You may be right about that. Which is exactly why allowing the Dems to take control of the house will now have the exact opposite result of what the idiots who wanted to "teach the GOP a lesson" wanted. They can't differentiate between Bush and congress. The bill was bottled up in the house before.
Can we please lay the blame where it belongs. The few conservatives (not synonomous with GOP) who did sit out did not give aaway the election. Top Republicans did everything they could to PO both sides of the fence. The result was a very large turnout for the Dims (I hazard to guess how much vote fraud there was). I did not, nor do I know anyone who stayed home.
For whatever reasons, the Republican "leadership" (including Mr. Bush) lost the GOP majority. If it comes down to a choice between McStain and Hellery, there wil be a very noticible blank spot at the top of my ballot in 08.
I was never angry enough at congress to see the GOP in congress lose power, it has been the Senate from the get-go, especially with the Stupid McCain/Kennedy Gang of 14. We will all rue the day conservatives opted to stay home or vote third party in 2006.