Tell that to Virginia Republicans, who lost the Governor and Lt Governor's seats due to ultraconservative candidates. Henrico county, Virginia, is a Republican stronghold in Virginia that went for Warner.
There are some Democratic inroads back into rural areas and suburban areas. Virginia and New Jersey showed us that, especially when the GOP candidate is a RIGHT-WINGER. The only win the GOP really picked up was Bloomberg, whom extremists call a RINO.
Where were his calls for abortion-on-demand, gun control, and tax increases? There were none. Did your buddy Bill Clinton show up? Nope. All Warner had was money and a budget fight in Richmond, and he ran against someone who put up a second-rate campaign.
Look at New Jersey. McGreevey had to flat-out lie about Schundler. Yes, lie. There was not a dime's worth of difference between Schundler's positions and those of the President of the United States. Schundler made his mistakes, and put up with back-stabbing. But he'll be back, and he'll kick McGreevey's butt the next time around.
All your left-wing buddies have are the race card, lies, sleaze, and a double-talking game plan that's not going to last forever. Hispanics are already bolting part of the time. We just need to figure out how to make them bolt more consistently for our side.
Oh, by the way, I don't think that the average guy on the street is going to appreciate Pat Leahy obstructing the war effort.