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Understanding this year's big midterm election isn't so hard after all.Two numbers from a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll - 46 and 48 - tell you all you need to know. The first is the percentage of voters who think the health-care overhaul was a bad idea, which shows how that legislative achievement has never become the asset Democrats hoped. Instead, for some Democrats at least, the milestone has become more of a millstone. The Republican narrative holds that the Democrats have led the country on a big-government, big-spending binge that imperils its future.

Big crowd gathers for House Judiciary hearing on Bush "impeachment" A boisterous crowd has already gathered for today's hearing in the House Judiciary Committee on the case for impeaching Presidnent Bush and Vice President Cheney. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) has been leading the charge on the issue

Democrats See a Need for Further Economic StimulusWednesday July 16, 2:35 am ET By PETER S. GOODMAN and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN NYTimes.com Many economists have concluded that a second dose of government stimulus spending is required to prevent a broad economic unraveling and provide relief to millions of Americans grappling with joblessness, plunging home prices and tight credit. Democratic leaders in Congress have already begun fashioning a package of proposed measures, but on Tuesday, President Bush and the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, both pronounced such action premature. “Our economy has demonstrated remarkable resilience,” President Bush said at a...