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Forget last night’s interview. Newt was much better tonight on Hannity and laid out exactly what Republicans need to do and explained why they have much more power than they realize. The interview begins at the 4:00 mark.

It was just a few months ago that the Democrats were riding high, salivating over their chances to seize control of Congress in the 2006 election. The war in Iraq was going badly, torture at Gitmo was up, the Abramoff scandal was headline news and presidential advisor Karl Rove was on his way to the big house. Despite the robust economy, the mainstream media did its part and kept that information out of the headlines, so things couldn't have been better. What a change a few months can make. The Democrat's main campaign theme, "a (Republican) culture of corruption" took...

The Democrats' Rough Road to Acceptance By Chris Shugart, 3 November 04 In her 1969 book, On Death and Dying, Swiss-born psychiatrist Elizabeth Kubler-Ross outlined the five stages of grief to describe the emotions of one dealing with death. As the 2004 presidential election was coming to a close late Tuesday/early Wednesday, it brought to mind the author’s insightful observations. It occurred to me that Democrats were probably in the process of going through something very much like this.   According to Kubler-ross, the five stages are: 1) Denial 2) Anger 3) Bargaining 4) Depression 5) Acceptance I thought it might...