think positively.

The trouble is that we lack strong candidates in key states. Take Lousiana for example.

Mary Landrieu won by a few votes, probably illegal, and is an intellectual lightweight in a state that voted heavily for Bush last time.

Right now, she's coasting to re-election. There's no excuse for that.

We are defending what would have been safe seats in Texas and Tennessee. We're defending Strom's and Jesse's seats this year without them in it.

I want to believe your scenario, but I would be thrilled if we can pick up even one or two seats this year.

What that mean for 2004 is anybody's guess. You're assuming a quick and popular victory in Iraq. I don't think that's a cakewalk. But if it is, your scenario is on the outer range of possibilities. It's what we should hope for.

[ken5050]

I'm gonna climb out on my other limb here...Iraq will be over in less than a week....without any major military engagements....the regime is weak, it's rotten from within, held together by fear of Saddam....you take him out, his sons, and the top 25 inthe military and the secret police, and the government collapses......watch.....you heard it here first...